The core focus of ThreeWill is to “help employees thrive using Microsoft technologies.” In particular, our 10-year target is to help 1MM employees thrive by improving their digital collaboration, communication, and automation in the Microsoft Cloud.
As we carry out this vision, we highly depend on a healthy company culture that is based on the shared core values of Better Together, Extreme Ownership, Choose Growth, and Humble Confidence. These values are the basis of our actions, and they serve as the guiding principles for decision-making at ThreeWill.
Professional Summary
The Scrum Master is responsible for setting best practices for Scrum within ThreeWill, providing Agile thought leadership for our clients, leading client engagements, and generating new business/expanding existing business with ThreeWill clients.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities include the following (other duties may be assigned):
Project Practices
- Facilitates Scrum projects as a servant-leader to help teams effectively leverage Scrum on ThreeWill projects (e.g. leads through influencing vs. command and control)
- Creates and facilitates Sprint plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements in a collaborative way
- Identifies resources needed and coordinates with Delivery leadership to ensure an effective team is in place
- Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope along with finding opportunities for improvements in implementing Scrum on client projects
- Reviews key deliverables prepared by the team before presentation to the client
- Minimizes ThreeWill exposure and risk on the project through timely and effective risk management and communication of project risks
- Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately
- Tracks and reports project accomplishments, plans, and budget (team hours and expenses) on a weekly basis
- Manages project budget to scope and timeline of their team’s projects
- Leverages Scrum artifacts (backlog, burndown, etc.) to transparently communicate progress to clients and team
- May assist in recruiting activities, including recommending qualified candidates, interviewing candidates, and assessing candidate skills
- Builds a knowledge base of each client’s business, organization, and objectives
- Represents ThreeWill values to other associates and clients
Project Management Methodology
- Mentors other associates to ensure adoption of Scrum practices that ThreeWill teams have leveraged as proven project practices
- Educates customers on the value of leveraging Scrum and what their role is in the processes that ensure a successful project
- Suggests and implements improvements to Scrum practices that allow ThreeWill to more effectively deliver Client projects
- Ensures project teams capture knowledge of the engagement as part of ongoing improvement processes
- Maintains awareness of new and emerging technologies and the potential application on client engagements
Business Development
- Identifies business development opportunities as they relate to a specific project or client
- May support proposal efforts, including completing project scoping and Level of Effort (LOE) assessments
PRIMARY SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE
- Excellent written, verbal, critical thinking, and analytical skills
- Good to excellent understanding of Microsoft technologies, in particular, SharePoint and Office Technologies
- Solid command of Microsoft Office software packages, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Project management and software development methodologies, especially Agile SCRUM
EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or equivalent and 3 to 5 years of relevant project experience is required. Alternatively, an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
- Beneficial Skills / Certifications:
- http://www.microsoft.com – (MCPD, MCP, MCDBA, MCSD, MCSE, MCAD, MOS)
- http://www.pmi.org – (PMP, CAPM, PMI-ACP)
- Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master – (CSM)