Only w2 || ONLY LOCAL || Onsite || Scrum Master || Princeton, New Jersey

Location: Princeton - New Jersey USA

Job description
Responsibilities
Coaching the team and organization to use AgileScrum practices and values to delight customers
Coaching the team to get selforganized
Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel
Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame retribution or being judged with an emphasis of healing and problem solving
Facilitating to getting the work done without coercion assigning or dictating the work
Facilitating discussion decision making and conflict resolution
Assisting with internal and external communication improving transparency and streamlining information
Shield the team from outside distractions and interferences
Supporting and educating the Product Owner especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog
Providing all support to the team using servant leadership skills whenever possible and leading by example
Leads team efforts in relentless improvement Helps the team improve and take responsibility for their actions facilitates the team retrospective

The candidate must have
First level Scrum Master certification PSM I
5 years experience playing the Scrum Master role for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles practices and theory
Worked in the SAFe environment on three or more Program Increments PIs and be aware of how their SAFe team is structured
Capability to apply SAFe framework
Support the team rules These may include the rules of Scrum BuiltIn Quality practices from Extreme Programming XP Work in Process WIP limits from Kanban and any other process rules the team has agreed
Worked with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization
Good skills and knowledge of facilitation situational awareness conflict resolution continual improvement empowerment and increasing transparency
Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach example numerous Burndown techniques numerous Retrospective formats handling bugs etc
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Experience with some of commonly used tools Azure DevOps Confluence MS Teams SharePoint
Follow the Scrum values commitment focus openness respect and courage
Preferred Qualifications The candidate could have
SAFe Scrum Master SSM certification as an added advantage
Knowledge of other Agile approaches Kanban XP Crystal FDD etc
Knowledge andor experience with widely successful Agile techniques User Stories ATDD TDD Continuous Integration Continuous Testing Pairing Automated Testing Agile Games
Previous experience as a team lead
Skills
Mandatory Skills : Agile (Value-Driven Delivery)