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SalaryPosition Overview:
Scrum Masters (SM) are responsible for the day-to-day oversight of activities performed by a team while adhering to agile practices and disciplines. The SM would work very closely with agile teams, business & leadership to resolve team level impediments and manage risk. They are responsible for working closely with Product Owners to ensure that team members are working on the highest priority work items defined within the team’s roadmap. The SM has a strong understanding of Agile Scrum and Kanban principles and practices. SMs also are responsible for providing hands-on coaching to support the adoption of agile practices and identifying opportunity areas for continuous improvement. Scrum Masters are strong communicators and are required to work closely with other delivery / application teams to support the implementation of working software. Scrum Masters prepare deliverables and artifacts that highlight the progress accomplished by teams (velocity, sprint and feature burn ups / burn downs, cumulative flow reports, etc.) and are responsible for presenting those artifacts as needed.
Job/Project/Role Responsibilities:
ROLE
- Facilitates the execution and adoption of scrum ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, retrospectives, etc.)
- Manages the remediation of blockers and issues identified by team members to support the timely completion of sprint deliverables
- Works with multiple in-house and external Scrum Teams enterprise-wide to remove impediments and manage dependencies
- Provides day-to-day coaching to team members to support the adoption of agile practices and disciplines
- Conducts periodic maturity assessments to identify leading practices and opportunity areas to support the continued growth of a team
- Supports program planning activities (integrated planning workshops, program increment planning sessions etc.) as necessary
- Facilitates the definition and implementation of team level working agreements to support the day-to-day delivery of working software
- Identifies and creates metrics (ex: burnups, cumulative flows, velocity charts) that measure and report on team performance, backlogs health and continuous improvement
- Supports the implementation of improvement areas identified in team retrospectives
- Ensures the work implemented by teams adheres to the steps and procedures outlined within the definition of done (DoD) framework
- Acts as a servant leader for multiple teams and their stakeholders Assists in other areas of the department and company as necessary
Experience, Skills, Education & Licenses/Certifications
REQUIRED:
- Minimum 4 years of experience as a Scrum Master in an Agile environment or a Scaled Agile Framework
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience optimizing SDLC processes to improve quantity and quality of work
RECOMMENDED:
- 5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master in an Agile environment or a Scaled Agile Framework
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
- Ability to manage project delivery planning, estimating, budgeting and metrics reporting
- Ability to identify and mitigate technical delivery risks
Salary range : $100K to $120K
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