Scrum Master III

Job Description:

• As ScrumMaster, you play a key role in the definition, development, implementation, and ongoing improvement of Agile practices (with an emphasis on Scrum) within the organization.
• You will facilitate sprint planning, retrospective, and daily activities related to stand-ups and sprint burn down; as well as maintain relevant metrics that help the team see and understand their progress during a sprint.
• In this role you'll own and resolve identified impediments.
• You'll help build an environment where continuous deployment/ improvement of the development process is the focus, and everyone's common goal is to deliver outstanding software as fast as possible to our customers.
• As Scrum Master you're responsible for leading the continual Agile transformation and practices as well as promoting accountability and transparency across all levels of the organization.

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 team level to enterprise level.
• Act as a change agent and as part of the team of Coaches leading and supporting teams and individuals in their Agile journey.
• Make decisions and independently drive any aspect of Agile rollout at a team and management level.
• Provide high-touch and hands-on team guidance, support, and coaching in close cooperation and collaboration across all roles and functions, to facilitate increasing maturity at a sustainable pace.
• Actively build and contribute to the company's Agile Community and develop Communities of Practice, mentor Agile practitioners.
• 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 team, educate, and support them throughout transformation.
• Define relevant metrics that help the program see how they are doing.
• Inspire all stakeholders at any level in their Agile transition.
• Develop, coach, and mentor team members to advance their skills and career.
• Build trust with the business [IT or other Divisions] and throughout the organization.
• Perform ongoing assessments of the teams' Scrum maturity to inform ongoing support decisions.
• Advise on dependency management techniques between internal teams and third parties, release managers, or between Agile teams.
• Quickly establish collaborative partnership with key stakeholders and build trust to ensure leadership buy-in across both Business and IT - Become a strategic partner in organizational road mapping and structuring to drive increased ROI, greater adoption, and higher transformation success.
• Foster speed, innovation and encourage continuous improvement.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree and/or equivalent work experience required.

Certification

• CSM/CSPO Certification or PMI-ACP preferred.

Knowledge/Skills Required

• Scrum Practices.
• Proficient with common Agile practices.
• Proven ability in building effective partnership with diverse groups in multiple locations/environments.
• Aptitude for learning and using technology for both teaching and action research.
• Able to garner respect throughout the organization at all levels.
• Thought Leader - Challenge status quo and grow every day.
• Able to build trust and earn respect at all levels within the company.
• Communicative and facilitative - Able to communicate well with all levels of the organization from Scrum team members to executives.
• Able to lead and demonstrate value-add principles to a team in a collaborative way and influence employees at all levels.
• Assertive - Ensure Agile/Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, be a voice of reason and authority, make the tough calls and manage conflicts.
• Enthusiastic - High-energy and inspire others.
• Continuous Improvement - Continually growing one s craft, learning new tools and techniques to manage oneself and a team.
• Managing with Metrics.
• Able to help leaders & teams define clear metrics and coach them to have a data driven approach for decision making.
• Willing and able to quickly gain a high-level understanding of the technical and business domains of the Scrum teams.
• Outstanding presentation and communication record (conference presentation, professional community events).
• Deep understanding of common Agile practices and better product envisioning and development practices.
• Superb conflict resolution and consensus building skills.
• Understanding of fundamentals of iterative development, software development processes and procedures.
• Having Jira tool knowledge is a Plus.

Top 3 skill sets required for this role:

• Handle multiple feature deliveries
• Worked on Agile methodology and Scrum ceremonies
• Jira tool knowledge, strong communication and negotiation skill

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