Agile Project Manager / Scrum Master (Digital Transformation)

Overview

Our client, one of the largest Energy companies in US providing a wide range of Energy related products and services to its customers, seeks accomplished Agile Project Manager / Scrum Master (Digital Transformation).*** Candidate must be authorized to work in USA without requiring sponsorship **************************************************************** Location: New York, NY 10003*** Duration: 6 months contract w/ possibility of extension or conversion to FTE roleNotes:

Pay Rate: $57.00/hr on W2.

Work Schedule: Hybrid - anticipated 1-2 days onsite in office.

Interview Process: 2 step interview.

Target Start Date: 8/03/2026.

Work Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm.

Description

Looking for a Project Manager with Scrum experience to assist on a long-term digital project.

Conduct and facilitate Scrum Ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Backlog Grooming, and Sprint Retrospective.

Facilitate cross-team coordination, tracking and following up on external dependencies.

Help the team identify risks and dependency. And work closely with the team and external teams to manage the risk and dependencies.

Regularly keep track of metrics such as velocity and burn down.

Product Backlog management.

Work closely with product owners to create and maintain a comprehensive product backlog.

Work with the product owners and team to keep the backlog prioritized.

Keeping the backlog clean and updated in terms of state, target dates, and linking user stories to appropriate features and epics.

Protect the team from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity.

Foster collaboration, accountability, and visibility across the team.

Build a trusting and open team environment where problems or concerns are raised without fear of blame.

Guide team on achieving higher levels of Agile maturity at a pace that is sustainable.

Qualifications

• Must have Bachelors Degree.
• Years of experience: 5-7.
• Agile project management.
• Experience with agile project management tools (Azure DevOps, Jira, etc..).
• Ability to manage a scrum team.
• Experience working with stakeholders from multiple departments and project teams.
• Ability to quickly understand a complex stakeholder ecosystem and how to remove blockers efficiently.

Preferred Skills

• Scrum
• Master certification.
• Experience with change management activities including.
• Stakeholder communications.
• Facilitation of meetings with stakeholders.
• Supporting training activities.
• Identifying gaps and/or adding requirements based on conversations with stakeholders.
• Prioritizing work or activities based on stakeholder feedback and project schedule.
• Identifying and resolving gaps in each activity or process.************************************************************I'd love to talk to you if you think this position is right up your alley, and assure a prompt communication, whichever direction.
• If you're looking for rewarding employment and a company that puts its employees first, we'd like to work with you.
• Satwinder “Sat” Singh
• Lead Technical Recruiter

Company Overview

Amerit Consulting is an extremely fast-growing staffing and consulting firm. Amerit Consulting was founded in 2002 to provide consulting, temporary staffing, direct hire, and payrolling services to Fortune 500 companies nationally; as well as small to mid-sized organizations on a local & regional level. Currently, Amerit has over 2,000 employees in 47 states.

We develop and implement solutions that help our clients operate more efficiently, deliver greater customer satisfaction, and see a positive impact on their bottom line. We create value by bringing together the right people to achieve results.

Our clients and employees say they choose to work with Amerit because of how we work with them - with service that exceeds their expectations and a personal commitment to their success. Our deep expertise in human capital management has fueled our expansion into direct hire placements, temporary staffing, contract placements, and additional staffing and consulting services that propel our clients’ businesses forward.

Amerit Consulting provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Applicants, with criminal histories, are considered in a manner that is consistent with local, state and federal laws.