US Tech - Scrum Master - Manager

Project / Program Management Manager

At PwC, our people in project portfolio management focus on optimizing project portfolios to drive strategic business outcomes. These individuals oversee project selection, prioritization, and resource allocation to facilitate successful project delivery. In agile and scrum management at PwC, you will focus on implementing and optimizing agile methodologies and scrum frameworks to drive efficient project delivery and collaboration. You will be coaching teams, facilitating agile ceremonies, and enabling continuous improvement in project management practices.

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop, and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member's unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to :

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members, and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

The Opportunity As part of the Information Technology team you are expected to help teams self-organize and deliver by using Agile practices. As a Manager you are expected to lead teams and manage client accounts, focusing on strategic planning and mentoring junior staff. You are accountable for project success and maintaining standards, enhancing your leadership style, and motivating, developing, and inspiring others to deliver quality.

Responsibilities - Lead teams and manage client accounts - Focus on strategic planning and mentoring junior staff - Assure project success and maintain rigorous standards - Enhance leadership style and motivate team members - Develop and inspire others to deliver quality - Help teams self-organize and deliver using Agile practices - Enforce standards and practices of the Scrum process - Coordinate with other teams and communicate status to management

What You Must Have - High School Diploma - 4 years of experience in managing Agile delivery teams and execution using Agile methodology like Scrum and Kanban - 2 years of Scrum Master experience

What Sets You Apart - Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Systems Analysis, Management Information Systems preferred - SAFe Agilist (SA), SAFe 5 Practitioner (SP), SAFe 5 Scrum Master (SSM), SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM), Scrum Master (CSM) - Supporting Agile methodologies and Agile management tools - Demonstrating knowledge of various methodologies : Lean, Kanban, Scrum / XP - Demonstrating proficiency in Scrum including the benefits and principles - Acting as Scrum Master for one or multiple teams - Facilitating Scrum-related rituals and ceremonies - Collecting metrics to provide teams with relevant feedback - Supporting the Product Owner in managing the backlog

Travel Requirements Not Specified