JOB SUMMARY

• As an agile capability lead with hands on experience in coaching team(s), product owners in its Agile/Lean/Scrum adoption and emerge maturity by fostering agile best practices and mindsets.
• Must have an open "servant first" mentality and prioritize the needs of their teammates over their own to build highly engaged teams.
• As a scrum master,
  • strive relentlessly to remove impediments,
  • reduce the time to market by fostering an environment that allows teams to respond rapidly to changes.
  • encourage teams to practice transparency to make informed decisions and produce high quality work
  • drive growth and innovation through the continuous improvement mindset.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serves as a servant-leader of the team, facilitating Agile Ceremonies: Daily Scrum, Planning, Grooming, Sprint Review, and Retrospectives.
• Coaches team members on Agile practices and frameworks as needed.
• Leads the scrum and development teams in self-organization.
• Proactively assists with mitigation of issues and impediments.
• Facilities backlog grooming and story point assignments, using planning poker.
• Follows through on sprint commitments.
• Monitors team effectiveness through performance indicators Sprint Velocity, Sprint Burndown, Backlog health, Cumulative flow diagrams.

• Assist teams in adopting and using Jira effectively.
• Assist teams to identify and implement Continuous Improvement initiatives for teams.
• Facilitates Root Cause Analysis discussions in order to identify proactive measures to prevent future problems.

• Regularly meet with Product Owners to maintain and refine the product backlog, ensuring they are prepared for sprints to come.
• Collaborates with Product Owners and other stakeholders to identify and meet priorities based on ROI or contractual commitments.
• Facilitates activities to achieve a high-performance team, recognizing strengths and addressing gaps.
• Facilitates the resolution of conflicts.
• Communicates and collaborates with other scrum masters as part of a Scrum of Scrums.

REQUIREMENTS

• Scrum certified – CSM / SSM / PSM
• Deep understanding of Agile & Lean values and principles
• 3+ years’ experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach of a distributed Agile team, preferably in a technology domain
• Skilled in training / coaching individuals and teams in Agile practices and values
• Experience with scaling agile across the organization
• Working knowledge of the Jira work management tool a plus
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong collaboration skills