Scrum Master

Job Descriptions:

• Facilitates and is accountable for leading the team through the agile ceremonies, including:
o Daily scrums
o Sprint demos
o Retrospectives
o Backlog Grooming
o Sprint Planning
o PI Planning
• Guides the team to follow Agile/Scrum practices and daily activities to actively promote prioritization, team readiness, and commitment for each Sprint and Program Increment.
• Coach the team to address any issues with the Agile/scrum process. Instill an "Inspect & Adapt” culture within the team.
• Proactively removes impediments to team agility and guides the team(s) on methods to escalate when needed to prevent challenges from becoming blockers.
• Protects the team from disturbances and conflicting priorities.
• Manages team workload, reaches out to their managers or Product Management when needed to negotiate time.
• Manages dependencies across other Agile teams, regularly working with the other scrum masters and Program Manager/RTE.
• Works closely with the Product Owner, Product Analysts, and Solutions Lead in ensuring sprints are healthy and work is effectively delivered on by the team.
• Owns the Jira project and handles the management of all issues in Jira for the team. Uses metrics in Jira, including burnup/down charts, release burndowns, and team velocity to assess team health and identify improvement opportunities. Uses Jira to tracks team and team-members' capacity based on tangible metrics.

Qualifications:

• 1 years minimum experience as a Scrum Master in an IT or software development setting
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field or equivalent work experience
• Proficiency using Jira (managing scrum boards and generating metrics)
• Demonstrated ability to coach individuals in a scrum team
• Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of explaining technical and project related information to stakeholders.
• Proven ability to balance competing priorities
• Requires PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent certification.