Project Manager/Scrum Master

Basic Function

Reporting to the IT Business Process Excellence team, this position provides leadership for planning and delivery of IT projects and other product backlog items. The IT Project Manager/Scrum Master is responsible for implementation of business and IT solutions, new applications, and upgrades. The position ensures successful delivery, meeting the targets related to scope, time, cost and value. Following DevOps principles, IT Project Manager/Scrum Master ensures a seamless transition of project outputs to product teams. Overall, this position works closely with business and technology leadership, serving as a leader and trusted advisor for quality delivery of IT solutions.    
 

Roles & Responsibilities

• This is a position of influence, negotiation and expectation management as well as hands-on delivery management:
• Successful delivery of projects and product backlog items
• Collaborates with product team leaders and business process owners for value creation through technology investments
• Is an active practitioner and coach of LYB Advancing90 delivery methodology, which is based on agile and lean principles
• Coaches and mentors project and product teams, involving both IT and business participants
• Prepares project plan, resource and cost estimates  
• Liaises with resource managers to secure resources required for successful delivery
• Manages budget, scope and schedule
• Facilitates organizational change management; manages risk and issue resolution
• Manages stakeholders in business and IT, including senior leaders
• Reports into project steering committee or equivalent body; ensures regular status reporting 
• Ensures that the project delivers benefits outlined in the business case and meets reasonable expectations of end users
• Contributes to continuous improvement of LYB project delivery by applying lessons learned and external leading practices
   

Min. Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, business administration or related field or equivalent experience.  
• A minimum of 7 years of IT and business/industry related experience with large, global organizations.  
• A minimum of 2 years in a project management role, managing medium to large global teams.
• Two plus years of leadership responsibility in managing small to medium projects and teams and influencing management and stakeholders
• Experience in agile 
• Experience in DevOps is highly preferred
• Excellent program and project management skills with demonstrated track record
• Demonstrated people leadership and team-building skills; ability to work in matrix organization
• Strong presentation and communication skills; negotiation skills to influence stakeholders
• Experience in managing multi-cultural project teams and work across multiple onsite and offshore locations  
• Experience in financial planning and analysis, cost benefit analysis, in project economic metrics like NPV, IRR, payback, preferred
   

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or MS degree a plus
• Current PMI PMP certification and Certified Scrum Master a plus
• Experience in technology projects in one or more of the following business domains: Manufacturing, Procurement or IT (infrastructure)
• Experience in implementing SaaS solutions
• Experience in implementing projects on SAP platform, and preferably also in managing operations on SAP platform

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