Scrum Master

Scrum MasterThe organization is on an agile, product and digital transformation journey and as a Scrum Master, you will be guiding multiple agile teams through their journey and help drive agile transformation across products and lines of business. As a Scrum Master, you will act as a leader and on-team coach for multiple scrum teams.We have multiple opportunities open at various levels based on experience. We are looking for a dynamic, collaborative personality that can champion the cause of the agile movement within the organization. You are passionate about leading change, helping shift mindset and influence culture change.Fostering new ways of thinking, new ways of working and building new capabilities that will help unlock new possibilities client. You possess strategic vision and tactical mastery and combine it with an entrepreneurial spirit to get it done. You will play a fundamental role in achieving our ambitious objectives and work closely with partners across product teams to design innovative solutions and balance challenging priorities and demands. You are laser-focused on operational excellence and customer satisfaction and you'll need to wear many hats, so flexibility and a can-do attitude are critical!Major Responsibility:Embrace the agile mindset, advocate and champion agile across the Technology organization by challenging, coaching, and guiding teams using agile and lean principlesProvide creative solutions to agile transformation issues: resistance to change, limited resources, conflicting priorities, lack of accountabilityAbility to utilize agile methods in a flexible manner that often includes traditional project management which can include hard deadlines/fixed dates at timesUnderstand the various agile frameworks, events and artifacts (i.e. scrum, Kanban), where they are fit for purpose and how to implement/apply with new and existing teamsManage and facilitate team ceremonies including quarterly product planning, product owner syncs, backlog grooming, estimating and sizing efforts, release planning, sprint planning, standups and retrospectives.Facilitate and coach to draft, track progress and continuously improve on Objective and Key Results (OKRs)Coach teams and leaders in agile principles and practices, roles and responsibilities, and frameworksFoster a continuous improvement environment in order to build high-performing, agile teamsTrack and report on metrics for teams to measure progress, effectiveness of agile adoption, and agile maturity of the teamsGuide product management teams in their role, defining MVP's, developing product charters, product community maps, product roadmaps and release plans, story mapping, writing stories and backlog prioritization and managementTrain and mentor other scrum masters on the role of the scrum master and build communities of practice for scrum masters to share, learn and growPreferred Skills/ExperienceStrong knowledge of Agile values, principles and practices and capacity to understand specific needs or requirements to apply skills/knowledgeCertified Scrum Master (CSM) certification a plusExperience as a Scrum Master managing multiple teams simultaneouslyKnowledge of scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, and other Agile frameworks Comfort with agile tools such as JIRA, Confluence, MURALExperience with distributed teams, in multiple time zonesDemonstrated ability to partner and communicate effectively with non-technical team members, resolving contending or contradictory objectives, and unifying disparate ideas into a homogenized solutionPossess the ability to influence others, implement change, and standardize processes in a complex business environmentA passion for mentoring and growing the potential of othersGreat teammate - should be ready to go beyond to help the immediate team and do not be averse to not shy away from asking for help if needed.Eagerness to learn new technologies and bring new ideas to the tableDemonstrated growth mindsetPositive attitude and ability to inspire the team toward continuous improvementExperience with outcomes-based planning and delivery (i.e., OKR)Ability to partner with Product, Tech, UX and Data disciplinesExperience with Design Sprints and/or Product Discovery tacticsDirect experience with big room planning and cross-team coordinationUnderstanding of basic fundamentals of iterative and incremental developmentExperience successfully delivering solutions on an aggressive scheduleExcellent presentation skillsAbility to work in ambiguity and iterate to a solution can estimate and solve basic business problems without explicit direction- Creative, flexible, and willing to continuously change, evolve, and improve software development processesDemonstrated technical leadership and directionDemonstrated program-level collaboration and system architecture understandingStrong communication, collaboration, leadership, conflict resolution, budgeting and time management skillsExperience in business analysis, product management or product developmentSenior Scrum Master Basic QualificationsBachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experienceThree or more years of experience in Agile technology deliveryFive or more years of experience in Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) teamsThree or more years of experience as a Scrum MasterRequired Skills : Agile Methodology, Scrum Master Additional Skills : Project Manager This is a high PRIORITY requisition. 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