Communicate objectives, priorities, progress, changes, and impediments Partner, negotiate, and collaborate with subject matter experts Help define and document timelines and dependencies Support product backlog grooming Schedule and facilitate team meetings Define and provide metrics and reports on project progress Enable scoping, planning, and estimation efforts Support staffing utilization management Identify, analyze, mitigate, and respond to risks Foster a work culture that recognizes and supports individual differences Optimize existing tools/processes or propose new ones for distributed teams