RetailMeNot seeks an experienced Agile project driver to lead teams in releasing most valuable features, and iterating and continually improving mobile web and app experiences. Must be a dynamic relationship-builder and cross-team collaboration enthusiast.

Scrum Master/Coach/Mentor for an engineering team, delivering a full product evolution, two weeks at a time. Should be a natural at guiding and protecting team’s sprint commitments, keeping all eyes on the business prize. Will coordinate across 1-2 development teams to improve efficiencies, ensure quality code and deliver what RMN customers want. Must embrace the philosophy: Can we do better? Always.

**This is a 3 month contract. This position will work on-site at our office in downtown Austin, Texas. Apologies, we cannot consider remote candidates at this time.**

Responsibilities

• Act as Scrum Master for 1-2 Agile teams
• Facilitate team meetings, such as daily scrum, sprint planning, retrospectives, backlog grooming, and sprint reviews
• Remove and resolve team impediments and dependencies
• Collaborate with Developers, QA, UI/UX, Content and Product Management to establish effective teams and processes with predictable output
• Assist with the Release Management for one or more projects, ensuring tickets are releasable, running pre-release meetings and scheduling release windows
• Manage project risks and cross-team dependencies
• Monitor and track team roadmaps and milestones
• Manage team JIRA boards, Confluence sites, calendars, mailing lists and chat rooms
• Create agendas and record minutes for all meetings
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
• Ensure that projects are delivered on-time, within scope
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress
• Manage changes to the project scope and project schedule using appropriate verification techniques
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Meeting management including scheduling, taking notes, ensuring right people are involved
• Push project status to teams and Leadership

• Proven 5-7 years working experience in project management in the information technology sector
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment that requires frequent shifts in focus
• Ability to prioritize, work independently and take initiative to solve problems
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, ability to think strategically, creatively, and judiciously
• Attention to detail
• A technical background is a plus, with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Passionate about delivering excellent customer experiences
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
• Strong working knowledge of JIRA and Confluence
• Project Management Professional Certification
• Understanding of Agile methodologies and practices; Agile certifications a plus