EY TTT - Agile Project Manager Senior 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

161152150

: 5-10 yearsQualifications:

• Mandatory Agile Certifications : Preferably SAFe Agile or Scrum.org (PSM I + PSM II) or Scrum Alliance (Certified Scrum Master).
• Mandatory Project Management Certification : PMP
• Education : Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Information Technology, MBA, or MCA or any other related Masters.
• Experience : 5-10 years of relevant Agile experience (Scrum Master, Agile Coach/Mentor) with at least 3-7 years of hands-on project management experience delivering technology solutions.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.

Key Responsibilities:
Agile Project Management:

• Manage multiple critical projects, requiring matrix management of activities across all functional areas.
• Plan and supervise activities for small and large-scale projects.
• Drive project planning activities, including Statement of Work, Stakeholder Identification, Risk & Issues Management, Communication Management, and regular status reporting.
• Set and manage program expectations, ensuring all functional areas are engaged.
• Create and maintain project schedules, identifying resource estimates, timelines, milestones, task dependencies, and critical paths.
• Track project performance in terms of Time, Cost, and Quality, evaluating progress, conducting status meetings, reporting to management, resolving issues, and maintaining documentation.

Scrum Master Responsibilities:

• Partner with the Product Owner to prioritize work through the backlog and manage Scrum Artefacts.
• Ensure the Product and Sprint Backlogs are up-to-date and reflect the latest work status.
• Enable teams to achieve their objectives and deliver on KPIs.
• Define process metrics within the Scrum team to ensure seamless communication with stakeholders.
• Measure team progress using metrics like burn-down charts.
• Track dependencies with other Scrum Teams for seamless delivery.
• Encourage team members to self-organize by resolving potential blockers.
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and best practices.
• Engage with team members to explore areas of improvement in Agile practices.
• Partner with Agile Coaches and Process heads to foster training requirements.
• Promote Agile practices and behaviours to attain process maturity.
• Provide thought leadership and constructive feedback to drive Agile maturity.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement.
• Work with senior leadership to embed Agile principles in day-to-day scenarios.
• Curate a culture of continuous improvement, transparency, and empowerment.
• Assist team members and stakeholders in adopting an Agile mindset.
• Collaborate with other leaders to drive organizational change.

Skills Desired:

• Substantial experience working as part of Agile teams.
• Ability to embed and foster Agile ways of working at the team level.
• Proactively upskill the team in Agile practices.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and share best practices.
• Communicate, influence, and negotiate with Product Owners and stakeholders.
• Navigate the organization to remove impediments impacting team progress.
• Analyse and refine existing processes.
• Coach and mentor team members to drive continuous improvement.
• Deep understanding of agile software delivery and operational aspects.
• Knowledge of Agile frameworks (DevOps, etc.).
• Experience with JIRA/Azure DevOps or similar software.
• Understanding of technology-enabled business transformation and delivering enterprise-level IT projects.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.