Senior Associate, Federal ServiceNow Scrum Master

KPMG

$100K — $120K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum of three years of ServiceNow project management experience, preferably with U.S. Federal government consulting.
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university.
  • Strong understanding of Agile processes and ability to write user stories effectively.
  • Experience in requirements elicitation and configuring the ServiceNow platform.
  • Familiarity with business analysis tools and delivering business change.
  • Ability to travel as needed for firm engagements.
  • Must be eligible for U.S. Government clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct business needs identification and facilitate various Scrum ceremonies including daily stand-ups and sprint reviews.
  • Lead business process definition and improvement initiatives with key stakeholders.
  • Act as the liaison among business owners, end users, and IT partners for cohesive project delivery.
  • Oversee the transition of requirements from the product backlog into sprint planning.
  • Keep requirements documentation current with approved business use cases and process flows.
  • Monitor application development progress and address potential bottlenecks.
  • Prioritize user stories and tasks ensuring alignment with project goals.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental plans, vision coverage.
  • Disability and life insurance options.
  • 401(k) plans with employer contributions.
  • Personal Time Off and observed holidays throughout the year.
  • Robust mental health and well-being support services.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities:
  • Perform Scrum Master functions such as: conduct business needs identification, business analysis planning, stakeholder analysis and change activities, and requirements analysis and design definition. Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospective meetings
  • Lead business process definition, re-engineering, improvement and gap analysis of current/to-be processes with key customer sponsors and stakeholders
  • Serve as a liaison between business owners, end users, and IT partners ensuring cohesive approach, comprehensive solutions, and excellence in delivery; Work with stakeholders, focus groups and end users to analyze, evaluate, and develop business use cases and business process models to aid translation of business requirements into functional/technical requirements
  • Lead the flow of requirements from the product backlog into sprint planning, providing a controlled, joined-up overall view of the business and functional requirements at a detailed level
  • Maintain requirements documentation to ensure all approved business requirements, use cases, process flows, and reporting requirements are up to date
  • Monitor progress and deadlines for each application development team, identifying and addressing any potential bottlenecks or issues that may impact project timelines
  • Coordinate and prioritize the backlog of user stories and tasks for each business analyst, ensuring alignment with overall project goals and priorities

Qualifications:
  • A minimum of three years of ServiceNow project management experience leading application development teams in the delivery of ServiceNow solutions; U.S. Federal government consulting experience preferred
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university
  • Solid understanding of Agile processes and methodologies, including the ability to properly write users stories and breaking down large stories into component parts
  • Experience with requirements elicitation or the configuration of the ServiceNow platform
  • Experience of using business analysis tools/techniques to design and deliver business change
  • Familiarity with implementing solutions on the ServiceNow platform
  • Ability to travel as required to support firm engagements
  • Applicant must possess or be eligible for a U.S. Government clearance


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