Scrum Lead / Project Manager
Company: Software Resources
Location: Santa Monica
Posted on: May 14, 2025
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Job Description:
Software Resources has an immediate job opportunity for a Scrum
Lead / Project Manager with a major corporation, on-site in Santa
Monica, CA.
Duration: 18 month(s)
Pay Rate: $80 - $86/hr DOE
Must Haves:
The Scrum Lead / Project Manager will be an integral part of the
Media Platform Program
Management team. DE&E Tech creates products, platforms, and
innovations for The Company by driving the strategic development
and use of technology, building scalable
systems and products to empower our businesses and engage
consumers. With global scale, local presence, and deep
technological excellence, DE&E Tech helps The Company optimize
technology, platforms, and resources, while bringing creative ideas
to life and creating industry-shaping approaches.
This is a contractor position within the DE&E Tech Program
Management Organization.
The Scrum Lead / Project Manager will work with Product and various
Engineering teams to facilitate and support Agile ceremonies and
coach scrum teams on Agile best practices and principles to enable
the delivery of high value product increments to our users.
Successful candidates must be highly proactive, detail-oriented,
and able to autonomously work on concurrent implementations across
matrixed teams both inside and outside the Entertainment &
Technology (DE&E Tech) department. They must be capable of
clearly
communicating schedules, risks, issues, and processes to a variety
of business, creative, and technical audiences. They must be able
to partner with other project managers and technical leads outside
their area to coordinate work, deliverables, and schedules.
Lead agile ceremonies, such as daily stand-ups, sprint plannings,
backlog refinements,
retrospectives, and demos.
---Provide support using a servant-leadership style, facilitate
discussions and decision
making in meetings, and resolve team impediments at multiple levels
of an organization.
---Coach teams in their journey to Agile, support their
self-organization and agile
methodology knowledge growth.
---Use tools and techniques to support the team in shipping high
quality software
increments such as User Stories, Test Driven Development,
Continuous Integration,
Continuous Testing, Automated Testing and Burndown charts.
---Maintain metrics that provide visibility to stakeholders on Team
/ Project progress and
quality and know how to leverage those metrics to identify
needs
Manage projects that impact the scrum team, including identifying
upstream
dependencies and developing project plans/timelines for project
deliverables.
---Forecast and communicate delivery times and dependent scope that
other software
engineering teams depend on a timely delivery.
---Facilitate coordination with other teams to align on technical
decisions and
dependencies for project deliverables.
---Holds functional managers accountable for their teams'
deliverables.
---Identifies and manages issues and risks and drives decision
making.
---Communicates team and project status and schedule updates
Basic Qualifications:
A minimum of 4 years of experience in technical program management
and software
application development.
---Demonstrated experience as a Scrum Lead for cross-functional
agile teams.
---Experience understanding technical architecture and technical
dependencies related to
service integrations and databases.
---Demonstrated experience as a Technical Project Manager in a
large, matrix
organization.
---Working knowledge of Jira/Confluence supporting agile
methodologies.
---Experience with the software development life cycle.
---Desire to learn and take on additional responsibilities as
appropriate.
---Anticipate working with teams on East or West Coast hours, with
flexibility to work
outside of regular office hours to accommodate important meetings
in different time
zones.
Required Education:
BS STEM + 10 yrs experience/ No Degree=17Years experience
About Software Resources
Software Resources, founded more than 3 decades ago, is a trusted
staffing partner specializing in Technology (IT, Creative, &
Marketing), Finance, & Accounting placements. We work with
companies nationwide that need skilled professionals and connect
them with candidates like you looking for the right
opportunity.
We are always looking for professionals at all experience levels
and in various specialties to meet our clients' hiring needs. As a
member of our team, you will have access to benefits including
medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) with company match,
short-term disability, life insurance with AD&D.
If this position fits interests you, we encourage you to apply. You
can view all our job openings at Software Resources Careers.
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