Scrum Master IV

Job#: 3049672

Job Description:
Scrum Master IV

Location: Houston, Texas (Onsite)

Role Overview

As a Scrum Master, you will play a key role in the definition, development, implementation, and ongoing improvement of Agile practices, with an emphasis on Scrum. You will facilitate sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily activities related to stand-ups and sprint burn-down. This role involves maintaining relevant metrics to help the team understand their progress, owning and resolving impediments, and fostering an environment of continuous improvement to deliver software to customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior team member, responsible for facilitating the adoption, implementation, and sustainability of Agile processes, principles, and practices.
• Lead the scaling of Agile from the team level to the enterprise level.
• Act as a change agent, supporting teams and individuals in their Agile journey.
• Make decisions and independently drive aspects of the Agile rollout at team and management levels.
• Provide hands-on team guidance, support, and coaching in close cooperation with all roles and functions.
• Actively build and contribute to the organization's Agile Community and develop Communities of Practice.
• Create training materials and provide training and coaching throughout the organization.
• Support Agile teams in their development, playbook creation, and in establishing consistent best practices.
• Collaborate with non-Agile teams, educating and supporting them throughout the transformation.
• Define relevant metrics that help the program monitor its progress.
• Develop, coach, and mentor team members to advance their skills and career.
• Perform ongoing assessments of the teams' Scrum maturity to inform support decisions.
• Advise on dependency management techniques between internal teams and third parties.
• Establish collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders to ensure leadership buy-in across the business.

Required Qualifications

Technical Skills: Word

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