Technology Project Manager- SCRUM/Agile Methodology Needed

Technology Project Manager- SCRUM/Agile Methodology Needed

Location: NYC
Company: Digital Advertising Company
Type: Permanent/Full Time

The company develops the tools that advertisers, direct marketers and web publishers use to plan, execute and analyze marketing programs. It utilizes the Agile Methodology (SCRUM) for Software Development.

Role and Responsibilities:
* Project Manager responsible for implementing, supporting, and improving the Scrum Process
* Work closely with the Product Owners
* Facilitates discussion and conflict resolution
* Helps team members to understand roles in the * Scrum process (planning, review, estimating...)
* Teaches team how to use and write user stories; works with team to estimate story points
* Plans and runs the following meetings:
Daily Scrum
Sprint Reviews
Retrospectives
* Makes sure that Product Owner maintains and updates a backlog
* Makes sure that all user stories are broken down into their composite tasks
* Ensures that any tasks that are discovered are adding or existing task estimates are revised
* Works with team to define what ?done? means
* Helps engineering managers write stories and prioritize infrastructure projects
* Helps team to choose stories and tasks in a Sprint, decompose stories into appropriate size tasks, ensures that team does not over commit
* Helps in prioritization of bugs and Remedy tickets (produces lists for prioritization)
* Helps team track maintenance work
* Makes sure that all tasks for all team members are listed on the Sprint backlog
* Makes sure that Sprint burn-downs are updated daily
* Posts Sprint burn-downs on a weekly basis
* Pushes team to adapt Agile engineering practices
* Ensures accuracy of information tracked during Sprints
REQUIREMENTS
Specific Skills and Experience:
* At least 8 years of working experience in a Technology environment
* 3 - 5 years project management experience, including at least 1 year of technical project management
* Strong facilitation skills/experience leading meetings (experience in training staff a plus, but not required)
* Experience managing projects comprised of cross-organization/ cross-discipline team members
* Change management experience - experience introducing change in medium to large organizations (nice to have)
* Experience managing multiple teams with competing priorities and shared resources
* Agile project management and/ or programming experience
* Looking for excellent communication skills, confidence in discussing technical projects, and the ability to assimilate information quickly.