Scrum Master

Summary:

• Act as a servant leader as part of an Agile team to deliver high value software solutions that contribute to the success of our technology initiatives in a Scaled Agile environment.
• He/She/Them will:
  • Keep the teams focused,
  • Remove obstacles,
  • Manage cross-team dependencies,
  • Resolve daily conflicts, and provide coaching and mentoring as needed.
• Partnering with key technical, business and support stakeholders,
• Act as a team facilitator, constantly challenging old norms while keeping the team focused on the goals of iteration and speed-to-market.
• He/She/Them will facilitate and coordinate all Agile ceremonies and track/report on the progress of the team as they plan and execute against their backlog, and,
• Ensure the team is being as productive and efficient as possible.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Coach, mentor and guide the team towards better process health by empowering the team to become self-organized and adhere to Agile best practices and principles
• Facilitate all Sprint Ceremonies, including:
  • Backlog Grooming,
  • Sprint Planning,
  • Daily Stand-ups,
  • Sprint Reviews & Retrospectives
• Work with the Product Owner to ensure the health of the Sprint Backlog, and
• encourage the team take ownership of quality and timely delivery
• Establish and maintain close,
• collaborative working relationships with all Agile team members and stakeholders to build trust and ensure accountability
• Resolve conflicts as they arise, and remove all blockers and impediments by actively addressing issues so the team can remain focused on achieving their Sprint goals
• Manage external dependencies and escalations, facilitate decision-making by engaging the appropriate stakeholders, and ensure the timely resolution of all team-level risks
• Facilitate transparency by providing regular updates to all stakeholders regarding team progress, release readiness, ongoing risks and escalations using the appropriate communication channels
• Analyze Sprint Metrics and Retrospective feedback to drive continuous improvement
• Train and onboard new resources as needed, and ensure program and process health

Skills:

• Experience working in the field of Information Technology or the Business Line as a Scrum Master or Program/Project Manager: 7 Years
• Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC): 5 Years
• Experience as a Scrum Master/Agile Practitioner with practical working knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, XP, SAFe and other Agile lean methodologies: 5 Years
• Experience using Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools such as JIRA, confluence: 3 Years
• Experience coaching, mentoring, motivating and empowering teams with a goal to drive performance, efficiency and productivity: 3 Years