Senior Scrum Master

Senior Scrum Master

03 Oct 2024
California, Sanfrancisco, 94101 Sanfrancisco USA

Senior Scrum Master

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Job Description
Seeking a Scrum Master to guide multiple Scrum Teams using the Agile process in delivery of products and services.

Essential

Responsibilities
  • Supervise and facilitate teams in all Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, sprint demos, retrospectives, and daily stand ups
  • Responsible for creatively removing impediments from the Scrum team so they can continue to perform at their best
  • Create, maintain and deliver on project and work stream plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing understanding and needs
  • Identify and manage the risks associated with projects to achieve project success
  • Ensure that the Definition of Done is being followed by the team
  • Support and educate the Product Owner on refining the product backlog and make them ready for upcoming sprints, enabling longer-term work visibility for reporting to delivery and management teams
  • Demonstrate ability to influence Product Development and Management teams to improve product features and supportability of a product offering by identifying problems and suggesting and/or driving implementation of fixes or features.
  • Work together with team during project estimation sessions and share understanding of projected durations and release plans with leadership team
  • Facilitate the teams desire for creativity, continual improvement of efficiency and capability
  • Measure team sprint success by using standard sprint metrics and drive team efficiency and productivity improvement through data points
  • Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on problem solving
  • Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
  • Supporting the team using a servant leadership style, and providing an aspirational example
  • Influence others including those more senior on best practices in Agile
  • Assessing the Scrum maturity of the team and coaching them to higher levels of maturity.
  • Works with other Scrum Masters within the Program to increase the effectiveness of the application of Agile/Scrum

Qualifications
  • 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD
  • Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Master/Product Owner (CSM,CSPO, SAFe) or equivalent professional qualification
  • Excellent communication skills, with experience in influencing, listening actively and negotiating within a team environment
  • Broad experience of working in a variety of Agile environments of different maturities.
  • Exposure to large scale Agile delivery across multiple teams and geographies and the recognition that this is sometime achieved best with flexible working
  • Positive leadership skills, with experience in mentoring and inspiring a team and conflict resolution
  • Experience in the use of at least one tool for managing agile delivery (training and support with use of JIRA and Confluence available)
  • Positive attitude, friendly to others, encouraging of co-operation, honesty and respectfulness in the workplace
  • Understanding of Software development processes and procedures
  • Collaborative mindset, with an ability to empathize with colleagues and establish relationships
  • Understanding of change management and release processes
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of competency using Scrum practices


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Job Details

  • ID
    JC46192151
  • State
  • City
  • Job type
    Permanent
  • Salary
    Depends on Experience
  • Hiring Company
    Smart Synergies
  • Date
    2022-10-02
  • Deadline
    2022-11-30
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