Project Manager / Scrum Master - Digital Engineering
Summary
Pathway Search is recruiting a hands-on Project Manager / Scrum Master for a leading Australian organisation's Digital Engineering team in Sydney, driving Agile delivery of a new content management platform for high-traffic digital publishing. Day to day: run sprints in Jira/Confluence, manage backlogs and releases, and coordinate front-end, back-end, API and integration work.
We’re partnering with a leading Australian organisation to appoint a hands-on Project Manager / Scrum Master to join its Digital Engineering team.
This is an exciting opportunity to drive Agile delivery across a new content management platform supporting high-traffic digital publishing platforms.
Working closely with Software Engineering, Product, UX and Editorial teams, you’ll lead sprint delivery, manage priorities and dependencies, and translate business requirements into clear engineering deliverables.
The Role:
- Drive sprint planning, stand-ups, backlog refinement, retrospectives and showcases.
- Manage delivery roadmaps, sprint commitments, releases and engineering priorities.
- Translate business and product requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Coordinate dependencies across front-end, back-end, APIs and integrations.
- Identify delivery risks, resolve blockers and maintain momentum across the squad.
- Drive continuous improvement across Agile delivery practices.
You’ll be an experienced Digital Project Manager, Scrum Master, Agile Delivery Lead or Senior Business Analyst with strong engineering delivery experience.
Experience needed:
- Proven experience delivering digital technology initiatives in Agile environments.
- Strong understanding of Scrum, sprint management and backlog prioritisation.
- Experience working closely with software engineering teams across web applications, APIs and integrations.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience with Jira and Confluence.
- A proactive, hands-on approach to managing delivery and competing priorities.
The Opportunity
- Join a major digital engineering initiative with significant visibility.
- Play a key role in delivering a new content management platform.
- Work within a collaborative, cross-functional engineering squad.
- Influence delivery practices and outcomes across a significant digital transformation.