The Role
Leads multiple agile teams and scrum boards for data management, business intelligence, data warehousing, ETL, data conversion, and MDM initiatives. Manages team progress, removes roadblocks, monitors quality and timelines, evaluates technical risks, and escalates issues. Blends agile and traditional project management practices, mentors team members, coordinates cross-functional stakeholders, and communicates with technical and non-technical audiences. Jira expertise is required; SAFe implementation experience is preferred.
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Top Skills & Years of Experience:
• Minimum of 5 years in a scrum-master role leading scrums for ETL, data conversion, and/or MDM.
Nice to Have Skills:
• Experience implemented SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)
Interview Process: remote via MS Teams (may have two rounds of interviews)
Duration: 6/30/27, likely to extend
Onsite or Remote? Must be a WI resident. No relocation is allowed. This position can work 100% remote within WI.
Job Description
We have an immediate opening at the Department of Employee Trust Funds (ETF) for a Project Manager/Scrum Master.
Our team is responsible for BI/Analytics, a data lake platform, master data management (MDM), data integration, data
conversion, data quality, data architecture, data modeling, data literacy, and data governance. Data is one of our most
valuable assets and we strive to become a more data-literate and data-driven organization. This position will work on a
small, collaborative team that uses agile practices to deliver value to our business partners. This position must have
strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to think critically and identify innovative solutions.
This position must have strong technical knowledge in data management and experience in managing multiple scrum
boards for both project work and operations.
Key requirements
• Experience leading and managing multiple agile teams using Scrum/agile methodologies. Must have experience
leading scrums for business intelligence and data warehousing.
• Knowledge of both agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend
them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment.
• Experience in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks
to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project/operational work; and
mentoring and developing team members.
• Experience directing and monitoring work efforts daily, identifying resource needs, performing quality review;
and escalating functional, quality, timeline issues appropriately.
• Sufficient technical experience with data management and analytics to provide highly credible leadership to
technical teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks, issues, and
roadblocks.
• Managing team progress/status through JIRA.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills, ability to influence others and to interact with individuals
at all levels.
• Ability to work productively with cross-functional working groups and across organizational layers.
• Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building.
• Ability to develop and deliver presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Knowledge and understanding of business needs with the ability to establish/maintain high level of customer
trust and confidence.
• Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in agile project management tools such as Jira or
equivalent.
• Preferred experience implementing SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)
Skills Required
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Scrum Master role leading scrums for ETL, data conversion, and/or master data management
- Experience leading and managing multiple agile teams using Scrum or agile methodologies
- Experience leading scrums for business intelligence and data warehousing
- Knowledge of agile and traditional project management principles and practices
- Experience developing teams, holding members accountable, removing roadblocks, and mentoring team members
- Experience directing and monitoring daily work, identifying resource needs, reviewing quality, and escalating issues
- Technical experience with data management and analytics sufficient to lead technical teams and evaluate project risks
- Experience managing team progress and status through Jira or an equivalent tool
- Strong interpersonal, communication, mentoring, coaching, collaboration, and team-building skills
- Ability to work with cross-functional groups and across organizational levels
- Ability to develop and deliver presentations to technical and non-technical audiences
- Understanding of business needs and ability to maintain customer trust and confidence
- Experience implementing SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)
- Must be a Wisconsin resident; relocation is not permitted
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The Company
What We Do
Novalink Solutions LLC is a global consulting, engineering, and AI product development company specializing in information technology and telecommunications. They provide AI-powered products, automation platforms, intelligent workflow systems, IT consulting, managed engineering, and staff augmentation services.
