Scrum Master

Our LA team is in need of a Scrum Master with strong application and web development experience. SaaS experience is a HUGE nice to have.

This role supports the development teams by serving as both a scrum master. The SM will work closely with other scrum master(s) and counterparts in other departments to ensure that projects are following agile best practices and to provide coaching to the whole organization.

Scrum Master (SM) responsibilities of this role include leading all scrum ceremonies, coaching the team and the organization on scrum and agile best practices, monitoring and enabling sprints to be successful, mitigating any impediments efficiently, actively communicating across the organization, and working close with other scrum master(s) to ensure alignment and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience in working as a Scrum Master for at least three years for a software development team that was applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory. Scrum Master certification preferred
• Understand the differences between the various Agile methodologies
• Experience leading engineering and product teams to meet deliverables and deadlines
• Good understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) processes and requirements
• Excellent planning, organizational, time management and verbal and written communication skills
• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, coaching and increasing transparency
• Ability to effectively explain technical concepts to non-technical users and business concepts to the technical team
• Ability to critically evaluate business processes, anticipate requirements and uncover areas for improvement. The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions
• Drive to proactively gather information from various stakeholders and produce actionable outputs to enable efficient development pipeline
• Effective communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills

Ideal candidates will also have

• Experience with JIRA, Portfolio, Confluence, and Bamboo
• Experience with SaaS systems and business processes
• Experience with financial accounting concepts
• Experience with business models used in the entertainment industry

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.

Job Type: Full-time

Experience:

• Agile Development: 3 years (Required)
• Agile Methodology: 3 years (Required)
• SDLC: 3 years (Required)
• Confluence: 3 years (Preferred)
• Bamboo: 3 years (Preferred)
• Jira: 3 years (Preferred)
• Saas: 3 years (Required)
• Scrum Master: 3 years (Required)

Location:

• Los Angeles, CA (Required)

License:

• Scrum Master (Required)

Work authorization:

• United States (Required)