Data Science & Machine Learning, Technical Project Management, Business Intelligence & Analytics
experience:
5 - 7 years
Job Description
This role will support the Director, Enterprise Data Management & Analytics, to manage work across the portfolio of projects within the data and analytics team
Track concurrent activities across different projects within the portfolio
Be the point of contact on data and analytics development projects, providing project updates, milestones, and budget documentation.
Facilitate the work getting done through daily standups, sprint planning, retros, and backlog management across the portfolio
Interface with business stakeholders to collect business and technical requirements, translating requirements into user stories and/or business/data requirements documents
Break-out collected requirements into tasks which are granular enough to be achieved in a single sprint
Lead testing sessions, capturing bugs, new scope, etc,, adding to the backlog and prioritizing based on business value
Resolves requirement & priority conflicts.
Be the authority to accept or reject work as “done”
Create, maintain, and prioritize the Backlog based on business priorities (working with the business to prioritize as needed)
Define successful outcomes and approves Success Criteria at the story, bug, & task level
Identify opportunities for process improvement, and work with the team in implementing changes to process and technology (ensuring all processes are documented in SOPs/BPPs)
Collaborate with the team, contributing, when possible, to other data and analytics teamwork such as unit testing, process documentation, etc.
Experience
Bachelor’s Degree or higher
5+ years’ experience as a Scrum Master or Project Manager
At least 3 years of experience as Scrum Master for the Agile/Scrum teams within IT
At least 2 years of experience of working with multiple functional domain teams including Developers, QA & Business Analysts
Impeccable communication skills - both written and verbal
Thorough documentation skills
Ability to coordinate meetings and discussions with remote teams spread across multiple locations
Strong interpersonal skills: especially the ability to deal gracefully yet effectively with demanding stakeholders
Adaptable with willingness to do whatever is required to see a task or goal to completion
Experience in large corporations, dealing with matrixed organizations
High level of motivation, and the ability to work with minimal direction and support
Rigorous attention to detail
Likable personality
Ability to persuade and manage customer expectations
Good level of technical background to drive the deliverables assigned to the team members
Good experience of status reporting, client interfacing & risk management
Should possess good analytical and communication skills
Experience and desire to work in a Global delivery environment