Agile Project Manager
Bethesda, MD
Technology – Security /
Full Time /
Remote
We are seeking an experienced Agile Project Manager to guide and support Salesforce teams in the delivery of high-quality software products. The Agile Project Manager will serve as an agile-leader and facilitator, ensuring Agile principles and Scrum practices are followed to optimize team performance, collaboration, and delivery. This role involves removing obstacles, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and aligning team efforts with business goals. Ideal candidates are proactive, adaptable, and skilled in stakeholder communication.
Primary Duties
- Facilitate Scrum Events: The Agile Project Manager facilitates Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective, ensuring that they are conducted according to Scrum principles and that the team is prepared.
- Remove Impediments: The Agile Project Manager identifies and removes impediments that block the team's progress, such as dependencies, lack of resources, or unclear requirements.
- Coach and Mentor: The Agile Project Manager coaches and mentors the team on Scrum principles, practices, and values, helping them to improve their skills and knowledge.
- Ensure Scrum Framework: The Agile Project Manager ensures that the team follows the Scrum framework, including the roles, events, and artifacts, and that the team is adhering to Scrum principles and values.
- Oversee Release Process: Coordinate with stakeholders and development teams to plan, manage, and execute software releases, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with business goals.
Minimum Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s Degree and 6+ years of recent specialized experience
- Scrum Master Certification
Preferred KSA’s
- Ability to guide, coach, and motivate the team to increase productivity and enhance collaboration using Scrum principles, practices, and values.
- Capability to remove impediments or guide the team in removing impediments.
- Competence in tracking and communicating team progress and metrics
- Coordinate activities with other teams across the program.
- Organize and facilitate planning and coordination including release / Potentially Shippable Increments planning, iteration planning, daily stand-ups, iteration review/demos, and retrospectives.
- Holding teams accountable to agile SDLC (Software Delivery Life Cycle) tenants and their internal working agreements including use of appropriate tools, standards and best practices.
- Promote and demonstrate core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and visibility.
- Proficiency in overseeing and managing scope, timeline, quality, goals, and deliverables that align with business goals.
Physical Requirements
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
Who We Are:
Aledade, a public benefit corporation, exists to empower the most transformational part of our health care landscape - independent primary care. We were founded in 2014, and since then, we've become the largest network of independent primary care in the country - helping practices, health centers and clinics deliver better care to their patients and thrive in value-based care. Additionally, by creating value-based contracts across a wide variety of health plans, we aim to flip the script on the traditional fee-for-service model. Our work strengthens continuity of care, aligns incentives and ensures primary care physicians are paid for what they do best - keeping patients healthy. If you want to help create a health care system that is good for patients, good for practices and good for society - and if you're eager to join a collaborative, inclusive and remote-first culture - you've come to the right place.
What Does This Mean for You?
At Aledade, you will be part of a creative culture that is driven by a passion for tackling complex issues with respect, open-mindedness and a desire to learn. You will collaborate with team members who bring a wide range of experiences, interests, backgrounds, beliefs and achievements to their work - and who are all united by a shared passion for public health and a commitment to the Aledade mission.
In addition to time off to support work-life balance and enjoyment, we offer the following comprehensive benefits package designed for the overall well-being of our team members:
Flexible work schedules and the ability to work remotely are available for many roles
Health, dental and vision insurance paid up to 80% for employees, dependents and domestic partners
Robust time-off plan (21 days of PTO in your first year)
Two paid volunteer days and 11 paid holidays
12 weeks paid parental leave for all new parents
Six weeks paid sabbatical after six years of service
Educational Assistant Program and Clinical Employee Reimbursement Program
401(k) with up to 4% match
Stock options
And much more!
At Aledade, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them! We strive to attract, develop and retain highly qualified individuals representing the diverse communities where we live and work. Aledade is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Employment policies and decisions at Aledade are based on merit, qualifications, performance and business needs. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), gender identity or expression, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, legally protected genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.
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