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Client: Healthcare/ Pharma
Job Title: Scrum Master ( Business Analyst/ Project Manager)
Location: San Francisco, CA 94107
DURATION:- 12 Months

Job Overview:


•    Work with cross functional teams to drive projects to completion for BabyCenter using Agile Scrum development methodology
•    Ensure efficient and timely project completion, while fostering effective cross-functional communication and collaboration.
•    Identify and drive process changes to continually improve cross functional team performance
•    Foster team health while tailoring approach to the composition of each team, in alignment with Agile methodology
•    Ensure all projects, bugs and work products are catalogued within one central repository (JIRA).
•    Lead daily scrums/stand ups, bi-weekly planning and necessary ad hoc meetings to facilitate communication across the functional teams
Own the sprint calendar and help facilitate projects so all team members meet their required deadlines
•    Provide regular status reports, work with key stakeholders and 3rd party vendors to keep them apprised of progress
Help the team troubleshoot when problems arise and escalate to resolve larger issues in a timely and professional fashion
•    Employ change control policies and act as primary point of contact for feedback in program release progress and other release-related information (including point releases, continuous delivery and post release stability)
Qualifications:
•    At least three (3) years of project management/scrum master experience in fast-paced delivery environments (consumer internet or media experience a +)
•    At least one year experience with Agile Development techniques (XP, Kanban, Scrum, etc.)
•    Excellent organization, planning and communication skills
Proven experience working with and driving performance of cross-functional teams (i.e. development, product management, production, QA, etc.)
•    A track record of successfully delivering projects on time and within budget
•    Prior experience with Jira and Confluence/HipChat preferred
•    BS degree is preferred
•    Certified Scrum Master a +

Thanks & Regards,

Shipra Chauhan | shiprac@mindlance(dot)com | 732 201 8857