Scrum Master coordinates an agile development team, ensures all activities use the principles of the Scrum Framework. Takes a servant leader approach to help the team self-organize and adopt an attitude of continuous improvement. Being a Scrum Master actively identifies and removes impediments in order to ensure that assigned sprints and projects are completed on time. Tracks and reports daily schedules. Additionally, Scrum Master requires a bachelor’s degree. Typically reports to a director. Typically requires ScrumMaster Certification (CSM). The Scrum Master gains exposure to some of the complex tasks within the job function. Occasionally directed in several aspects of the work. To be a Scrum Master typically requires 2 to 4 years of related experience.
Scrum Master Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Scrum Master to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Organize effective core teams and build necessary collaborations with business stakeholders, operations and implementation teams;
- Process evangelist – Coach team members using Agile Principles to help team mature in agile process;
- Utilize appropriate tools, metrics and techniques to successfully guide the team s progress against the Sprint Plan;
- Demonstrate the ability to conduct agile ceremonies including daily scrum meetings, sprint planning, sprint demos, and sprint retrospectives;
- Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment;
- Alert and involve appropriate management, when necessary;
- Ability to shield his team from outside distractions and interferences;
- Manage effective cross-team management of program, value-stream and team objectives;
- Guide and coach Scrum teams on how to best use Agile/Scrum practices and values to deliver high-quality software;
- Create Agile communication plan;
- Use iteration management to deliver demoable results every sprint;
- Collaborate with user communities and project teams for seamless QA activities including UAT;
- Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised with an emphasis on consistently improving and problem-solving;
- Ability to ensure the correct use of scrum process;
- Manage, publish, and communicate information radiators and relevant metrics to the team on progress against team objectives.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Technical field;
- Certified Scrum Master;
- Bachelor’s or Equivalent Experience;
- 15 years of experience or equivalent;
- Experience interfacing to a distributed group of cross functional teams;
- 2+ years of experience as a Scrum Master – following best practices (Kanban, Scrum);
- 2+years of experience working in an IT-related field (Insurance/Financial industry preferred, but not required);
- Proficient in problem-solving and conceptual skills to recommend approaches and methods;
- Bachelor’s Degree in IT Field of study;
- Experience working on Data Analytics projects in an Agile environment;
- Open to Travel;
- Experience with Agile tracking and development tools;
- Experience facilitating briefings senior leadership;
- ScrumMaster Certification preferred;
- PMI Agile Certified Practitioner ACP (Desired).