Hybrid Project/Program Management P16 na Industrial Scientific

Job Title: Scrum Master

Objectives:

Do you want to serve a higher purpose?

Are you looking for a career and not just another job?

The people at Industrial Scientific are making a difference. We believe that great people working with great tools in a supportive environment can't help but deliver better products and services and do their best work for our customers. Our leaders understand the critical elements of breakthrough performance: bringing out the best in people; creating a climate of trust, openness and high performance; fostering candor and initiative; and treating people fairly and with dignity. Industrial Scientific provides the environment, leadership and support that enable employees to exceed their career expectations.

Industrial Scientific product development is a team of skilled engineers, designers and technicians in the disciplines of electrical, mechanical, and firmware engineering.  Third-party design partners are utilized (both locally and abroad) to augment our in-house team or to provide specific expertise. For the most part, we build what we design – often in our modern factory right here in Western Pennsylvania.

We design and develop a wide variety of world-class gas detection instruments, sensors, accessories and infrastructure for internet connectivity and remote management. Our designs utilize the latest mixed-signal embedded computing technology, mechanical packaging, miniaturization, and compelling user interfaces.  We partner with a dedicated, in-house application software team providing feature-rich PC- and web-based applications that help our customers get the most out of their instruments. We also work with our in-house sensor engineering team on the latest technologies in gas hazard detection.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

A Project Manager serves a key leader in our product development team. This person is responsible for coordinating the execution of all product development activities through our corporate stage-gate process.

This person is responsible for leading, challenging and motivating our cross-functional development teams while fostering a spirit of innovation and excellence. This person is responsible for generating, managing and communicating to project plans, ensuring deliverables are met, and otherwise ensuring the successful business outcome of the given project.

The duties include but are not limited to:

• Lead cross-functional development teams through the development of project plans, schedules and budgets
• Drive Agile delivery using Scrum and Kanban frameworks.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, QA, UI/UX and Firmware teams to align requirements and priorities. 
• Manage backlogs, sprints, and Kanban flow for multiple parallel initiatives.
• Ensure deliverables are delivered on time, within budget and meet quality standards
• Track and report performance to project plans and budgets
• Prepare and present comprehensive project reviews and status reports
• Drive continuous improvements to our project management processes & stage-gate product development process

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years effectively leading cross-functional technical teams or equivalent experience
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or business from an accredited university or equivalent degree/experience
• Strong hands-on experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum and Kanban) and excellent command over Agile tooling: Jira, Azure DevOps, Trello, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Product Development stage-gate process experience
• Master’s degree in engineering or Business from an accredited university or equivalent degree/experience
• Prior experience designing products to UL, CSA, ATEX, CE and IEC specifications
• Scrum certification (e.g., CSM, PSM I) or PMP/Prince2 a plus.
• Familiarity with lean, process validation and/or six sigma

Soft Skills:

• Effective presentation and communication skills
• Strong leadership ability
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Effective project/resource management skills
• Computer Skills – MS Office, Oracle, Windchill & MS Project