Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Serve as scrum master by planning, leading & facilitating scrum ceremonies with objective of delivering working & Quality software: Quarterly/Iteration planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint retrospective, Scrum of Scrum and sprint review / showcase
• Create & track project plan & milestones, Identify project risks, issues, blockers & dependency in collaboration with QAs, developers/tech leads & product owner. Assist team to come up with appropriate risk mitigation and contingency plans in timely manner
• Work with Product Owner & Tech leads to ensue product roadmap & backlog is created & prioritized for effective backlog refinement & sprint planning events.
• Ensure timely release planning (with specific cadence) for various environment is (Prod & Non-prod) done & communicated transparently to stakeholders & team.
• Share & track project status/milestones/reports to provide transparency & visibility to Squad & stakeholders
• Coordinate and collaborate with stakeholders (Mumbai & Chicago office) including Program managers, Technical managers &Product Managers
• Driver & advocate of continuous gradual improvement by streamlining various practices &  processes so as to help improvise overall efficiency of team
• Ensuring right practices, tools & processes are followed as per definition of done & definition of release. Ensuring definition of done is evolving & updated as and when team finds any improvements
• Train and/or educate product owner & dev team on Scrum processes/practices
• Promote & ensure Morningstar’s development framework and operational best practices are followed in team
• Foster a collaborative and safe environment for all team members
• Encourage scrum team to become self-organizing & accountable
• Able to lead multiple projects simultaneously along with scrum master role for squads.

Requirement

• A bachelor’s degree is required
• 8+ years of overall IT industry including project management experience
• Atleast 3 to 5 years of relevant hands on experience as a Scrum Master for delivering software using Scrum framework
• Should be a strong team player capable of building trust within the squad
• Hands on experience of facilitating story estimation exercise using tool like planning poker
• Exhibit strong project management skills
• Understanding of software development life cycle and idea of practices or tools followed by development, QA & DevOps for building quality software
• Excellent communication, time management/organization, collaboration and team building skills
• Ability to facilitate team decision-making processes and foster an environment of healthy team discussion and collaboration
• Ability to deal with ambiguity to seek clarity from stakeholders / teams
• Ability to negotiate with team / stakeholders to ensure focus on already committed goal is intact.
• Ability to drive sprint, iteration planning & program level initiative (in collaboration with various discipline) with full ownership & accountability to ensure sprint goal and quarterly committed goals of deliverables are met.

Good to Have :

• Past hands-on experience for development and/or product management responsibilities
• Experience in capital market or financial services industry

Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer

Morningstar’s hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate in-person each week. We’ve found that we’re at our best when we’re purposely together on a regular basis, at least three days each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you’ll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.