Agile Scrum Master

TATA Consulting Services•Addison, TX

38d•$90,000 - $100,000

About The Position

Roles & Responsibilities Facilitates Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint. Demos/Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives. Provides visibility into the Agile team's delivery plans and progress against plan to stakeholders. Manages risk including dependency management, impediment removal and compliance with Enterprise. Change Management and other policy requirements. Applies metrics to assess team delivery, maturity, and performance and identifies and shares improvement opportunities with the team. Partners with product stakeholders to ensure the team has a healthy product and Sprint backlog Provides coaching and mentoring to the team for them to become high performing by collaborating, focusing on continuous improvement including cross-training, and sharing knowledge on scrum practices and Agile principles. Leads scaled planning for the team including Pre Planning/Preparation and Program Increment Planning Events) and represents the team in Scrum of Scrums/Agile Release Train Syncsz. Organizing and facilitating daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum/Kanban-related meetings. Manage JIRA board and backlog for sprint execution. Facilitate the inter-connection and dialogue between multiple intersecting development contracts to help promote a cohesive final product for the customer. Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and information sharing. Managing parallel application development and Project/Product implementation processes. Assisting team with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition; identifying and removing impediments. Preventing distractions that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver on release goals; facilitating discussion and conflict resolution. Empowering the team to self-organize; improve the productivity of the teams; ensure that the team strives to make each increment of functionality potentially releasable code. Tracking and communicating team velocity and sprint/release progress, maintaining process documentation. Updating physical and electronic agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product backlogs and in-progress work; supporting Development Manager and Project/Product Managers as necessary. Ensuring that development teams are practicing/following core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility. Work with Product Owners and Scrum Teams in requirements decomposition, backlog refinement, and breakdown of user stories and tasks. TCS Employee Benefits Summary: Discretionary Annual Incentive. Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans. Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves. Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection. Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement. Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays. Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing. Salary Range : $90,000-$100,000 a year

Responsibilities

Facilitates Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint.
Demos/Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives.
Provides visibility into the Agile team's delivery plans and progress against plan to stakeholders.
Manages risk including dependency management, impediment removal and compliance with Enterprise.
Change Management and other policy requirements.
Applies metrics to assess team delivery, maturity, and performance and identifies and shares improvement opportunities with the team.
Partners with product stakeholders to ensure the team has a healthy product and Sprint backlog
Provides coaching and mentoring to the team for them to become high performing by collaborating, focusing on continuous improvement including cross-training, and sharing knowledge on scrum practices and Agile principles.
Leads scaled planning for the team including Pre Planning/Preparation and Program Increment Planning Events) and represents the team in Scrum of Scrums/Agile Release Train Syncsz.
Organizing and facilitating daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum/Kanban-related meetings.
Manage JIRA board and backlog for sprint execution.
Facilitate the inter-connection and dialogue between multiple intersecting development contracts to help promote a cohesive final product for the customer.
Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and information sharing.
Managing parallel application development and Project/Product implementation processes.
Assisting team with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition; identifying and removing impediments.
Preventing distractions that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver on release goals; facilitating discussion and conflict resolution.
Empowering the team to self-organize; improve the productivity of the teams; ensure that the team strives to make each increment of functionality potentially releasable code.
Tracking and communicating team velocity and sprint/release progress, maintaining process documentation.
Updating physical and electronic agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product backlogs and in-progress work; supporting Development Manager and Project/Product Managers as necessary.
Ensuring that development teams are practicing/following core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.
Work with Product Owners and Scrum Teams in requirements decomposition, backlog refinement, and breakdown of user stories and tasks.

Benefits

Discretionary Annual Incentive.
Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.
Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.
Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.
Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.
Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.
Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.

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