Scrum Master

Esri • Redlands, CA

22h

About The Position

Come work at a place where your expertise and leadership will motivate the team to deliver transformational processes and innovative technical solutions. As a Scrum Master, you will help product owners define user stories, disable roadblocks, and motivate the team to get to the next level. If you are passionate about Agile and are constantly up for new challenges, we want to hear from you!

Requirements

• 5+ years of Scrum Master or Project Manager experience
• Thorough understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and the processes and procedures associated with it
• Be an Agile enthusiast and an experienced scrum master
• Knowledge of iterative and incremental development and the value of metrics
• Understand the value of commitments to delivery made by a development team
• Understand backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, and task definition
• Technically strong to enable engagement in development meetings and discussions
• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, or related field

Nice To Haves

• Strong ability to influence and drive teams to success using Agile/scrum/Lean practices
• Experience managing portfolios, project plans, teams, and reporting
• Ability to work with minimal supervision in a very dynamic, geographically distributed, and timeline sensitive work environment and in matrix structures

Responsibilities

• Organize and facilitate daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint planning, demos, and other scrum-related activities across the Customer Entitlement Management teams
• Track and communicate scrum metrics including team velocity and sprint/release progress
• Creation/coordination of Release and Change Management activities
• Ensure Agile/scrum concepts and principles are adhered to and make tough calls
• Help the product owner establish and enforce sprint priorities and release delivery deadlines
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency and radiating information
• Coordinate activities between the Customer Entitlement Management and other interdependent teams
• Anticipate and facilitate the impacts of new/changes to business systems
• Support team building and development by utilizing the abilities and skills of individuals, which can include:
• Empowering and supporting self-organization
• Facilitating discussion and conflict resolution
• Fostering a feedback culture
• Ensuring that proper tracking, monitoring, alerts, and response occurs in support of our productions

Benefits

• industry-leading health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families), 401(k) and profit-sharing programs, minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year, and opportunities for personal and professional growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level