Scrum Master – IT Applications

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The objective of this role is to enable the team to perform at its highest level, which includes strong collaboration and communication; facilitation; and removing impediments. This position will require awareness, listening, persuasion, empathy, and coaching.
The Senior Scrum Master will be responsible for leading 3-4 Scrum Teams simultaneously – each with their own backlog, sprint planning and sprint execution. This role will also be responsible for maintaining best practices of Agile across scrum teams.
We are a global team working remotely across multiple locations and as such experience is required in working in a multiple location and time zones.
Responsibilities
- Agile Coaching and Maturity Growth:
- Guiding teams across the organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values that best fit the organization
- Guiding teams across the organization on how to get the most out of self-organization and how to fill the gaps intentionally left out of the Agile/Scrum frameworks
- Assessing the Scrum maturity of teams across the organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity at a pace that is sustainable for the team
- Coaches Product Owner on agile practices to refine and prioritize backlog items
- Support Organizational continuous improvement by conducting team training
- Agile Execution:
- Facilitation of Sprint Planning, Retrospectives and Demos across multiple scrum teams (3-4)
- Lead Scrum and Scrum of Scrum meetings across multiple scrum teams (3-4)
- Build a trusting and safe environment where issues can be raised for quick resolution
- Collaborate with Product Owners with feature definition, refinements, backlog grooming and demand/capacity planning
- Removal of internal roadblocks or guiding the teams to the removal of roadblocks by finding the right associates to help support.
- Maintain relevant metrics that help the teams see how they are doing
- Assisting with internal and external communication for transparency and information sharing
- Ensures Retrospectives are productive and that the teams plan and execute on Continuous Improvement items
Competencies
- Know Your Stuff
- Apply the Stuff You Know
- Work Well with Others
Experience
- 5+ years of Scrum Master experience
- Expert in both Scrum and Kanban
- Excellent written and oral communications skills, including presentation and facilitation skills
- Proven ability to multi-task in a dynamic fast past work environment
- Experience in maturing an agile organization through mentorship; training, etc.
- Experience with support tools such as Jira, Confluence, etc.
- Knowledge of various patterns and techniques to support processes (burn down, various retrospective techniques, etc.)
- Experience with Agile and software development techniques: Epics, User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Automated and Continuous Testing
- Ability to flex agile principles to support the organization and team needs
Qualifications
- Certified Scrum Master/Scrum Practitioner
- 8+ years relevant professional experience or technology project management experience
- 2+ years working in a near/offshore model
Skills/Learning
- Multiple Agile practices like Scrum, Kan Ban, XP, Lean Product Development, etc.
- Familiar with Dev Ops practices
- Lean/Six Sigma