Scrum Master

Stefanini Group•San Francisco, CA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Stefanini Group is hiring! Stefanini is looking for a Scrum Master at San Francisco, CA (1st Preference); Salt Lake City, UT (2nd Preference) location (100% Onsite Role). For quick Apply, please reach out to Ayush Dwivedi: 248 728-2636/ [email protected] W2 candidates only! Stefanini takes pride in hiring top talent and developing relationships with our future employees. Our talent acquisition teams will never make an offer of employment without having a phone conversation with you. Those face-to-face conversations will involve a description of the job for which you have applied. We also speak with you about the process including interviews and job offers. About Stefanini Group: The Stefanini Group is a global provider of offshore, onshore and near shore outsourcing, IT digital consulting, systems integration, application, and strategic staffing services to Fortune 1000 enterprises around the world. Our presence is in countries like the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and more than four hundred clients across a broad spectrum of markets, including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, chemical services, technology, public sector, and utilities. Stefanini is a CMM level 5, IT consulting company with a global presence. We are CMM Level 5 company.

Requirements

1 years minimum experience as a Scrum Master in an IT or software development setting
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field or equivalent work experience
Proficiency using Jira (managing scrum boards and generating metrics)
Demonstrated ability to coach individuals in a scrum team
Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of explaining technical and project related information to stakeholders.
Proven ability to balance competing priorities
Requires PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent certification

Responsibilities

Facilitates and is accountable for leading the team through the agile ceremonies, including: Daily scrums Sprint demos Retrospectives Backlog Grooming Sprint Planning PI Planning
Guides the team to follow Agile/Scrum practices and daily activities to actively promote prioritization, team readiness, and commitment for each Sprint and Program Increment.
Coach the team to address any issues with the Agile/scrum process.
Instill an 'Inspect & Adapt' culture within the team.
Proactively removes impediments to team agility and guides the team(s) on methods to escalate when needed to prevent challenges from becoming blockers.
Protects the team from disturbances and conflicting priorities.
Manages team workload, reaches out to their managers or Product Management when needed to negotiate time.
Manages dependencies across other Agile teams, regularly working with the other scrum masters and Program Manager/RTE.
Works closely with the Product Owner, Product Analysts, and Solutions Lead in ensuring sprints are healthy and work is effectively delivered on by the team.
Owns the Jira project and handles the management of all issues in Jira for the team.
Uses metrics in Jira, including burnup/down charts, release burndowns, and team velocity to assess team health and identify improvement opportunities.
Uses Jira to tracks team and team-members' capacity based on tangible metrics.