29 Nov
Scrum Master
Vacancy expired!
Apex Systems is looking for a Senior Level Scrum Master in Richmond, VA! If you're interested, please apply online or email your resume to Thanks! Location: Richmond, VA ContractRESPONSIBILITIES/TASKS:
- Facilitation of the team ceremonies daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo and sprint retrospective.
- Actively manage and address impediments that are beyond the team's authority or require support from other teams.
- Communicate with management and stakeholders on the progress of team development by providing transparency.
- Monitor team velocity and capacity per iteration.
- Assist the product manager/BSA with product refinement of scope and prioritization.
- Assist in the estimation and planning of the work for the team based on the teams past performance.
- Managing the scrum process and coaching the team in agile methodology.
- Keep the team focused on the goals of the iteration by shielding team from outside distractions and interferences.
- Encourage the team to self-organize and be accountable for their decisions.
- Demonstrable knowledge with one of the agile frameworks (SAFe, Scrum and Kanban etc.).
- Stakeholder Management, Negotiation and Communication skills.
- Ability to coach on how to follow agile methodologies.
- Understanding of the basic fundamentals of iterative and incremental development.
- Ability to help manage scrum team backlog and priorities using agile based tools (Jira, Rally/Central Agile, Version1, etc.).
- Excellent communication, facilitation and mentoring skills.
- Demonstrable conflict resolution skills.
- Demonstrable risk management and mitigation skills.
- Knowledge of tools used to assist with scrum team planning (Jira, Rally/Central Agile, Version1, etc.).
- Knowledge of healthcare industry, particularly Medicare preferred.
- Use of Jira for the management of team backlog and sprint tracking preferred.
- Knowledge of technical tools such as sql server, .net and ETL preferred.
Vacancy expired!