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Job Title: Scrum Master
Job Location: Pittsburgh, PA, United States (4Days Office, One Day WFH)
Duration: Expected to be 6 months with possible of extensions.
Description:
- Our client is seeking an experienced professional to serve in a Scrum Master capacity for our enterprise Data Science Program.
- Will work directly with the product owner and data scientists on the programs Intelligence Generation Scrum Team.
- Their efforts will ensure this team helps accelerate the delivery of new data science predictive models and capabilities.
- The ideal candidate is first and foremost a proactive Scrum Master, who has a passion for data science and is an excellent communicator.
Key Responsibilities:
Serves their team by facilitating team events and coaching the team to achieve higher levels of agile mastery
Protect the team from harmful external influences and proactively assist with removing impediments and blockers
Encourage and facilitate cross-team coordination and collaboration; Manage teams dependencies with third parties, release managers, or other Scrum teams
Establish team-level cadence and drive team-level ceremonies (e.g. sprint planning, team retrospectives, backlog refinement, etc.)
Provide actionable metrics on team performance and encourage experimentation by the team to drive better outcomes
Maintain metrics that provide visibility to stakeholders on team-level progress and quality
Motivates teams to achieve outcomes and results
Continuously tracking cross-team dependencies
Required Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in the applicable area of expertise (i.e. Project Management, Software Engineering. Data Science, Data Analytics, etc.)
4+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, Product Owner, or Agile Coach
Familiarity with common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and modern development practices
Highly effective communicator; Ability to make things transparent and understandable
Can easily consume information and participate in technical discussions among data scientists
Great team player with contagious leadership skills
Self-starter with experience working within, influencing within, and networking within the political climate of a large matrixed organization
Thrives in a complex fast-paced environment
Possesses bias towards action and experimentation
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Advanced Atlassian tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence) knowledge
At KAYGEN, we are always looking for dynamic, talented and experienced individuals. We invite you to join our team of talented IT professionals, consulting at client locations across the globe. Our culture is team-orientated; we strive to stand by our core values of respect, honesty and integrity. Our team of experienced staffing experts will work with you to find you the best opportunity. For more information please visit us at aygen.com. Aftab Pathan,
Talent Delivery Manager
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