Manager, Project Management Chapter

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Reporting to the Director, Project Manager Chapter, Agile Excellence Domain, the **Manager, Project Management Chapter** will lead the DE Canada Project Management team within the Agile Excellence Domain

**What will you do?**

Team Management
- Create an environment for a highly motivated and engaged team of professionals
- Promote a learning environment where employees develop required skills, knowledge, and expertise
- Understand the skills of the resources, expertise, and areas where skills are lacking and put in appropriate remediation plans
- Support team members by proactively removing roadblocks for them leveraging their domain expertise
- Develop and execute a talent strategy that enables career progression and mobility, and professional development for Scrum Master practitioners
- Manage the hiring/onboarding, ongoing coaching, performance management, growth, and development, etc. of team members
- Manage and/or participate in the review of practitioners’ progression, performance, and compensation process. Act as champion for team members to put forth recommended salary increases and bonus suggestions
- Gather periodic performance feedback from stakeholders and squad members to ensure 360-degree input for team members
- Provide honest and direct feedback on evaluations and takes corrective action when required
- Ensures that domain objectives and plans are communicated to team members, along with how they contribute
- Hold regular team meetings to promote team building
- Hold regular one-on-one sessions with direct reports

Resource management
- Determine specific resource / skills requirements for the Scrum Master chapter based on the DE and organization needs
- Forecast supply to demand and then map demand to resource fulfillment
- Assesses the most appropriate resources to fulfill demand (internal, external vendors, contractors, etc.)
- Provide support to Delivery teams and other stakeholders for issues with resources assigned to agile squads and hubs (e.g., performance/skill gaps)
- Track the execution and the reporting on resourcing and manage towards the budget for the chapters
- Anticipate future needs for critical skills / competencies and develop workforce plans to meet them

Scrum Master Practice
- Assess and review the overall practice of the Scrum Master chapter and drive best practice & continuous improvement as applicable
- Establish the direction of professional development for chapter members
- Ensure that all practice related material and information (e.g., best practices, industry information, methodologies) for the Scrum Master chapter are kept up-to-date and made available to team members
- Enable teams to be successful by providing necessary tools, coaching, change management and other support services
- Keep informed on market trends, business strategy and continuously develop your own expertise and knowledge
- Lead and facilitate community of practice for the chapter and ensure consistency and alignment in chapter management practices across DE Canada.

**What will you need to succeed?**
- Familiarity working in Agile, Scrum, Kanban environments
- Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) or Certified Scrum Coach (CSC) ideal
- Delivery or software development background a plus
- 3+ years of experience in agile delivery
- 5+ years of experience in project management
- Experience working in an agile delivery and Kanban environment
- Experience encouraging team members to create a rewarding working environment in which they are driven and motivated to have a real impact within their respected product teams
- Experience creating an environment of learning and continuously improving your skills, development team skills, and your chapter

**Preferred Skills**:

- Proven leadership skills, including the ability to bring forward opinions/ideas and to inspire others
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, team building, and organizational skills
- Ability to relate well to others, including team members, peers, senior leaders, and clients
- Identifying and acquiring talent needs and resource planning and talent allocation across large organizations
- Commitment to grow through continually improving your own skills and approaches
- A mindset of a test and learn attitude, a bias for action, a passion to innovate and a willingness to learn
- Financial services experience, preferred

**What’s in it for you**: