AI Technical Project Manager / Scrum Master
Alpharetta, GA
Contracted
Experienced
Primary responsibilities
- Actively identify, manage, and resolve external dependencies and impediments across teams and stakeholders to ensure the squad remains focused and unblocked in its delivery
- Leverage tools such as JIRA and Roadmunk to provide clear, transparent visibility into delivery status, risks, issues, and dependencies, enabling effective prioritization and decision‑making by Product Owners
- Ensure deliverables, expected outcomes, roles, and responsibilities are clearly defined and communicated, while remaining adaptable as priorities and team structures evolve
- Serve as a Scrum Master where appropriate, facilitating agile ceremonies and practices in a pragmatic way that supports delivery rather than imposing rigid process
- Partner closely with Product Owners and Tech Leads to incrementally improve planning discipline, backlog clarity, and delivery predictability over time
- Use metrics and tooling to surface trends and risks, focusing on actionable insights that help the team improve flow and execution
- Maintain lightweight but effective project documentation and stakeholder reporting aligned to the pace and maturity of the team
- Foster a collaborative, transparent team culture that encourages continuous improvement, learning, and shared ownership of outcomes
- Support the team’s gradual evolution toward mature, effective agile delivery, introducing structure and best practices incrementally as the team’s context and readiness evolve
Required Skills
- Demonstrated experience driving delivery in complex, fast‑changing environments
- Strong grounding in Scrum and agile principles, with the judgment to apply them flexibly
- Proven ability to manage dependencies, remove blockers, and improve delivery flow
- Ability to provide clear, concise communication of status, risks, and issues to Product Owners
- Deep expertise in JIRA and delivery tracking tools
- Ability to influence behavior and outcomes without formal authority
- Proven experience operating across siloed organizations, building alignment and cohesion to enable effective end‑to‑end delivery.
- Familiarity with GenAI, data, and compute infrastructure concepts
- Hands‑on experience acting as a Scrum Master or agile delivery lead
Desired Skills
- Experience supporting teams as they evolve toward agile maturity, rather than operating only in fully mature agile environments
- Hands-on GenAI development experience
- Financial services or large‑scale transformation experience
Qualifications
- 4-6 years working as a technical project manager
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