Job Description
City: Culver City, CA
Onsite/ Hybrid/ Remote: Hybrid (3-4 days a week onsite) - No Flex in this
Duration: About 7 Months (End date: 3/31/2027)
Rate Range: Upto $77/hr on W2
Work Authorization: GC, USC, All valid EADs except H1B, OPT, CPT
Must Have:
- This is not a IT Scrum Master role - Must have Finance Transformation Experience
- 4+ years of project management or product/project development experience in an Agile/Scrum environment
- Hands-on experience functioning as a Scrum Master or in a similar project management role
- Experience facilitating Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and backlog refinement
- Intermediate JIRA experience
- Experience managing project schedules, working sessions, stakeholder follow-ups, dependencies, and action items
- Experience working with multiple stakeholders in a corporate project environment
- Bachelor’s degree
Responsibilities:
- Guide and support the project team in Agile and Scrum practices.
- Facilitate Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and future planning sessions.
- Schedule and coordinate project working sessions.
- Follow up with stakeholders and project team members to ensure deliverables and action items are completed on time.
- Partner with Product Owners to maintain and prioritize the backlog.
- Identify and help remove project impediments.
- Track project schedules and keep teams on task against project timelines.
- Support Sprint Reviews and Finance Steering Committee meetings.
- Monitor and analyze project costs against budgets, forecasts, and contracts.
- Work with internal Agile/Scrum resources as needed.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- 4+ years of Agile/Scrum project experience required.
- The target background is approximately 5-10 years of project management/Scrum experience, but candidates outside this range can be considered.
- Strong knowledge of Agile and Scrum concepts and practices.
- Intermediate working knowledge of JIRA.
- Experience facilitating meetings across multiple levels of an organization.
- Knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices.
- Intermediate Microsoft Office skills.
Nice to Have:
- Finance transformation, accounting, ERP, or finance-related project experience.
- Basic familiarity with finance/accounting terminology or systems such as SAP.
- Scrum or Agile certification. Certification is not required.
- Entertainment/media industry experience. Industry experience is not required.
- JIRA administration experience.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Culver City, California |
| Website | akubeinc.com |
Skills
Accountingunmatched
Administrative Skillsunmatched
Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
Atlassian JIRAunmatched
Backlog Prioritizationunmatched
Budgetingunmatched
Cost Analysisunmatched
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
Entertainment and Mediaunmatched
Financeunmatched
Forecastingunmatched
Microsoft Officeunmatched
Project Developmentunmatched
Project Evaluationunmatched
Project Scheduleunmatched
Project Trackingunmatched
Project/Program Coordinationunmatched
Project/Program Managementunmatched
SAPunmatched
Schedule Developmentunmatched
Scrum Project Management and Software Developmentunmatched
ScrumMasterunmatched
Sprint Planningunmatched
Sprint Retrospectiveunmatched
Standup Meetingsunmatched
Time Managementunmatched
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