I’m helping one of our clients – NFi Studios – look for an Agile project manager / ScrumMaster to work with them in their Orlando office. I’ve been working with NFi on an ADS Skirmish project since August, and they are looking to bring someone onboard full-time to help fuel their growth. They’re a great team of people intent on dominating their market, which they are set up to do. This position will help make that happen.

Having done Rock the Job with Nick Pettit and Jim Hoskins of Done21 I’m pretty picky on what I expect from a resume. Here’s the expectation:

• The email is the cover letter.
• Your resume should show the quantitative impact your work has had on your previous/current employer. Be specific.
• Show that you know something about NFi.
• Provide examples of how you can help the company.
• Show examples of how you are self-managing and self-motivating.

Not to sound harsh, however if you don’t have those 5 items, your resume won’t make it past round 1. Be convincing and stand out. This is a very important position for the company, and finding the right person to help them is a job I take very seriously.

So with that, here’s the job info:

NFi Studios is a creative, interactive and marketing agency located in Downtown Orlando, Florida. We are an experienced team of highly ambitious and talented developers, designers and marketers. We produce Social Media and Mobile web applications, develop in PHP, Zend, MySQL, and Apache, and have implemented Agile throughout our company. We are rapidly expanding and seek a technical and personable leader who can help us scale our operations. Do you thrive in a fun, fast-paced, dynamic and creative work environment? Are you a team leader, organized, experienced and energetic? If so, we look forward to talking with you.

The successful candidate will work closely with management to define, agree and assist with the prioritization and planning of software projects. They will own the delivery plans and manage change control, communication and work closely with every member of the team.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Facilitate planning meetings and elicit requirements (User Stories) from product owners and customers.
• Analyze requirements across products and projects to identify synergies and opportunities for increased efficiency in development.
• Work with stakeholders to determine product feasibility, business need, priorities, and conduct analysis.
• Analyze requirements (user stories) and ensure sufficient specificity, acceptance criteria, and business value.
• Assist in the creation of automated acceptance test criteria from the elicited requirements, execute and analyze test results
• Facilitate the Scrum ceremonies — Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and the Sprint Retrospective.
• Provide support to Scrum Team members, Product Owners, and management.
• Ensure that software engineering practices are established, followed, and supports continuous improvements.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years experience in project management.
• Certified Scrum Master or Scrum Practitioner a plus.
• Demonstrable experience leading teams in Web and software development using Scrum or similar methods.
• Demonstrable experience managing software projects.
• Demonstrable experience eliciting and documenting requirements for software projects.
• Knowledge of and experience with the PHP application development platform.
• Broad technical knowledge spanning applications, infrastructure, methodologies, and tools.
• Understanding of Scrum, XP, TDD, Lean, and other Agile methodologies.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and strong presentation skills.
• Ability to mentor and coach team members in the use of Scrum
• Passion for continuous improvement.

Bonus

• Minimum of 1 year experience using Agile methodologies.
• Experience working in a small team, non-corporate environment
• Knowledge and understanding of social media
• Experience in the non-profit or Association industry

If that’s you, please email careers@nfistudios.com. I look forward to talking with you.