Position Title: Agile Project Manager/SAFe SCRUM Master
Position Type: Full-time (W-2)
Salary: Competitive
Company Description:
Technical Assent is passionate about services in government, business, and not-for-profit. We design exceptional service experiences, engineer them to be robust, and deliver real capability and business outcomes for our clients. You will be working on government programs that have strategic importance to our clients. Your team will work IN and ON the client’s core mission - helping them deliver their services day-to-day while simultaneously looking for opportunities to improve. Our work is Driven by Evidence, Grounded in Understanding, and Focused on Impact.
Our consultants combine the creative and pragmatic to deliver the results that matter most to our clients. We see beauty when art and science come together. We seek self-starters, people who are confident in tackling challenges independently and bringing this to high-performing teams. We continually seek feedback from our customers and employees, looking for opportunities to grow. As a small company, our employees have an essential voice in shaping our culture. You help grow our culture and, in turn, grow from the experience.
The successful candidate will have the ability to:
- Coach, educate, and mentor stakeholders to ensure successful enterprise-wide adoption of Agile methodologies and practices including Scrum and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Drives effective practices and program consistency
- Remove impediments, foster a high-performance team environment, and drive continuous improvement and flow
- Coordinate and participate in ART events to enhance SAFe implementation across the organization
- Facilitate the creation of draft PI plans, objectives, and identification of ART risks and issues
- Assist teams in creating and finalizing PI objectives with a mix of committed and uncommitted goals
- Ensure PI objectives are SMART and facilitate collaboration between Business Owners and teams during business value assignment
- Lead and manage a team of 4-6 people
- Manage relationships and report on status throughout the project to key stakeholders
- Create status reports for leadership outlining progress of project activities, monitoring and assessing project risks, and developing mitigation strategies in collaboration with Project/Program Manager
- Lead the creation of project-specific deliverables, managing team contributions, and providing overall quality control
- Lead the development and management of project scope, ensuring clear definition, control, and alignment with project objectives
- Integrate continuous risk management trade-offs to proactively address potential issues and optimize project outcomes.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, public policy, economics, political science, communications, planning, technology and policy, math, statistics, engineering, physical science, or related discipline
- 5+ years of relevant, professional experience
- Experience with SCRUM or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies
- Curious and open-minded approach to work
- Thrive in a continuous Build-Measure-Learn cycle
- Engage with technology—with comfort and ease (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Teams, Monday, Slack, etc.)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of Human-Centered Design/Design Thinking, employee experience, customer experience, and/or service design
- Certification in Human-Centered Design, design thinking, and/or service design background
- Experience consulting or working for the Federal government, specifically the VA
- Experience in the Healthcare sector
- Certification in SAFe Scrum Master or Agile Project Management
Job Location and Travel Expectations:
This position is remote. Some travel (<25%) is anticipated.Some meetings will be conducted on-site with customers in Washington, D.C.
Additional Information:
Come as you are - Technical Assent is committed to a workplace free of discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
We offer a highly competitive benefits package to all full-time employees that includes:
- Unlimited PTO
- Healthcare coverage (medical, dental, vision)
- FSA and HSA
- Short and long-term disability
- 401(k) with employer contributions, training and wellness allowances, and commuter benefits.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Technical Assent, please call or email dlynch@technicalassent.com.
For more information about our company, please visit our website at www.technicalassent.com.