Scrum Master

Scrum Master

Integrated Resources, Inc is a premier staffing firm recognized as one of the tri-states most well-respected professional specialty firms. IRI has built its reputation on excellent service and integrity since its inception in 1996. Our mission centers on delivering only the best quality talent, the first time and every time. We provide quality resources in four specialty areas: Information Technology (IT), Clinical Research, Rehabilitation Therapy and Nursing.

Job Description

Essential Duties:

• Doing everything possible to ensure delighting customers
• Ability to Handle multiple agile projects at once
• Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum and practices and values to delight customers
• Guiding the team on how to get the most of our self-organization
• Guiding the team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks
• Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
• Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
• Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.
• Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
• Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
• Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example

Qualifications

Required Skills/Experience

• Second level Scrum Master Certification (CSP, PSM II)
• Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least two years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
• Experience with Kanban agile approaches and knowledge of other approaches like XP, Crystal, FDD, etc.
• Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful agile techniques : User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
• Previous experience as a team lead
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills

Preference given to

• Experience in pharma industry and part 11 compliance practices
• Experience with Data Integration and Agile Data principles
• Agile SDLC knowledge

Must Have

• IT Project Manager
• Agile/Scrum with 5 Yrs.
• Reporting
• Crystal Reporting with 5 Yrs.