12 Apr
Scrum Master II
Vacancy expired!
UWM is seeking a Scrum Master who knows how to work with teams of developers in a fast-paced, agile environment. We're looking for someone who is passionate about Agile and constantly on the lookout for ways to improve existing conditions. If you're a self-starter who's not afraid to raise issues and drive change to remove barriers, we should talk.WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
- Driving and leading sprint planning, daily stand-ups, demos, and retrospectives
- Anticipating and aggressively removing obstacles that slow down or prevent work completion
- Embracing, coaching, and evangelizing agile values and principles
- Building team cohesion and fostering open and honest team communication
- Collecting, reporting, and refining agile metrics to quantify and communicate team performance
- Catalyzing continuous improvement of process through collaboration with team and organizational leaders to implement changes
- Ensuring that teams are effectively executing against the highest value priorities
- Providing "go to" leadership, transparency and visibility
- Computer or business-related Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Knowledge of Agile framework and methods (i.e. Scrum, Kanban)
- Deep skills in estimation, story slicing, grooming and other Agile techniques
- Solid experience leading Scrum events: spring planning, daily scrums, reviews / demos and retrospectives
- Outstanding communication, facilitation, organization and coaching skills
- Ability to productively converse with business stakeholders and developers alike
- Self-motivated with a strong work ethic
- Comfortable in a fast-moving environment
- Ability to multitask and adapt
- Positive attitude and willingness to learn
- Onsite, full-time attendance
- 5+ years of project, product, or technical leadership in a software development environment
- 3 years' experience as a dedicated Scrum Master and / or Agile Coach.
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or similar certification
- Experience with Team Foundation Server (TFS)
- Paid Time Off (PTO) after just 30 days
- Additional parental and maternity leave benefits after 12 months
- Adoption reimbursement program
- Paid volunteer hours
- Paid training and career development
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- 401k with employer match
- Mortgage discount and area business discounts
- Free membership to our large, state-of-the-art fitness center, including exercise classes such as yoga and Zumba, various sports leagues and a full-size basketball court
- Wellness area, including an in-house primary-care physician's office, full-time massage therapist and hair salon
- Gourmet cafeteria featuring homemade breakfast and lunch
- Convenience store featuring healthy grab-and-go snacks
- In-house Starbucks and Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Company
- Indoor/outdoor caf with Wi-Fi
Vacancy expired!