18 Apr
Scrum Master
Vacancy expired!
- Works as a servant leader and coach to enable teams to self-organize, self-manage and deliver on their goals by following Lean-Agile practices. Actively works to mature their teams to become self-organizing and cross functional.
- Performs as a Scrum Master for 2-3 teams.
- Facilitates road mapping, sprint planning sessions, retrospectives, and demos.
- Fosters an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and relentless improvement.
- Supports the triage and resolution of critical project issues.
- Maintains relevant metrics to gauge team progress.
- Prepares and delivers progress and status updates for both internal and client teams.
- Enables cross communication between agile teams by participating in the scrum of scrum meetings.
- Receives feedback from all levels and implements feedback towards continuous personal improvement.
- Mentor’s associate scrum masters.
- Facilitates the scrum ceremonies, removes impediments, acts as a buffer for the team from all outside distractions, and ensures that scrum rules are followed. Assists the team in staying accountable to their commitments consistently.
- Enables cross communication between agile teams by participating in the scrum of scrum meetings.
- Ensures cross-team coordination and works with other scrum masters on the team to maintain a consistent practice across the organization.
- Position requires a bachelor's degree in computer science or information systems and three years of information technology experience with three year's work experience leading projects/developing or leading teams in an agile environment.
- SP and SSM/CSM certification required, or the ability to obtain them within 12 months of employment. Will accept any suitable combination or education, training or experience.
- Position requires an understanding of common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and iterative development practices; knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, and Automated Testing preferred; ability to manage large and complex projects; ability to help teams write user stories/epics, identify dependencies, and design optimal solutions; ability to establish immediate credibility with business stakeholders, build consensus, and achieve goals through influence; excellent interpersonal/communication skills; prior hands-on development experience preferred; familiarity with multiple team management tools (JIRA/Confluence, Pivotal Tracker, VersionOne, etc.)
Vacancy expired!