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In addition to managing projects, the successful candidate will serve as Scrum Master for select IT teams and bring strong knowledge of Agile methodologies to help those teams deliver effectively. The candidate will manage several projects at the same time in a fast-paced environment, partner closely with business and technology stakeholders, and communicate clearly and effectively at all levels of the organization. This role is responsible for delivering projects on time, within budget, and in alignment with business objectives.\nThe People You Will Work With\n\nThe position will report directly to the Director - Finance Technology & IT Operations. The role will collaborate with IT leadership, other project managers, business analysts, product owners, Finance, Operations, Business Development, Internal Audit, EPMO, Cybersecurity, Development, IT Infrastructure, business stakeholders, managed service providers, vendors, and consultants.\nWhere and When You Will Work\n\nThe position will be based at Farmer Mac's headquarters at 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, and remote candidates will be considered. Farmer Mac is a Presence with a Purpose work environment, providing flexibility while creating opportunities for teams to come together with purpose. Occasional work outside core hours may be required for planned or unplanned activities, time-sensitive projects, or project go-live and support events.\nPrimary Responsibilities and Duties\n\nResponsibilities and essential job functions include, but are not limited to, the following:\nProject leadership: Lead complex, cross-functional technology projects through the full project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, testing, go-live, and closure.\nMulti-project management: Manage several projects concurrently in a fast paced environment, balancing priorities, deadlines, dependencies, and available resources.\nScrum Master responsibilities: Serve as Scrum Master for select IT teams, facilitating sprint planning, daily stand ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, and coaching team members and product owners on Agile principles and practices.\nBacklog and sprint management: Partner with product owners and business analysts to maintain a prioritized backlog, support story refinement and sprint goals, and track team velocity, sprint progress, and delivery commitments.\nImpediment removal: Identify and remove obstacles that affect team delivery, escalate issues that cannot be resolved at the team level, and protect the team from scope churn and competing priorities.\nScope, budget, and resource management: Define and manage project scope, budget, forecasts, and resource needs, and manage changes through established change control processes.\nRisk and issue management: Identify, track, and escalate project risks, issues, and dependencies, and drive timely mitigation and resolution.\nStakeholder communication: Provide clear and timely communication to project sponsors, business stakeholders, and IT leadership, including regular status reports, executive updates, and steering committee materials.\nVendor and partner management: Coordinate with vendors, managed service providers, and consultants to ensure deliverables, timelines, and commitments are met.\nRequirements and testing coordination: Work with business analysts, developers, and business users to confirm requirements, coordinate user acceptance testing, and manage release and go-live readiness.\nGovernance and methodology: Apply Farmer Mac's project management standards and governance practices, including SDLC and EPMO processes, and tailor Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid approaches to each project while ensuring required approvals, documentation, and audit evidence are maintained.\nProject tracking tools: Maintain accurate project information, backlogs, sprint boards, work items, and reporting in the project management tools used by the team, such as Azure DevOps.\nTeam leadership: Lead project teams and facilitate meetings, including status meetings, planning sessions, and retrospectives, to keep teams aligned and accountable for results.\nAgile practice improvement: Promote continuous improvement and Agile maturity across IT by sharing lessons learned, improving team processes, and helping teams adopt consistent Agile practices and metrics.\nDesired Skills and Qualifications\n\nAt least seven years of experience as an IT project manager, leading technology projects in a business or financial services environment.\nProven ability to lead complex technology projects, including system implementations, upgrades, integrations, and process modernization efforts.\nDemonstrated ability to manage several projects at the same time in a fast-paced environment while meeting deadlines and maintaining quality.\nStrong working knowledge of project management methodologies, including Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid approaches, with the judgment to apply the right approach to each project.\nStrong knowledge of Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, with a strong understanding of Agile ceremonies, roles, artifacts, backlog management, user stories, acceptance criteria, estimation, and sprint planning.\nHands on experience serving as a Scrum Master, including facilitating Scrum events, coaching teams and product owners, removing impediments, and driving continuous improvement.\nExperience using Agile metrics, such as velocity, burndown, and cycle time, to measure team performance and improve predictability of delivery.\nAbility to support multiple Agile teams at once and adapt facilitation and coaching styles to different team dynamics and levels of Agile maturity.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences and with senior leadership.\nStrong leadership, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority.\nExperience managing project budgets, schedules, scope, risks, and issues.\nComfortable using AI tools, such as Microsoft Copilot, to work efficiently, including drafting communications, summarizing meetings, analyzing information, and streamlining project and Agile team activities. \nExperience with Azure DevOps for project planning, backlog and sprint management, work item tracking, and reporting.\nStrong organizational skills, attention to detail, and sound problem-solving ability.\nEducation and Experience\n\nBachelor's degree strongly preferred, ideally in Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Business, or a related field.\nMinimum of seven years of professional experience as an IT project manager, including experience working in Agile environments and serving as a Scrum Master.\nPMP certification preferred.\nExperience in the financial services industry is a plus.\nAgile certifications such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), PMI-ACP, or SAFe Scrum Master are strongly preferred. ITIL Foundation or similar credentials are a plus.\nOur compensation philosophy is targeted pay positioning relative to peers, our industry, and external markets. Farmer Mac is committed to a compensation program that will enable the organization to attract, motivate, reward, and retain highly skilled and creative talent to maintain sustained long-term performance and achieve the organization’s strategic business objectives. Salary is competitive. The typical starting salary range for this position is between $120,000-$150,000, although wages can vary based on experience and geography, plus performance-based bonus and equity-based awards. 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