Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Forge Forward is seeking a Scrum Master/Team Lead to support an effort in both Charleston, SC and Norfolk, VA. Must have experience with Agile practices and methodologies. Minimum 1-3 years’ experience in defense life-cycle (acquisition) support or program management support of C4I systems. This position will be on-site . Only candidates who are US citizens with an active Secret clearance can be considered.

Act as Scrum Master/Team Coach for agile teams with interdisciplinary skillsets. The candidate will support 1-2 Agile teams operating under the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) construct and be responsible for hosting Agile Scrum ceremonies. Leverage the Atlassian tool suite to track and manage work, remove obstacles to the team’s successful performance, and provide overall guidance and recommendations on SAFe best practices.

Functional Skills and Responsibilities:

• Act as Scrum Master for geographically dispersed teams.
• Apply practical knowledge of SAFe values and ceremonies to operate in an Agile Release Train (ART).
• Host Stand-up Meetings, Sprint Planning Meetings, Retrospectives and Reviews.
• Have ability to coach team members on agile best practices and uphold Scrum practices and principles.
• Assist Product Owner in refining and grooming the tasks, based on current status of the work and development needs.
• Possess strong facilitation skills, with the ability to guide technical and non-technical discussions across distributed teams.
• Ability to identify system-level impediments and navigate organizational structures to resolve them.
• Record, track and report action items.
• Coordinate and provide information to related subprocesses, such as: demand forecasting, Fee-for-Service (e.g. chargeback), configuration management, management reporting, etc.
• Support business process development/improvement by contributing standard operating procedures (SOPs), forms and templates, etc., as needed.
• Responsible for cultivating and maintaining strong client relationships.
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills; comfortable briefing leaders and facilitating collaborative sessions.
• Experience working with Atlassian Tools (JIRA/Confluence/Bitbucket/BigPicture).

Requirements:

• Experience with Agile practices and methodologies.
• Minimum 1-3 years’ experience in defense life-cycle (acquisition) support or program management support of C4I systems.
• Bachelor's Degree or relevant experience.
• Scrum Master Certification or ability to earn certification within 3 months.
• US citizen with active Secret clearance.

Desired Skills:

• Certified Agile Practitioner
• SAFe Certification
• Familiarity with Navy organizational structure and processes.
• Experience with Agile engineering practices.
• Experience with Microsoft PowerApps.
• Familiarity with application development.
• Experience communicating with all levels of an organization.
• Self-motivated and capable of performing tasks with limited oversight, and an enthusiastic performer able to work in a fast-paced, highly visible setting.

Forge Forward is a trusted advisor in Management Consulting. Our name is new, but customers and partners know us from nearly 20 years of work and successful outcomes with Pivotal Insight and GDI. Forge Forward supports organizations throughout the business life cycle. Forge Forward teams leverage and optimize data and engineering to make informed and secure decisions for models, projects and budget cycles. Sustainability and Resiliency in Operations (ResOpsTM) factors long-term thinking and methodologies while addressing and solving today’s time-sensitive problems. Seasoned PMs mitigate risk and provide clients acquisition support to manage significant programs and tasks of national significance and scope.

Company Description

Forge Forward is a trusted advisor in Management Consulting. Our name is new, but customers and partners know us from nearly 20 years of work and successful outcomes with Pivotal Insight and GDI. Forge Forward supports organizations throughout the business life cycle. Forge Forward teams leverage and optimize data and engineering to make informed and secure decisions for models, projects and budget cycles. Sustainability and Resiliency in Operations (ResOpsTM) factors long-term thinking and methodologies while addressing and solving today’s time-sensitive problems. Seasoned PMs mitigate risk and provide clients acquisition support to manage significant programs and tasks of national significance and scope.

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