Sr Scrum Master Jobs

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The Scrum Master is a “servant leader” who helps the rest of the Scrum Team follow the process. This role will works side by side with product owners, team participants, management, and other organizations to define, deploy, and optimize our agile/scrum based processes. The role requires the individual to be a champion for our Agile adoption and take responsibility for coaching and developing self-directed development teams by engaging the stakeholder(s) and removing obstacles to help us break new ground as we roll out agile throughout our organization.

Summary Perform as a Scrum Master for 2-3 scrum teams simultaneously completing system life cycle using the Agile Scrum Methodology phases from project initiation, analysis and requirements, design, coding, testing and implementation.

• Assist Tools Integration, Release Management, and Automated Testing 15%
• Assist the Product Owner and Scrum team with Product and Sprint backlog planning and maintenance, ceremonies, artifacts creation and maintenance. 25%
• Perform burn-down metrics and maintenance, inspect and provide metrics on artifacts, conduct change management, remove impediments, anticipate risks and dependencies managing them proactively. 20%
• Perform Demand Management and Project Support Office functions 10%
• Analyze, provide guidance, and communicate with all stakeholders constantly improving the quality of deliverables, evolving the Definition of “Done”. 15%
• Train and coach the organization on Scrum framework, tools, values, processes, principles, values, best practices, execution and adoption. Ensuring Agile/Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to across the organization to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization. 15%

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Ability to communicate to a wide variety of audiences, diverse, and cross-functional teams, foster a collaborative culture and environment
• Delegation and follow-up skills, with emphasis on adherence to deadlines
• Experience with business support software applications MS Office Suite, Project Server & Visio
• Ability to understand and address technical issues
• Ability to embrace the “servant leader” role of removing barriers to productivity, monitoring progress, and coaching team members on their roles
• Experience leading medium to large, technically complex projects
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written form; good listening skills
• Experience with ServiceNow tool suite, code deployment tools & workflow processes
• Ability to multi-task and manage with varying priorities
• Experience with Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration & Testing, Release Management and Automated Testing
• Ability to lead with enthusiasm, assertiveness, and flexibility
• Skilled in facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
• Ability to Foster transparency, visibility, drive accountability and radiate information

Work Experience And/or Education

• CPO preferred
• Minimum one year of experience with Agile or Scrum teams required
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Minimum four years of experience in IT required
• CSM required
• Minimum one year of experience in software development experience required
• Minimum two years of experience in IT Full development life cycle required
• Retail experience preferred
• PMP or PMI-ACP required or willingness to obtain within one year