Project Execution - Scrum Master/Thomas

Position: Agility Associate / Scrum Master

Location: Plano, TX/Columbus, OH /New Jersey, NJ - (Onsite)

Duration: 6 months assignment with the possibility of conversion to full-time permanent

Duration: Contract- W2

Role Overview

JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsibilities & Key Artifacts:

• Drive Team Planning

• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence while guiding your team to successfully implement agile practices across the organization
• Guide and support aligned development teams in adopting and implementing agile practices to achieve organizational goals
• Team Delivery Backlog: Ensure the team always has enough priority work that is refined and ready to work on over the next 2-3 sprints (avoids team building un-defined/under-defined work, leading to rework)
• Dependency Management Board: track and manage team-level dependencies for the current and upcoming sprints so the team can stay focused on delivery
• Additional artifacts: Include Quarterly Planning prep content, quarterly team objectives, Jira board, risk tracking/management, and more

• Enable Team Delivery

• Sustain tools and standards through team (date hygiene follow-up, ensure right processes are in place, controls support, etc.)
• Team Sprint Demo Materials: Prepare end of sprint demo materials for team to review with Product leaders
• Measure & Enable Agility Outcomes (metrics set by CCB)

• Drive Team Productivity

• Driving Productivity within the Quad: Agility teams play a key role in driving continuous improvement activities, in partnership with the Quad with a focus on: Epic Cycle Time, Dependency Commitments, Change Success Rate, Backlog Health & Churn, Adoption of Windsurf (Codeium), Adoption of True CD & UAT Automation, Quad Location Strategy, AI Generated Stories
• Team Improvement Backlog: Capture and drive tangible team improvement actions to promote speed, efficiency, and collaboration every sprint (ex. Team A has consistent dependency delay from team B)
• Increase productivity and efficiency for the team by streamlining workflow, removing obstacles, and improving practices
• Enhance team collaboration and communication by facilitating retrospective activities, team planning, and reviews with leaders
• Develop plans for learning, uplift, and delivery practice training

Key Cadences:

• Scrum Cadences: Drive or enable key scrum cadences based on team maturity (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Up, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective). Enables collaboration, improved practices & efficiency
• Quarterly Planning: Drive preparation for, team collaboration in, and action items after Product-wide quarterly planning in conjunction with the PAL

Key Measures:

• Team Agility Metrics: Responsible for ensuring team is continuously in target and improving core Agility metrics (Backlog Health, Churn, Velocity, Say vs. Do)
• Team Jira Hygiene: Ensure team delivery data is kept at high quality in Jira
• Productivity & Engagement: New CCB metrics launching this year to cover improvements to productivity, efficiency, and engagement

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• 2-3 years of experience or equivalent expertise in a relevant domain, with a focus on coaching teams and individuals on agile methodologies and project management
• Experience managing and developing individual contributors
• Possess advanced knowledge of multiple product development lifecycle stages, methodologies, and best practices, enabling effective guidance and support
• Display advanced knowledge of agile delivery and multiple agile approaches, including Scrum, Kanban, monitoring agility metrics; with the ability to guide teams through complex projects, emphasizing iterative progress and adaptability
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a focus on team collaboration