PM/Scrum Master

Description

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At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success.

We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community.

Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

Candidate MUST be a US Citizen or US Person with the ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.

Candidate MUST be currently located in the United States for the current three consecutive years.

Candidate should be local to the DC Metro area for onsite customer meetings in DC or Rockville, MD.

If this sounds like a mission you want to be a part of, keep reading!

Civilian Health Solutions uses a wide range of capabilities in Digital Modernization , Mission Software Systems , and enabling technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to support our customers' mission in advancing biomedical research and protecting public health.

Our team's focus is ensuring our health customers have the right solutions to keep pace with an ever-evolving public health landscape and prevent the next public health crisis.

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Job Description

Leidos' Health and Civil Sector is seeking a dynamic, mission-centric hands-on PM / Scrum Master to support a federal agency's large, mission-critical enterprise PMO, Service Desk, Deskside Services and Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure environment.

As a Project Manager / Scrum Master, you will be responsible for leading customer project activities. The PM will have broad IT experience and deep understanding of IT management and engineering management processes, business acumen, project management, and advise on organization-wide system improvements and optimization.

The successful candidate should be collaborative, analytical thinker with strong problem-solving and program management skills to deliver the best solutions in support of the customer's mission.

The candidate must possess strong communications skills and the demonstrated ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Primary Responsibilities

• The PM / Scrum Master leads all technical tasks during program startup and implementation, including establishing the engineering team for contract execution.
• Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Agile development methods and processes.
• Apply lean thinking to team specific issues to bring a holistic, system approach to maturing a team.
• Act as a change agent to enable individuals, teams, and organizations to accelerate change and improve the value that they deliver.
• Conduct ongoing evaluations to ensure the effectiveness of Agile programs and recommend complex and / or highly comprehensive training modifications as necessary.
• Expert in visualizing flow of work, controlling Work in Progress (WIP), managing queue sizes and batch optimization of work.
• Coach teams and leaders on the cultural transformation and mindset change required to transform their existing development practices to follow agile methodologies.
• Assist Scrum and Kanban teams to improve delivery performance through coaching and mentoring on team roles, tools, processes and ceremonies.
• Conduct classroom / workshop training for professional levels through management on Agile frameworks, competencies, and methodologies.
• Proactively collaborate and communicate with internal / external stakeholders at all levels of organizations to address Agile knowledge gaps to support Agile effectiveness.
• Former experience as Scrum Master or Product Owner, master of Servant Leadership.
• Strong computer software skills and the ability to quickly adapt to new software / enterprise tools.
• ITIL Foundations certification (or ability to obtain 3 months after start date).
• Mentor and coach other technical staff. Works with customer and program office to achieve success.

Basic Qualifications

• Active Public Trust Clearance or Ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance
• Have a minimum of 8 years of experience managing large-scale projects / program(s).
• Serve as the contact for the Government COR. Manage staff in the performance of the required work, assign tasks and deadlines.
• Have experience and knowledge with Federal Government purchasing, travel, property and time and attendance and be capable of directing contract staff in performance of these tasks without the direction of Government staff.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
• Plan, coordinate, and manage small, medium, and large-scale projects and programs
• Integrate all functions and activities necessary to ensure the project / program meets client / customer requirements
• Provide strong, proactive, and assertive leadership while engaging multi-discipline teams and responding to business needs
• Make decisions at the project team-level and properly escalate issues that cannot be resolved timely
• Create project management plans, set expectations, and ensure plans are driven by organizational procedures
• Ensure requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed, and approved per organizational / program standards
• Ensure projects are delivered on-time, within budget, and remain in scope; monitor and track project dependencies
• Create a work breakdown structure defining all activities required for project deliverables
• Manage project budget - maintain financial plan, track actuals vs. plan, provide monthly forecasts, report monthly accruals
• Ability to work well under pressure and be flexible at juggling competing priorities. Must be resourceful and independent problem solvers.
• Experience with standard system engineering lifecycle concepts, architectural frameworks, and artifacts to produce working solutions.
• at least 2 years of experience working in an agile role and environment
• Agile certifications Scrum Master (CSM, ACSM, CSP-SM)

Preferred Qualifications / Skills

• ITIL certification (or ability to obtain within 3 months)
• Experience within Federal Government, such as DHS, FDA, NIH, or HHS is highly preferred.
• 8 or more years of technology experience; or a bachelor's degree from an accredited college and 6 or more years of technology engineering experience.

Additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of degree

• Certifications in Product Owner (CSPO, ACSPO, CSP-PO), Developer (CSD, CSD-P, ACSD); ACS-CF, CAL1, CAS-S1
• Certifications and Experience with CMMI level certifications
• Agile coach experience

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Original Posting Date : 2024-06-13While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range : Pay Range $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health.

The company's global workforce of 47,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries.

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023.

For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .

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