remote scrum master jobs

• Manage multiple Professional Services projects from initiation to closure, ensuring successful delivery within scope, schedule, budget and customer satisfaction.
• Apply PMI, PRINCE2, and SAFe methodologies & principles in customer projects in terms of Break down tasks, create project plans, and manage risks using these frameworks
• Maintain PMI, PRINCE 2 certifications
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, issues/risk registers and budgets. Proactively manage project activity to deliver project within as sold margins.
• Ensure resource requirements are reflected accurately in the project plan. Maintain accurate resource allocations (task assignment, effort and duration) in project plan
• Lead project teams, assigning tasks, providing direction, and monitoring progress. Ensure project governance structure (e.g. steering committee) is put into place and executed
• Proactively identify and address project risks and issues, implementing mitigation strategies as needed. Escalate 'at risk' implementations to ensure timely awareness for PS leadership.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for customers, managing client expectations and relationships.
• Facilitate project meetings, including kick-off meetings, status meetings, and steering committee meetings. Prepare and deliver project status reports and presentations to customers and internal stakeholders.
• Support the development of project proposals and contribute to business development efforts.
• Proactively manage project financials to ensure accuracy of revenue forecasts. Provide early notice to PS LT of potential slippage, project delays, issues and escalations.
• Ensure project governance structure (e.g. steering committee) is put into place and executed

• Possess skills in conceptualizing creative solutions and communicating them to others including senior management.
• Ability to articulate the value of Planview Solutions and using your consulting skills to position the prescribed services to achieve the customer’s business outcomes.
• Ability to develop multiple levels of relationships with the customer to ensure customer acceptance of responsibilities to deploy an effective solution.
• Provide thought leadership to customers methods and approaches that enable the realization of value from project, portfolio, and resource management practices.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and drive projects to closure.
• Must have demonstrated understanding of the implementation approach elements including:
• Business outcome definition
• Linking of key analytics and decisions to business outcomes
• Workshop facilitation to ensure discussions remain within scope.
• Assess and advise on process design and documentation.
• Provide quality professional services deliverables, executive-level presentations, and status reporting.
• Demonstrate excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Experience responding and resolving conflicting issues and customer requirements in a variety of customer or client situations and personalities.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure and show patience within a variety of customer situations.
• Work independently and have experience in lean Agile transformation projects.
• Willingness to travel approximately 60%
• Experience with a variety of software platforms and delivery methods including web-based and cloud-based systems, SQL and basic technology tools including MS Office, MS Visio, MS SharePoint, MS Reporting Services, etc.
• Experience and/or knowledge of legacy and current ALM solutions, i.e. Jira, ADO, Rally, CollabNet, HP-ALM, Jira Align (AgileCraft), VersionOne, Octane, etc.
• Experience in guiding teams on Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, SAFe, etc.).
• Strong collaborator and team player working with the broader Planview consulting team to ensure customer success.
• Prior experience with Project governance, Project and Portfolio Management and/or financial reporting tools

Ideal Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Management of Information Science, or Business (or related degree) or demonstrated relevant experience.
• A minimum of six years of client-facing consulting experience with an ability to demonstrate previous results across different industry sectors.
• Broad understanding of software implementation, quality assurance, business process analysis, organization change management and system integrations.
• Cross functional knowledge of technical domain based on the product(s) supported (e.g., strategic and financial planning, lean portfolio management, project/resource management, enterprise architecture, product development lifecycle etc.)
• Ability to learn and apply industry knowledge and understanding of the business to drive revenue.
• Ability to gain deep technical knowledge of product(s) supported.
• Agile certifications a plus (e.g. SAFe Agilest, SPC, LPM, CSM, CPO, PMI, etc.)
• Experience in ALM tool integration technologies and APIs a plus (e.g. TaskTop, OpsHub, ConnectAll, etc.)
• Related certifications or industry designations (e.g. PMP, CPA, PRINCE2, TOGAF, ITIL etc.)