Scrum Master

Scrum Master Opportunity

The Enterprise Architecture & Platform Team needs a strong Scrum Master. As the Scrum Master, you will lead Scrum teams in applying and optimizing Scrum practices to maximize team performance and effectiveness. In this role, you will:

• Support one or more Architecture Delivery Teams in the execution and coaching of scrum practices
• Partner with Product Owners, Business Stakeholders, and Architecture to deliver business value
• Work closely with the Program Manager to ensure budget, resources, and alignment on work are being met
• Operate within a scaled agile framework
• Schedule and facilitate all aspects of the Scrum framework, including sprint planning sessions, backlog grooming, daily scrums, product demos, and sprint retrospectives
• Maintain the Scrum team's capacity plan, Scrum board, sprint backlog, velocity charts, burn down charts and Value Drop wins
• Identify and help remove impediments to the success of the Sprint
• Identify and communicate potential risks to the completion of the Sprint, including resources, costs, and external dependencies, with proactive escalation as appropriate
• Provide timely communication throughout the Sprint
• Coach, mentor, and evangelize agile best practices across the organization
• Drive cross capability coordination & scheduling with other scrum leads
• Manage the release process for the team

Qualifications:

• Bachelors' degree in Business, Computer Science or a related field, with 2 years additional relevant professional experience accepted in lieu of a degree
• 5 years hands-on Scrum Master/Coach experience in advanced, large-scale agile settings diligently applying Scrum principles, practices and theory
• 5 years professional experience leading or contributing to large projects, including software development and quality teams
• Certified Scrum Master required, other Scrum certification desired
• Experience and/or familiarity with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) desired
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Experience working with VersionOne or similar agile work management tool: building summary views, using agile planning boards, setting up dashboards
• Proven ability to pull together diverse individuals with different goals and facilitate productive discussion and action
• Track record of leading others and positive change in project definition, project delivery, and data driven process improvement
• Past success in creating high performance teams, inspiring and empowering them to achieve results