Scrum Master

Scrum Master

Location: Hoover, AL

Duration: 12 months (Contract to hire)

Max PR: $60/hr - $64/hr

Note - Hybrid schedule -- Onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as facilitator and Agile coach for up to two development teams
• Provide leadership to help teams adhere to Scrum rules and SAFe principles
• Remove impediments within and outside the team
• Create and foster an environment of transparency and continuous improvement
• Proactively communicate with team members, management, and external stakeholders
• Focus teams on delivering planned value and achieving stated objectives
• Reinforce the SAFe framework and Scrum principles; facilitate all standard ceremonies
• Guide teams in: Applying Agile/Scrum practices and values, Self-organization and filling intentional framework gaps
• Assess Scrum maturity and coach teams to higher, sustainable maturity levels
• Facilitate work execution and help remove impediments by engaging appropriate personnel
• Build a continuous improvement culture through retrospectives, problem-solving coaching, conflict resolution, and escalation as needed
• Facilitate discussion, decision-making, and conflict resolution within the team
• Coordinate with DevOps, System Teams, Shared Services, and other Scrum Masters to share information
• Assist with internal/external communication, improve transparency, and radiate information
• Support and educate the Product Owner on backlog maintenance and prioritization
• Guide teams through estimation and forecasting

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• Six years of relevant business/development support, user-story creation, writing, and estimation
• Experience with Agile and/or Scrum
• Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical audiences

Certifications/Licensures

• First-level Scrum Master certification (CSM or PSM I) and/or SAFe Practitioner certification

Preferences

• Six years of project management experience, preferably in IT
• Extensive Agile/Scrum experience; second-level Scrum Master certification (CSP or PSM II) and/or SAFe Advanced Scrum Master certification
• Six years in a Scrum Master role for a software development team, diligently applying Scrum principles
• Knowledge of other Agile approaches (XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc.)
• Experience with Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, continuous integration/testing, pairing, automated testing, Agile games
• Working knowledge of SAFe
• Experience as a team leader and in coaching, training, or developing teams

Skills & Competencies

• Strong servant-leadership mindset, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict-resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and transparency
• Knowledge of documented patterns/techniques to fill Scrum framework gaps (e.g., burndown techniques, retrospective formats, bug handling)
• Excellent collaboration, facilitation, and conflict-management skills

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, and paid holidays annually – as applicable.