Senior Scrum Master

NICE•Sandy, UT

10d

About The Position

We're looking for a motivated talented Scrum Master to lead the execution of two scrum teams in challenged and multitasking environment to ensure a successful Scrum process within the scrum teams. Coach the scrum team on to deliver done-high-quality products, by ensuring execution is most efficient and well-coordinated possible through continuous coaching and mentoring of the teams members in the Agile principles, practices and values.

Requirements

Proven experience in Release management or leading development /QA teams – 3 years
Experienced Scrum Master in global R&D organization – 2 years
Extensive experience using Scrum and deep understanding of Agile principles practices and values
Excellent soft skills, inter-personal relationships abilities
Servant leader attitude with strong leadership skills and strong desire for continuous improvement
Ability to adapt, be flexible, and work well in a cross-functional, matrix management environment
Ability to drive clarity of purpose and goals for release and sprint planning

Nice To Haves

Technical & development skills – an advantage
Certified Scrum Master – an advantage

Responsibilities

Ensure smooth implementation of Scrum and Agile principles within the scrum team.
Responsible to ensure that any roadblocks the scrum team cannot remove themselves are smoothed out.
Shield the team to ensure a successful sprint delivery
Promotes Agile ideas beyond his/her own team - “Change-Agent” role
Ensures teams’ continuous improvement in adherence to defined organizational goals (retrospective, CFD monitoring, minimize WIP, increases team productivity, visible team work, increases flow, ensures pull system).
Master Scrum Artifacts, NICE Agile House & NICE Agile Core Pillars and foster them within the team
Coordinate and facilitate Scrum meetings such as daily standup, sprint planning, release planning, retrospective
Coordinate dependencies with external teams and other scrum masters
Promote an empowered, self-management, collaborative, multidisciplinary team environment that fosters ownership, creativity and innovation
Support, educate, engage & mentor the Team members (including PO) managers & other stakeholders to follow Agile principles and clear responsibilities they carry
Acts as management contact (e.g. for status)
Ensure team backlog is ready (e.g. groomed), available and provided by Product Owner before sprint starts.
Organize and facilitate Scrum meetings, record team progress, Ensure adherence to Definition of Done
Monitor team retrospective items to ensure continues improvement