Scrum Master

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job summary:

Randstad Technologies is seeking a Senior Scrum Master for an opportunity with a financial services institution in Kansas City, MO. The Scrum Master will be paired with an internal Coach, who will be the lead.


Responsibilities

• Guide the team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values
• Ensure alignment with company development, security and other technology policies
• Establish and break down a sprint schedule into measurable activities, ensuring dependencies are met
• Help the Product Owner in their efforts to manage the backlog and guide the team while facilitating a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities, sustainability, and scope
• Help balance the prioritization of technical debt against new feature innovation and software delivery
• Facilitate team meetings, including the Daily Stand-up, Iteration Planning, Iteration Review, Iteration Retrospective, and other Agile ceremonies
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
• Produce reports on team performance
• Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Help the team improve and take responsibility for their actions; facilitate the team retrospective
• Guide the team in establishing normalized estimates and helps the team understand how to estimate Features and Capabilities
• Coordinate activities with internal staff, as well as outsourced or offshore staff to ensure projects/products are progressing within budget and on schedule
• Support the team effort in detecting, resolving and preventing defects and bugs and producing quality code
• Coordinate addressing external and internal requests to the development team

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related Technology field.
• 5+ years managing application development projects including medium to large scale deployments
• 1-year minimum experience managing with backlog tools, specifically JIRA
• Experience coordinating or serving on cross-functional teams or environments
• Ability to interact effectively with various levels of the organization
• Ability to coach members of the team, under the direction of an internal Agile coach
• Excellent verbal, written communication, and presentation skills
• Experience managing, coordinating, and escalating both internal and external dependencies for a team
• Preferred PMP, CSM, and/or SAFe certification

location: KANSAS CITY, Missouri

job type: Contract

salary: $50 - 65 per hour

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: Bachelors



responsibilities:

• Guide the team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values
• Ensure alignment with company development, security and other technology policies
• Establish and break down a sprint schedule into measurable activities, ensuring dependencies are met
• Help the Product Owner in their efforts to manage the backlog and guide the team while facilitating a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities, sustainability, and scope
• Help balance the prioritization of technical debt against new feature innovation and software delivery
• Facilitate team meetings, including the Daily Stand-up, Iteration Planning, Iteration Review, Iteration Retrospective, and other Agile ceremonies
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
• Produce reports on team performance
• Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Help the team improve and take responsibility for their actions; facilitate the team retrospective
• Guide the team in establishing normalized estimates and helps the team understand how to estimate Features and Capabilities
• Coordinate activities with internal staff, as well as outsourced or offshore staff to ensure projects/products are progressing within budget and on schedule
• Support the team effort in detecting, resolving and preventing defects and bugs and producing quality code
• Coordinate addressing external and internal requests to the development team

qualifications:

• Experience level: Experienced
• Minimum 5 years of experience
• Education: Bachelors (required)

skills:

• Scrum Master
• Project Management

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