Scrum Master

TruStage

1d•$87,800 - $131,700•Hybrid

About The Position

This position is an Agile team member and servant-leader responsible for ensuring the team’s understanding of Agile development practices / Kanban practices, building effective interfaces with other Agile teams and units, and promoting self-organization and maturity of the Agile team. Scrum master plays the role of teacher, coach, mentor, change agent, facilitator and impediment remover.

Requirements

Evolving knowledge of relevant domains/products/journeys.
3+ years of experience in Agile working (specific Scrum Master / Kanban / XP experience preferred) or equivalent work experience.
Confident and skilled at identifying and navigating through road-blocks.
Ability to promote innovative thinking and self-development.
Strong communication skills and ability to coach team on agile practices and ensure adherence to agile methodology to deliver maximum business value.
Practices servant leadership, always thinking about how to enable the team to perform and pushing for what is best for the team. Also leading by example.
Able to resolve conflicts within the team before they become an issue and create a safe environment for the team.
Brings a high-energy and passionate outlook to the job and can influence those around her/him.
A resume is required to apply.

Responsibilities

Facilitate / coach the processes of work decomposition, dependency management and backlog management in and out of Agile teams.
Support the Product Owner to ensure that the vision, scope and product domain are understood by everyone on the team, as well as possible.
Support the Product Owner to do work breakdown to maximize and optimize the business value delivered by development team.
Support PO in finding and implementing newer and emerging backlog management techniques.
Facilitate Scrum events as needed / requested.
Help the team in defining, reporting and meeting (by removing impediments) their goals.
Facilitate team to visualize progress and achieve product outcomes.
Ensure continuous improvement of Agile events/practices, by teaching new techniques to the team.
Create and maintain an atmosphere of safety and trust through facilitation of retrospectives\kaizen and feedback exchange among Agile team members.
Remove impediments to the team’s progress.
Coach team in self-organization and cross-functionality through leading by example, serving others, etc.
Help team to develop high-value products.
Responsible for promoting and supporting agile values and principles throughout the organization.
Coordinate interaction with other Agile teams and stakeholders across enterprise.
Help other Agile teams and conventional parts of the organization build effective communications and interactions with the Agile team.
Cause change that increases the productivity of the Agile team.