Scrum Master
Responsibilities:
- Guide, coach and motivate the team and organization with the goal of increasing productivity via Agile/Scrum practices
- Organize, lead and encourage participation in all scrum ceremonies (Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review & Demo, Retrospective)
- Lead collaborative discussion, decision making and problem solving
- Manage the team to develop, capture and analyze metrics to facilitate team improvements
- Partner with Product Owners to support product backlog definition, refinement, and 3-sprint readiness
- Prepare and present reports on the progress and success
- Proactively eliminate barriers, coach team members on best practices and facilitate scrum ceremonies
- Guide the team in creating Team Agreements for collaboration and communication and ensure that they are followed
Required Experience
- 5 years of experience as a ScrumMaster for a software development team using agile/scrum
- Bachelors degree in computer science, information technology or related field
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) or Certified Product Owner (CSPO)
- 5 years of experience with agile practices, patterns and techniques
- Experience using Atlassian JIRA or similar project management tools
- Experience working with offshore and/or remote development and support teams is a must
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Bonus Experience:
- Development experience
- Experience with working in an environment using Continuous Integration and Delivery
- Kanban or other similar non-scrum frameworks