Scrum Master

Job Description

Job Description

Title: SCRUM MASTER

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, CA)

6 month contract - Extension/Conversion possibility depending on performance

Division Department: Scientific Networking

• Lead multiple Scrum teams with Agile methodologies in sprint or Kanban environments
• Own and facilitate all Scrum meetings such as the daily stand-up, sprint planning, backlog refinement, demo, and retrospective
• Coach the organization to adhere to Scrum practices and focus strictly on delivering real value for real users
• Provide support within planning and reporting tools such as Jira
• Help teams achieve higher levels of Scrum maturity and self-organization capability
• Help build an environment of accountability where team members feel a true ownership of the product
• Support the Product Owners with backlog management, scope management, handling stakeholder requests, and defining priorities
• Build and maintain reports for velocity, burndown, project planning, and capacity in order to provide ongoing insights and recommendations to the team
• Conduct other activities such as story point estimation, adjusting roadmaps, supporting quarterly planning, and facilitating cross-functional collaboration
• Accelerate teams by resolving conflicts, removing impediments, and reducing context switching
• Curate a team culture that encourages commitment, focus, openness, respect, and courage, while upholding the pillars of transparency, inspection, and adaptation

• Bachelor’s or Advanced Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• Scrum Master certification
• 5+ year’s experience in a Scrum Master or Product Owner role in a software development environment
• Experience with Jira
• Experience coaching teams new to Agile and Scrum

• Excellent communication, active listening, and servant leadership skills
• Excellent knowledge of Scrum elements and artifacts (user stories, sprints, kanban boards, backlog refinement, scope, velocity, definition of done, and more)
• Ability to analyze and think quickly to resolve conflicts
• Ability to work with and lead a team
• Outstanding organizational skills
• Ability to be highly flexible and adaptable within a rapidly changing environment
• Ability to coach, understand, and empathize with team members while putting people first
• Ability to lead agile transformation efforts while leaving space for team culture, norms, and values