Sr. Agile Scrum Master

Role: Sr. Agile Scrum Master
Duration: 12 Months (Contract) W2
Location: Beaverton, OR (Hybrid)
Key Skills: Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Scrum Master, LEAN, Kanban, XP Programming, Agile Principles
Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years relevant work experience supporting or leading a team
• Experience working with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools
• Familiarity or experience with other agile methodologies such as LEAN, Kanban, XP Programming etc.
• Relevant certification in the field preferred (examples below)
  • Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
  • Agile Scrum Master (ASM)
  • Scrum Master Certified (SCM)
  • SAFe Advanced Scrum Master Certification

Job Description:

• Operates as a team-based servant leader in service to the teams needs.
• Ensures the team is practicing Agile principles.
• Partners with, coaches and supports business lead/Product Owner in managing the backlog to ensure it is properly prioritized and appropriately sized.
• Facilitates all of the Scrum ceremonies (backlog grooming, planning meetings, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, demos).
• Establishes, tracks and communicates agile metrics (such as team velocity and sprint progress/burn down chart) to team, management and any impacted stakeholders.
• Facilitates alignment and assists business lead/Product Owner and Delivery Team with making appropriate commitments.
• Identifies, removes and/or escalates risks, roadblocks and cross team dependencies that are unresolvable by the team and interfere with the teams ability to deliver commitments.
• Accountable for promoting continuous improvement by coaching the team to use metrics to identify and measure progress.
• Participates with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization and cross-scrum collaboration on delivery execution.
• Continuously learns new approaches to facilitation, agile best practices and how to improve team dynamics.
• Helps the Team to focus on delivery of high quality stories on a predictable, sustainable cadence.

Skills:

• In-depth understanding of Agile Principles and how they’re applied in workplace culture
• Strong facilitation and coaching skills within teams and groups
• Experience resolving issues across teams
• Effective communication, team dynamics, conflict resolution, mentoring, and servant leadership skills
• Sufficient understanding of technology systems and the team’s ecosystem to help team overcome roadblocks

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