Description: Our client is currently seeking a Scrum Master III
Key Responsibilities:
Align with the Enterprise Actuarial Projects PMO organization, bringing hands-on experience in supporting actuarial modeling programs/projects.
Oversee project management for actuarial model and data delivery, as well as business testing and adoption activities.
Perform project management (PM) and scrum master (SM) tasks in support of multiple teams.
Partner with team members and stakeholders to develop and maintain project plans, RAID logs, and resource needs.
Facilitate daily stand-up meetings for multiple teams, conduct weekly status meetings, and lead ad hoc working group meetings.
Escalate, track, and report on project risks and issues, key decisions, and changes to scope, schedule, and budget via formal change control processes.
Remove impediments to ensure program teams have the resources they need to succeed.
Apply knowledge of PMO tools (e.g., ADO, SmartSheet, Excel, PowerPoint) to capture and report key project metrics using a data-driven approach.
Represent project/team status in weekly stakeholder meetings through formal weekly/monthly project status reports.
Ensure quality deliverables and successful business testing, production readiness, and adoption.
Develop strong relationships with key project stakeholders from various teams (Actuarial modeling, business, IT) to facilitate cross-functional collaboration.
Required Skills / Experience:
5+ years of experience in program/project management with a track record of delivering business value.
Ability to oversee multiple teams independently with minimal guidance.
Understanding of platform implementation, integration best practices, and systems development lifecycle methodologies.
Experience in needs analysis, process mapping, requirements gathering, and solution discovery.
Effective stakeholder and project team management skills.
Proficient in project management methodologies and best practices (i.e., Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile, Waterfall); experience with Agile practices and tools.
Experience managing quality assurance, regression, user acceptance, and production parallel testing activities, along with defect management/resolution.
Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal, negotiation, and organizational skills.
Team player focused on collaboration and continuous improvement.
Self-starter with sound judgment, decision-making skills, and an analytical, data-driven mindset.
Proficient in common project management tools including MS Project, Smartsheet, JIRA, ADO, MS PowerPoint, Excel.
Preferred Skills / Experience:
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
