Scrum Master

job summary:

Randstad Digital is hiring and we're looking for someone like YOU to join our team! If you are seeking a new opportunity, looking to grow in your career, or you know someone who is - we want to hear from you! Take a look at the below opportunity, or feel free to visit RandstadUSA.com to view and apply.

location: Richmond, Virginia

job type: Contract

salary: $42.51 - 47.05 per hour

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: Bachelors



responsibilities:

Agile Delivery & Pre-Release Testing

Sprint Management: Manage day-to-day Agile ceremonies and activities specifically for pre-release testing sprints, retros and sprint planning, ensuring the team maintains strict focus on quality and continuous delivery.

Visibility & Tracking: Provide clear visibility into testing delivery targets, commitments, and progress to stakeholders.

Impediment Resolution: Facilitate processes to proactively identify roadblocks in the testing lifecycle and resolve them using a network of peers and formal escalation channels.

Risk & Compliance: Understand and coach the team on delivery controls and compliance to minimize operational and reputational risk prior to release.

Dependency Management: Understand domain architecture to help teams identify upstream and downstream dependencies that could impact the pre-release testing schedule.

Accessibility Project Management

Strategic Rollout Planning: Lead the end-to-end project management for designing and deploying a new, innovative testing approach within our live production monitoring environments.

Cross-Functional Implementation: Partner with DevOps, engineering, and testing teams to seamlessly integrate these new production testing strategies without disrupting existing live services.

Change Management & Optimization: Drive the adoption of these new monitoring practices across teams, establishing key performance metrics to measure their effectiveness in proactively identifying production issues.

Agile Coaching & Team Building

Continuous Improvement: Utilize data-driven feedback and Agile metrics to identify growth opportunities, innovating with frameworks through experimentation to improve team delivery.

Engineering Excellence: Develop understanding and encouragement of engineering innovation (e.g., DevOps practices, test-driven development, automated testing).

Self-Organization: Coach the team to continuously improve collaboration, self-organization, and cross-functional communication.

qualifications:

At least 3 years of experience as an Agile Coach OR 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master/Agile Delivery Lead.

Demonstrated experience managing Agile workflows for QA, testing, or pre-release teams.

Proven project management experience, specifically coordinating initiatives across multiple technical teams.

Experience with Agile management tools such as Jira and Confluence.

Proven experience working with various stakeholders and the ability to teach Agile concepts to different levels of the organization.

Energetic, self-motivated, and highly organized.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.