Sr IT Project Manager (Junior Scrum Master)

The Company

Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.

We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.

Meet the team:

The  Sr IT Project Manager will be the interface between IT and Dexcom corporate and business stakeholders to set the technology strategy for assigned projects.  This individual will be a 2-way translator between the project stakeholders and the IT department, helping to define & project manage multiple projects.  This cross-functional position will sit within IT, spending approximately 50% of their time with the business.

Where you come in:

• You will lead the scrum team in using Agile methodology and scrum practices

• You will work with the product owners and development teams to achieve customer satisfaction

• You will provide visibility into delivery targets, commitments, and progress

• You will facilitate story / epic level backlog refinement and prioritization, and provide monitoring and status tracking support for cross-team initiatives

• You will lead the scrum and development teams in self-organization

• You will remove impediments and coach the scrum teams on removing impediments

• You will help the scrum teams achieve higher levels of scrum maturity

• You will resolve conflicts and issues that occur
   

What makes you successful:

• Your experience on a scrum teams

• Your experience managing work and dependencies across multiple departments

• Your xperience with successful Agile techniques

• Your strong communication, interpersonal and mentoring skills

• Your ability to adapt to a changing environment

• Your excellent communication skills, facilitation skills, ability to collaborate, plan, execute and follow up on meetings at the team level

• Your self-motivation and the ability to stay focused in the middle of distraction

• Your good level of spoken and written English

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university 

• Typically requires a minimum of 3 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 1.5 year and a Master’s degree; or equivalent experience.

• Problem Solver: Removes impediments that stand in the way of the team delivering software

• Servant Leader: Garner respect from your team and be willing to get your hands dirty to get a job done

• Communicative and social: Communicate well with teams

• Facilitative: Lead and demonstrate value-add principles to a team

• Assertive: Ensure Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, be a voice of reason and authority, make the tough calls

• Enthusiastic and Optimistic: Have high energy and be eternally optimistic in trying/challenging times

• Continual improvement: Continually grow your craft by learning new tools and techniques to manage yourself and a team

• Conflict resolution: Facilitate discussion and alternatives or different approaches, especially with differing personalities

• Attitude of empowerment: Lead a team to self-organization

• Attitude of transparency: Bring disclosure and transparency to the business about the development and growing business trust

What you’ll get:

• A front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community.

• A full and comprehensive benefits program.

• Growth opportunities on a global scale.

• Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.

• An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.

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