Scrum Master

Description

Job Description
Work closely with Product Management, Development, QA and other stakeholders on planning and delivering high quality software using agile/scrum framework
Facilitate scrum ceremonies for one or more scrum teams including the daily standup, sprint planning, grooming, demos, and retrospectives
Participate in scrum of scrum ceremonies to communicate and mitigate risk, escalate blockers, and drive progress on crossteam dependencies
Provide and track agile metrics as it relates to scrum team predictability and productivity with an eye towards continuous improvement
Ensure the team has clear understanding of the quality of software they are developing and is constantly working to improve that quality
Serve as Agile champion and coach teams and stakeholders on agile principles and the agile mindset and drive home the value of agile/scrum
Understand the product and technology well enough to support the project, identify and communicate risks, and facilitate issue resolution
Qualifications
3+ years Agile program management experience in software development using Scrum
2+ years as Scrum Master
Experience with Kanban a plus
Experience driving/leading scaled Agile transformation efforts a plus
Experience with Agile ALM tools like JIRA, Rally, etc.
Strong ability to manage multiple projects and coordinate with other teams
Strong ability to foster and maintain a positive and creative work environment for teams including resolving conflict within the team
Experience with various sized colocated and geographically distributed teams a plus
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Excellent organizational and time management skills
Excellent analytical and problemsolving skills
Highly energetic, responsible, organized, selfdisciplined, selfmotivated, able to work with little or no supervision