Scrum Master

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Company: Wallenius Wilhelmsen
Location: Parsippany, NJ

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Overview

We are looking for an experienced and talented Scrum Master to join our team! As our Scrum Master, you will be working with a team of highly skilled and experienced technologists, developers , business analysts and DevOps teams to deliver business applications and solutions. In addition to leading daily Scrum and other Agile meetings, you will also be responsible to ensure Scrum is understood and enacted, work with team(s).

Job Description

  • Guide teams to a culture of focus, improving the organization of their work through sprint planning and reviews throughout a project life cycle
  • Oversee and manage scope, timeline, quality, goals and deliverables that support business goals
  • Guides departments and teams towards cross-functional orientation by serving as an Agile consultant, helping plan and coordinate new workflows and patterns and scheduling of task assignments and goals
  • Continually monitor progress of team members across department boundaries and provide support to engage employees to achieve goals
  • Form partnerships across departments to streamline work processes and improve the speed at which the company can respond to and capitalize on opportunities
  • Integrate technology into employee workflows to increase the speed and accuracy of changes to improve the results of these work processes, emphasizing continuous improvement
  • Complete monthly status reports and present to upper management
  • Escalate issues in the implementation of Agile methodologies to expedite process correction, creating strategies that resonate with the culture of the organization
  • Teach the concepts of task definition, velocity and burndown metrics to all staff
  • Ensure JIRA is correctly utilized and identify and prepare relevant KPI’s

Job Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience as a Scrum Master or similar role
  • Bachelor degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
  • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) or Certified Product Owner (CSPO) preferred
  • 4 years of experience with agile practices, patterns and techniques
  • 4 years of experience in Agile techniques such as User Stories, ATDD, TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games etc.