Scrum Master
About The Position
The Scrum Master will lead multiple Scrum teams using Agile methodologies in sprint or Kanban environments. This role involves owning and facilitating all Scrum meetings, coaching the organization on Scrum practices, and providing support within planning and reporting tools like Jira. The Scrum Master will help teams achieve higher levels of maturity and self-organization, foster an environment of accountability, and support Product Owners with backlog management and prioritization. Additionally, the role includes building reports for project insights, conducting activities like story point estimation and roadmap adjustments, accelerating teams by removing impediments, and curating a positive team culture.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Advanced Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
- Scrum Master certification
- 5+ year’s experience in a Scrum Master or Product Owner role in a software development environment
- Experience with Jira
- Experience coaching teams new to Agile and Scrum
- Excellent communication, active listening, and servant leadership skills
- Excellent knowledge of Scrum elements and artifacts (user stories, sprints, kanban boards, backlog refinement, scope, velocity, definition of done, and more)
- Ability to analyze and think quickly to resolve conflicts
- Ability to work with and lead a team
- Outstanding organizational skills
- Ability to be highly flexible and adaptable within a rapidly changing environment
- Ability to coach, understand, and empathize with team members while putting people first
- Ability to lead agile transformation efforts while leaving space for team culture, norms, and values
Responsibilities
- Lead multiple Scrum teams with Agile methodologies in sprint or Kanban environments
- Own and facilitate all Scrum meetings such as the daily stand-up, sprint planning, backlog refinement, demo, and retrospective
- Coach the organization to adhere to Scrum practices and focus strictly on delivering real value for real users
- Provide support within planning and reporting tools such as Jira
- Help teams achieve higher levels of Scrum maturity and self-organization capability
- Help build an environment of accountability where team members feel a true ownership of the product
- Support the Product Owners with backlog management, scope management, handling stakeholder requests, and defining priorities
- Build and maintain reports for velocity, burndown, project planning, and capacity in order to provide ongoing insights and recommendations to the team
- Conduct other activities such as story point estimation, adjusting roadmaps, supporting quarterly planning, and facilitating cross-functional collaboration
- Accelerate teams by resolving conflicts, removing impediments, and reducing context switching
- Curate a team culture that encourages commitment, focus, openness, respect, and courage, while upholding the pillars of transparency, inspection, and adaptation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
