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Agile Project Manager (2) / Scrum Master (1) 3 Roles | Chicago / Dallas / Peoria | Local Candidates Job Details • Building Location: Chicago, Dallas, Peoria offices • Remote Possibility: Come into office when needed (local) because eventually this role will be full-time in office. Candidate needs to be local already. Position’s Contributions to Work Group • This role serves as a hybrid Project Manager and Scrum Master supporting delivery teams across the Dealer ERP transformation program. • The individual will facilitate Agile ceremonies, drive work decomposition, backlog refinement and prioritization in Azure DevOps, manage dependencies and milestones, coordinate stakeholder communications, and help ensure delivery commitments are met. • The role is critical to maintaining alignment across teams, improving delivery predictability, and providing transparency into program progress, risks, and outcomes. • Enable delivery across complex, enterprise-scale workstreams including release planning, readiness, coordination, and execution activities. • Your contribution will include driving transparency through dashboards, fostering collaboration across cross-functional teams, and supporting continuous improvement to deliver high-quality ERP capabilities on time and within scope. Typical Day or Week in the Role Typical Task Breakdown • Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives. • Coach teams on Agile principles, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement. • Partner with Product Managers, Product Owners, and technical teams to decompose and prioritize work in Azure DevOps, ensuring a healthy, execution-ready backlog aligned to delivery commitments. • Ensure user stories, acceptance criteria, estimates, and dependencies are clearly defined and understood. • Remove impediments, resolve blockers, and escalate risks and issues as needed. • Coordinate execution across multiple teams and workstreams to drive alignment and delivery predictability. • Facilitate cross-team dependency identification, management, and resolution. • Support Program Increment (PI) Planning, sprint planning, and release planning activities. • Manage and track project milestones, delivery commitments, risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies. • Coordinate release readiness activities, deployment planning, and execution support across teams. • Develop and maintain Azure DevOps dashboards, metrics, and reporting to provide visibility into progress, risks, and outcomes. • Prepare and communicate delivery status, milestones, risks, and key decisions to stakeholders and leadership. • Foster collaboration, accountability, and effective communication across business, product, engineering, and vendor teams. • Drive adherence to Agile standards, delivery best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure successful delivery of ERP capabilities. Interaction with Team • Working with the Dealer and Rental Systems PMO team and broader ERP program team, including external partners. Work Environment • Come into office when needed (local) because eventually this role will be full-time in office. Candidate needs to be local already. Education & Experience Required • No degree, they must have 8+ years exp as a PM/ Scrum master exp 5 year exp • Degree (preferred), they must have 5+ years exp as PM/ Scrum master exp 3+ year. Required Technical Skills • Azure DevOps expertise, including backlog management, work item decomposition, sprint planning, tracking, dashboards, and reporting • Strong Agile and Scrum knowledge with experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and coaching teams. SAFe experience a plus. • Project and program management experience, including milestone tracking, dependency management, RAID management, and stakeholder communications • Experience coordinating work across multiple teams and managing delivery against commitments • Technical understanding of the software product development lifecycle and digital product delivery practices • Proficiency with Microsoft collaboration tools, including Teams, SharePoint, and Microsoft 365 • Miro experience (nice to have) Soft Skills • Excellent communication • Strong facilitation and meeting leadership skills • Relationship building and stakeholder management • Cross-functional collaboration • Servant leadership mindset • Conflict resolution and negotiation • Organizational and prioritization skills • Critical thinking and problem solving • Ability to build alignment and gain buy-in • Results oriented and outcome driven

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Agile Project Manager (2) / Scrum Master (1)
3 Roles | Chicago / Dallas / Peoria | Local Candidates
Building Location: Chicago, Dallas, Peoria offices
Remote Possibility: Come into office when needed (local) because eventually this role will be full-time in office. Candidate needs to be local already.
Position’s Contributions to Work Group
This role serves as a hybrid Project Manager and Scrum Master supporting delivery teams across the Dealer ERP transformation program.
The role is critical to maintaining alignment across teams, improving delivery predictability, and providing transparency into program progress, risks, and outcomes.
Enable delivery across complex, enterprise-scale workstreams including release planning, readiness, coordination, and execution activities.
Typical Day or Week in the Role
Typical Task Breakdown
Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
Coach teams on Agile principles, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement.
Partner with Product Managers, Product Owners, and technical teams to decompose and prioritize work in Azure DevOps, ensuring a healthy, execution-ready backlog aligned to delivery commitments.
Ensure user stories, acceptance criteria, estimates, and dependencies are clearly defined and understood.
Remove impediments, resolve blockers, and escalate risks and issues as needed.
Coordinate execution across multiple teams and workstreams to drive alignment and delivery predictability.
Facilitate cross-team dependency identification, management, and resolution.
Support Program Increment (PI) Planning, sprint planning, and release planning activities.
Manage and track project milestones, delivery commitments, risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
Coordinate release readiness activities, deployment planning, and execution support across teams.
Develop and maintain Azure DevOps dashboards, metrics, and reporting to provide visibility into progress, risks, and outcomes.

Nice-to-haves

Degree (preferred), they must have 5+ years exp as PM/ Scrum master exp 3+ year.
Strong Agile and Scrum knowledge with experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and coaching teams. SAFe experience a plus.
Miro experience (nice to have)

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