Scrum Master - Berkeley Height, NJ

Scrum Master

Duration: 6 months + Location: Berkeley Height, NJ - Hybrid

Job Responsibilities:

• Execute as a Scrum Master and provide Agile leadership to distributed development teams.
• Facilitate and participate in PI planning, create team PI objectives, review plans and business values.
• Represent the team in Coach sync, PO sync and ART sync.
• Participate in ART's System demo and Inspect and Adapts events.
• Maintain and grow an environment that enables teams to embrace agile values, enact agile practices, continually assess, and abide by agreements.
• Play a leading contributing role in building a high-performing agile team.
• Lead and continuously refine agile ceremonies, Backlog Refinement, Team Planning, Team Sync, Review, and Retrospective
• Facilitate cross-team collaboration and build trust with stakeholders.
• Facilitate problem solving workshops; Resolve team conflicts and build team skillset.
• Be accountable to the project budget, assist with gathering estimates, identify cost variances, and manage scrum resources efficiently.
• Facilitate and manage scrum/project communications to stakeholders, the broader project team, program leaders.
• Use data to assess progress, areas needing improvement, and increase predictability.
• Be committed to meeting/exceeding the needs of our client.
• Provide clear and concise communication, both written and verbal.

Skills and Experience Required:

• 6 - 8 years of demonstrated project and/or program management experience.
• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience as a Scrum Master
• Experience in SAFe Framework
• Proficient in Jira, Atlassian Suite, Microsoft Project, Clarity

Desired:

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)/SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience in banking, financial services, and/or software industries.
• Experience working as a consultant.

Education:

• Bachelor degree in business or equivalent work experience