Scrum Master Hybrid - 24689

W2 only, no C2C

Our client, an American multi-level marketing company that sells health, beauty, and home care products is looking for a Scrum Master.

This is a Hybrid position in Grand Rapids, MI, and MUST be in the office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

The duration of this contract is 1 year.

Equipment will be provided.

We are looking for a Senior Scrum Master to help deliver solutions for our Commerce systems. The qualified candidate must be a person who is passionate about helping teams mature in their Agile journey while delivering exceptional value to our customers.

The client's IT team plays an integral role in transforming the usability of technology solutions directly for our customers throughout North America. This group works closely with leadership to identify and recommend opportunities for continuous improvement. You will join a team of Developers, Solutions Architects, and Business Analysts that drive the market's technology forward using Agile methodology.

This team works on our eCommerce solution and the technologies that support this, with a focus on shopping, merchandising, cart, and checkout. You will be partnering with team members located globally on an Agile team.

 MAIN DUTIES:
 * Plan and advise scrum implementations that support organizational initiatives that meet customer needs
 * Lead the scrum team in using Agile methodology and scrum practices that enhance quality, lower technical debt, and increase product value
 * Support the scrum team by removing impediments, negotiating priorities, and shielding them from interference
 * Foster an environment of collaboration, transparency, inspection, adaptation, and continuous improvement
 * Facilitate stakeholder collaboration and remove barriers between stakeholders and team
 * Ensure the goals, scope, and product domain are understood by everyone on the team
 * Be a driver of Agile transformation
 * Facilitate the scrum ceremonies

REQUIRED SKILLS:
 * Management skills, with a servant leadership management style
 * Excellent communication skills
 * Strong training, mentoring, and coaching skills
 * Strong facilitation skills
 * Conflict resolution skills
 * Demonstrated experience working with a full-cycle Agile team (Scrum, Kanban)
 * Good knowledge of Lean Software Development, Scrum, Kanban, eXtreme Programming
 * A desire to learn through experimentation

 * 7+ years of experience

 PREFERRED SKILLS:
 * Skills in Agile practices for Product Management
 * Good business acumen skills to engage business leaders
 * Experience in applying a wide variety of well-known patterns and techniques, e.g. TDD, SOLID, CI/CD, INVEST, User Stories, Agile estimation

QUALIFICATIONS:
 * Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I)
 * Coaching credential (ICF) - optional