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JSR Tech Consulting

JSR Tech Consulting provides contract consulting services for business and technology leaders in financial services, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare. They offer comprehensive strategic solutions designed to help businesses achieve their objectives through end-to-end solutions. With over 25 years of experience, JSR is committed to partnering with clients to navigate complex challenges and drive sustainable growth. They are also a certified Women-Owned Business Enterprise and advocate for disability inclusion in the workplace.

Description: Location fully remote or Newark based.
 
Job Description: 
As a member of the Security, Delivery and Portfolio (SDP) team, you will be responsible for executing operational sustainability projects that typically involve the remediation of End of Life (EOL) IT (Information Technology) Infrastructure (HW/SW); Vulnerability Remediation; Compliance; Modernization; and Process Improvements.
 
Responsibilities: 
" Manage an assigned set of medium to large scale IT Infrastructure projects.
 " Conduct application architecture assessments and help define solutions for complex problems.
 " Design/customize and execute migration workflows.
 " Maintain focus on project risks and interdependencies across the life cycle, making contingency plans to proactively address concerns that pose risk to budget, schedule, and scope.
 " Engage cross-functional stakeholders across multiple business units and application areas for problem solving, short-and long-term technology solutions, and risk mitigation activities.
 " Drive results and resolve issues including the ability to assess and course correct, as necessary.
 " Display strong organizational skills with diligence evidenced through sound analytical skills.
 " Display strong initiative, addressing issues without prompting.
 " Assist in preparing presentations and presents to leadership and stakeholders.
 " Ability to work across organizations and through obstacles.
 
Qualifications: 
" 7+ years' experience in managing multiple medium-to-large scale IT Infrastructure projects / programs collaborating with cross functional teams in the financial services industry.
 " Persuasive communication and interpersonal skills; good consensus builder
 " Outstanding collaborative skills and ability to interface across organizational levels and cultures.
 " Ability to develop and leverage relationships.
 " Strong drive for results; able to meet tight deadlines in a fluid, challenging environment.
 " Capable of executing short-term (tactical) and long term (strategic) plans
 " Excellent customer focus, with experience effectively managing matrix relationships.
 " Skill at resolving conflict and negotiating effectively and tactfully.
 " Proven history of time-management, leadership, and people skills
 " Ability to multi-task and comfortable working with ambiguity at times
 " Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certifications is a plus.
 " Experience in Vulnerability Management

Project Manager

Contract position with a major financial firm.
 Hybrid in Newark, NJ
 
As a Scrum Master in Chief Technology Office, you will join a team of change agents who are responsible for coaching, teaching and guiding individuals, bringing to bear agile principles, practices and frameworks to solve sophisticated business problems, deploy innovative products, services and experiences to delight our customers! You will partner with product owners, tech leads, designers, engineers and delivery professionals to improve End User Experience. You will bring excellent problem solving, communication and teamwork skills, strong business insight, an inclusive leadership attitude and a continuous learning focus to all that you do.
 
Here is what you can expect on a typical day
 " Collaborate with product owners in understanding needs and defining feature stories, tech leads in defining technical design and other team members to understand the system end-to-end and deliver robust solutions that bring about business impact
 " Bring an understanding of relevant and emerging technologies, begin to identify opportunities to provide feedback to the team, and embed learning and innovation in the day-to-day
 " Work on problems of diverse scope in which analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors
 " Ensures the team(s) lives Agile values and principles and follow the processes and practices that they agreed-upon to deliver the committed solutions
 " Responsible for promoting and supporting Agile principles by helping everyone understand applied theories, practices, rules, and value
 " True servant leader who serves the team(s) and larger organization
 " Supports those outside the aligned team(s) to understand which of their interactions with the team(s) are effective and which aren't; helps everyone change these interactions to improve the value built by the Agile team
 " Supports all aspects of risk management and impediment resolution
 " Formal people leadership for a highly talented team of X Scrum Masters
 " Operate with a high degree of autonomy and accountability
 
The Skills & Expertise You Bring
 " Proven experience as a Scrum Master or Release Train Engineer, or comparable Agile delivery leadership role
 " Leverage diverse ideas, experiences, thoughts and perspectives to the benefit of the organization
 " Experience with agile development methodologies
 " Knowledge of business concepts, tools and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business
 " Ability to learn new skills and knowledge on an on-going basis through self-initiative and tackling challenges
 " Excellent problem solving, communication and collaboration skills
 
Experience with several of the following: 
" Familiarity and expertise with Agile principles and frameworks, including story writing and estimation, facilitation, and identification and implementation of continuous improvement (CI)
 " Experience working and proficiency in performing the role of Scrum Master, including on teams charged with highly complex outcomes
 " Expertise in facilitation and tracking of Objectives & Key Results (OKRs), prioritization, backlog refinement, and specialty workshops.
 " Proven capabilities in: (i) delivery, (ii) reporting and metrics, (iii) Agile toolchains (Jira, Jira Align, Miro, etc.)
 
Preferred Qualifications
 " Certified Scrum Master certification
 " Experience in serving as a Scrum Master within the financial services industry on multiple teams
 " Experience with Project Management
 " Understanding of Device Lifecycle Management a plus
 
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