Scrum Master

Job Requirements

A Scrum Master is a servant leader and coach for an Agile Team to foster the culture of technical discipline and craftsmanship that is the hallmark of effective Agile teams. An individual leads and educate the team in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe and other methodologies, as needed, to ensuring that the agreed-upon Agile process is being followed. A Scrum Master works with product owners to build and iterate their product road maps to meet the needs of evolving priorities and to assist them in maintaining a healthy and appropriate product backlog. The individual works with product owners and delivery teams to establish a pace that drives consistent and healthy throughput, set and manage common priorities, remove blockers and impediments, and surface inter-dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Work onsite in Phoenix as the primary work location to interact, collaborate and coordinate work on a frequent basis with other employees in IT and throughout the University.
• Embrace Agile Core Values, adopt and apply Agile Principles, and implement Agile practices and support engagement of these values, principles and practices by all team members; promote Agile quality practices by providing guidance to assist the teams in constantly improving the quality of their deliverables and meeting the Definition of Done (DoD).
• Facilitate the forming of the Agile teams, including the operating norms of the team, built-in quality practices, Work in Process (WIP), and any other process rules the team has agreed on; ensure all team members adhere to established rules and processes.
• Facilitate preparation and readiness for Agile Release Train (ART) events, including PI Planning, System Demos, and inspect and adapt.
• Facilitate and continuously challenge the old norms of development to improve performance in the areas of quality, predictability, flow, and velocity and enable a team’s progress toward team; ensure a team remains focused on daily and Iteration Goals in the context of current Program Increment (PI) Objectives.
• Lead team efforts in relentless improvement and accountability for their actions; facilitate o all team meetings, including (where applicable) Daily Stand-ups, Iteration Planning sessions, Iteration Reviews and Iteration Retrospectives; actively address issues beyond a team’s authority to ensure a team’s continued focus on achieving. the objectives of the Iteration
• Support Product Owner efforts to manage the backlog and guide a team while facilitating a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope.
• Perform other duties as assigned or apparent.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a related field and two (2) years of Agile Scrum Master experience; OR an Associate’s Degree and 4 years of Agile Scrum Master experience

Additional Qualifications:

• Four (4) years in a leadership position, including at least three years of experience as a Scrum Master, Product Owner or Agile Coach

• Scrum Master Certification

• Understanding of Agile software development methodologies, SDLC, values, and procedures

• Able to work independently with limited supervision and with other department personnel in a very dynamic and timeline sensitive work environment

• Able to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients and other departments

• Able to effectively apply scaling frameworks and methodologies

• Strong communication, organization, problem solving and time management skills

• Able to coach teams to reach their highest potential

• Able to deal with multiple application/project teams and deadlines