Scrum Master / Sr. Project Manager – Contract – Orlando, FL – $80.00- $85.00/hr.

The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s/applicant’s qualifications, skills, and level of experience as well as the geographical location of the position.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorship not available.

Our client is seeking a Scrum Master / Sr. Project Manager in Orlando, FL.

Role Description

• Facilitate scope definition, cross-functional estimates and high-level planning workshops and Scrums

• Quantify cost factors to deliver program and project deliverables including resources, program and project oversight, objective risk and related contingency

• Document key assumptions and dependencies established through estimation activities

• Prepare and present high-level plan with estimates for executives and cross-functional leaders based on estimate outcomes Program and Project Planning

• Create full-scale master program and project schedules and communication plans consisting of multiple projects or components

• Ensure proactive scheduling of key deliverables, milestones and deliverable tasks

• Establish program and project financial forecasts including resource plans and other expense plans

•Develop the program and project plans and schedules with cross discipline functional leads

• Ensure necessary steps and dependencies to deliver programs and projects and their components are established

• Validate that scope can be completed within timeline and budget

• Estimate resource needs with help from functional leads Program and Project Delivery

• Confidently lead and drive cross-functional projects, components of large programs, and full programs through full delivery life-cycle ensuring project is delivered on-time and on-budget

• Manage resource assignments, budgets, scheduling, and scope prioritization, and change control

• Work with cross discipline team members to validate program and project assumptions and review individual program and project plans with senior leadership

• Ensure proper documentation of scope of work with help from cross discipline functional leads

• Serve as primary liaison among multiple teams, including Product Management, Design, Technology, vendors and other key functional delivery teams (when appropriate)

• Communicate regular status updates to program and project executive leadership team on delivery progress, plan updates and budget spend and forecast

• Monitor adherence to master schedule and milestone commitments

• Analyze labor demand vs. capacity labor to ensure efficient resource assignments

• Escalate key issues and risks to ensure timely resolution and mitigation

• Prevent scope creep and facilitate change requests to ensure impacts to schedule or budget are approved and communicated

• Use metrics to drive performance, efficiency and forecast improvements

• Ensure proper program and project closure including retroactives/lessons learned, transition and hand-off to production operations support, and final financial reporting Supervise Delivery Project Managers

Skills & Requirements

The following qualifications are required for consideration for this role:

•Direct experience as a Scrum Master in a heavily matrixed organization

• Direct management and accountability for single project budgets of $5-10M in labor

• Program accountability for program budgets of $11M+

• 7-10 years of relevant work experience in program and project management with an online retailer, ideally in eCommerce, marketing, merchandising, etc. Consulting experience is a plus

• 2-5 years Agile delivery experience

• Experience in a matrixed responsibility organization working with multiple Product Managers per effort • Possesses extensive experience in the basics of program and project management (estimation, program and project planning, resource planning, issue management, risk management, change management, communication planning), and coaching more junior team members in the PM practice

• Experienced in multiple full lifecycle software deliveries from business development to final software acceptance

• Led teams with multiple discipline representation (including product management/strategy, technology, design, SEO, and analytics)

• Must possess excellent business communication, writing, and interpersonal skills

• Comfortable when communicating with executive level (Directors, VPs, SVPs) in presentations, working sessions, and 1-on-1 interactions

• Practiced in negotiating with others in ways that result in win/win agreements and outcomes

Benefits/Other Compensation

This position is a contract/temporary role where Hays offers you the opportunity to enroll in full medical benefits, dental benefits, vision benefits, 401K and Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit).

Why Hays?

You will be working with a professional recruiter who has intimate knowledge of the industry and market trends. Your Hays recruiter will lead you through a thorough screening process in order to understand your skills, experience, needs, and drivers. You will also get support on resume writing, interview tips, and career planning, so when there’s a position you really want, you’re fully prepared to get it.

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