Scrum Master

Scrum Master

Woodcliff Lake, NJ

Long Term

Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical (business) departments.

Communicate with other management, developers, product managers, product relationship and technical support specialists on product issues.

Facilitate Software Development

Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.

Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress.

Maintain process documentation.

Ensure the development teams are practicing the core Agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.

Experience with introduction of Agile in a hybrid environment (waterfall) and interfacing between the two is a plus.

Assist as needed with backlog maintenance.

Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.

Assist with prioritization and resolution of defects / bugs.

Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools, and best practices.

Identify and remove impediments, prevents distractions to the team.

Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution.

Empower the team to self-organize.

Must have significant experience ramping up, coaching and mentoring teams to peak productivity working in a complex inter dependent software development environment.

The successful candidate will be considered a subject-matter expert in Scrum software development methodology, be an effective communicator with strong servant leadership skills, have excellent logic and problem solving skills and a drive to make a difference.

SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework is a plus)

Four-year college diploma or university degree in computer systems design or computer science, and/or 10 years equivalent work experience

Certified Scrum Master with at least 2 + years of experience in this role post certification

Thorough understanding of Scrum software development methodology, values, practices and procedures.

Deep understanding of Agile principles and iterative development methodologies

Familiarity with Microsoft and software development

Experience with Microsoft TFS / Visual Team Services

Ability to understand technical issues and identify the means to resolving them

Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a high attention to detail.

Creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems

Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines

Collaborative in driving decisions.

Ability to coach the team to reach their highest potential

Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types.

Works smart by setting effective work goals, establishing priorities, and planning well in order to produce quality work.

Experience with Agile transformation in an organization

Experience working with large programs that use multiple Agile teams

Hands on experience with metrics and tracking tools used in Scrum

Experience with scaling Agile in the enterprise