Project Manager/Scrum Master
POSITION SUMMARY: As a member of our Agile delivery team - as a Project Manager/Scrum Master- you will help deliver innovative and inspiring solutions for our diverse client base. Working with us means you’ll: Lead high performing Agile delivery teams on a variety of software development projects. Apply your broad-base technical, client-facing and industry expertise to create practical, innovative solutions. Learn and work with the latest web, mobile, and cloud solutions and technologies. Be the steward of the Scrum process and create extraordinary team outcomes.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Partner with clients to understand their business needs as well as identify and prioritize their project requirements. Facilitate effective team meetings: stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives and demos. Work with the Product Owner and the Project team to develop and manage a project backlog. Manage sprint backlog and key project elements - risks, scope, budgets and schedules. Liaise between the client and the Project team to ensure user stories/acceptance criteria is clearly defined, understood, and implemented successfully. Synthesizes info into concise, action items – write software requirements, user stories, user cases etc. Uncover and remove team impediments which prevent the team from achieving their shared goal. Tracks projects against delivery metrics and prepares client summary reports and other client communications, as required. Manage product scope and controlling scope during the development sprints. Work with the delivery team to provide estimates and design solutions. Identify, manage and mitigate project and team risks. Identify opportunities to improve processes and offer constructive suggestions for change. Build the teams passion for delivering value to customers through Agile project delivery. Apply excellent communications skills, creativity and practical knowledge to benefit our clients and Architech.
QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND COMPETENCIES: Must love working with a team to build great solutions. Associate Certificate in Business Analysis and/or Certified Scrum Master (preferred). 5+ years delivering interactive, data-intensive web, mobile and/or cloud applications in a Project Management and Scrum Master role. In depth knowledge of one or more Agile frameworks, preferably for Scrum, Lean and XP. Experience with iterative development methodologies and continuous delivery practices. Ability to rationalize design decisions in a clear and objective manner. Communicates effectively with meaningful and articulate verbal discussions. Synthesizes information into succinct, concise and logical written materials (client summaries and reports). Process / Workflow analysis and use case documentation. Effective in motivating teams and guiding them through impediments and/or conflict Excellent business presentation and facilitation skills, including Agile retrospectives.
Company: Architech
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Contact: acudmore@architech.ca