Location: Houston,Texas,United States
Product Manager/ Scrum Master Technical Project Manager
Our client is looking for a Product Manager/ Scrum Master in our Technology PMO.This role will partner with Product and Engineering to maximize the output of our software development teams. As an ideal candidate, you will be able to take the assigned Sprint Goals from Product and ensure our teams execute at the highest level. You’re a highly skilled “block and tackler” with a proven ability to remove impediments and help the teams maintain focus — from execution through release. You will be a master of communication with technical resources, but also be able to translate sprint success to our end customers.
Essential Job Functions
● Serve as Scrum Master/ Product Manager on one or more Agile Teams while simultaneously teaching and reinforcing best practices.
● Facilitate scrum ceremonies including daily standups, sprint planning, sprint reviews/demos, refinement, and retrospectives
● Facilitate continuous improvement opportunities that focus on inspiring teams to be self-organized and high-performing
● Act as Agile mentor/coach
● Mitigate impediments and ensure team success
● Utilize team feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity and works with the team to continuously improve
● Create visibility into progress of each sprint/ release through use of velocity, burndown charts, committed vs. completed metrics, etc.
● Create consistent planning, visibility, reporting practices among development teams, both within individual product programs and across the portfolio
● Develop great working relationships with your team, stakeholders, and customers
● Demonstrate flexibility to adapt to changing organizational priorities and mindfulness of the implications of decisions
● Work with Product Management to understand sprint goals and coordinate with Technical Business Analysts for development readiness
Education/Experience
● 6+ years experience working with software development teams in a Project Manager or Scrum role
● Proven experience overseeing all elements of the software development life cycle
Preferred Qualifications
● Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
Royal & Ross Background
Royal & Ross is an enterprise focused Technology, Business, and Solutions consulting and staffing firm, established in Houston, Texas in 2003. Royal and Ross' clientele represent many of the most respected companies in Texas and the USA, based upon relationships built on a solid foundation of service, partnership and results.
Our Core Business Principles
High-touch, efficient, service focused solutions providing consistent value-add results that align IT, Business and Light Industrial consulting and staffing needs with core business goals. We pride ourselves on doing the right thing, every time, all the time. Our passive network recruiting focus, best in class staff, and unique strategies, enable access to better candidates, delivering superior results for your projects and teams.
Our Service Offerings
Service offerings range from the strategic assembly of solutions focused teams, to providing tactical project and staff augmentation assistance. We also provide high-touch, passive recruiting for direct hire and contract-to-hire resource services.
Our Practice Specialties
Royal & Ross is focused on the following 6 human capital areas:
• PMO, Project Management & Organizational Change Management
• Business Intelligence, Analytics, & Data Science
• ERP Support & Application Development (SAP, Oracle)
• Information Security & Infrastructure
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Development
• Technology Solutions
Royal & Ross has proven expertise in the Energy, Technology, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail/eCommerce & Health/Medical industries.
