Project Coordinator - Scrum

Project Coordinator - Scrum

Location: Culver City, CA

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid 3 days onsite

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 6 months
• Pay Rate: $70.00 $75.00 / Hour (USD)
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Job Summary

This role guides and coaches the Scrum Team on using Agile practices and principles to deliver high-quality products and services. The Project Coordinator Scrum champions and cultivates an "Impact Player" culture by stepping outside pre-assigned job functions and helping wherever it's needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Guide and coach the Scrum Team on using Agile practices and principles to deliver high-quality products and services
• Oversee team maturation up to a high-performing level by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques
• Ensure Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines
• Collaborate with the Product Owner to ensure the Product Backlog is well-defined, prioritized, and visible, helping the team understand goals and deliverables
• Work closely with team members and stakeholders to identify and remove team impediments
• Facilitate and support all Scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective with ad-hoc Backlog Refinement (as needed)
• Do the job that needs to be done champion and cultivate the "Impact Player" culture by stepping outside pre-assigned job functions and helping wherever it's needed
• Assist Project leadership with preparation for Sprint Reviews and Finance Steering Committee meetings
• Assist Project leadership in monitoring, tracking, and analyzing project costs in relation to cost budgets, forecasts, and contracts

Required Skills

• Passionate Scrum Advocate with strong Scrum skills
• Ability to influence a wide range of people, including people who are resistant to change and/or apathetic
• Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles
• Highly proactive, takes initiative, displays a strong work ethic, and maintains a positive attitude
• Intermediate level of JIRA experience, ideally as an Administrator
• Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
• Knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices
• Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, vertical slicing, and other Scrum concepts and techniques
• Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings at multiple levels of an organization and an understanding of advanced facilitation techniques
• Intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including but not limited to Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Demonstrated ownership of Scrum cadence and meeting logistics; ability to keep sessions time-boxed and outcome-oriented
• Strong calendar/task-management discipline (reminders, action logs, status tracking)
• Stakeholder communication with multiple managers; ability to escalate blockers diplomatically
• Tool familiarity: Jira/Asana/Trello or similar; advanced Excel/Sheets for trackers

Preferred Skills

• Agile/Scrum certification highly preferred (CSM, PSM I/II, or PMP with Agile focus)
• Entertainment/media production coordination experience
• SAP/ERP exposure if non-entertainment background
• Entertainment industry a plus; otherwise, financial/ERP exposure (SAP or similar) acceptable

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required

Required Experience

• At least 4 years of product or project development experience in an Agile/Scrum environment

Nice-to-Have Experience

• 5 10 years in project coordination / project management with strong Scrum ceremony ownership (stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, retros)

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-13310

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