Scrum Master

Elign Consulting is hiring a Scrum Master in Minneapolis, MN.

Essential Duties:

• Coaching the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers
• Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
• Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
• Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
• Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
• Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills

Required Skills/Experience

• Scrum Master Certification (CSM)
• Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least two years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency

Preferred Skills/Experience (Any of these is a plus)

• Experience with JIRA

With a passion for enabling and empowering consultants and companies to evolve for the better, Elign is a certified Women and Minority owned business that strives to help people bring their business values and goals to fruition.