Scrum Master

Scrum Master

23 Dec 2024
New Jersey, Madison, 07940 Madison USA

Scrum Master

Vacancy expired!

job summary:

The Scrum Masters job is to deliver maximum value to the customer. The primary responsibilities are to serve the team and product owner in turning requirements into the working software, track progress and help the team achieve their commitments. They may work with several concurrent teams that could cross multiple business units.

As the Scum Master they should embody the five Scrum values (courage, focus, commitment, respect and openness) and enable the transparency, inspect and adapt principles. They will need to be the driving force for ensuring scrum and work in collaboration with the Development Team Leader, Technical Product Manager, and Business Product Owner. The SM will be responsible for coaching the scrum team to self-organize and create high-value products and remove impediments to the Teams' progress. The Scrum Master will facilitate all scrum events and support the team in following the Scrum framework. In addition, the Scrum Master will also handle some project management duties, including communication of status, budget oversight, approvals for expenditure, and risk/issue monitoring. They may also aid with authoring user stories, acceptance criteria and testing.This role will also be expected to take on additional responsibilities beyond the scope of their immediate job, to be agreed upon on an individual basis.

Essential Job Requirements:

- Servant Leadership- Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style and leading by example, personify Scrum and Agile

- Planning - Ensure the team is exercising the appropriate level of planning to meet product goals and timelines, while focusing on delivery of value; organize and lead status and working sessions, prepare and distribute progress reports; manage risks and issues; aid the team in correcting deviations from plans or pivots when needed.

- Team Support - Promote empowerment of the team and assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, remove roadblocks to work; and mentor/coach team members. Ensure that each team member is fully engaged and making a meaningful contribution. Guide and coach on how to use Agile/Scrum practices & values. Guide and coach on how to get the most out of self-organization. Facilitate getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work. Facilitate discussions, decision making, and conflict resolution and all scrum ceremonies. Collaborate with the team in scheduling work, including defect remediation and refactoring, guarding against the accumulation of technical debt.

- Product Support - Partner with the Technical Product Manager and Product Owner in managing expectations for outcomes, stakeholder communications, and working with the scrum team. Collaborate closely in the following areas: backlog grooming, enhancing team communication, improving team morale, ensuring cross-dependencies are known, clarifying the product vision and facilitating events.

- Continuous Improvement -champion continuous improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile/Scrum frameworks. Ensure changes and strategies that are generated by scrum retrospectives are implemented. Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher le

Qualifications and Required Skills/Experience:

- Degree - information technology or business or related field.

- Must have First level Scrum Master certification (CSM ) (PSM), PMI-ACP

- Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least three years for a Scrum team.

- Experienced Agile Program Manager, PMI-PMP, preferred

- Excellent skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency

- Exceptional people skills. Comfortable working with a diverse group of people and serve as arbitrator when conflicts arise.

- Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc)

- The ability to distinguish between what "is Scrum" what is "not Scrum"

Knowledge of other approaches discussed in the Agile space: XP, Kanban, Nexus, LeSS, SAFe, Crystal, FDD, etc

- Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration,

- Exceptional communication and mentoring skills

- Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in using appropriate tools:

Agile tools such as Jira, Rally, or equivalent

Microsoft Project, Visio, and all Office Tools

- Understanding of financial controls needed in project management and consulting work

- Experience with Budget tracking

- In depth understanding of how to scope and estimate work. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Understanding of Agile and product metrics

- Experience applying a wide variety of well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc)

Preferred Skills/Experience (Any of these is a plus)

- Second or Third level Scrum Master certification (PSM II, PSM III, CSP, CTC)

- Experience being on multiple Scrum teams in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes, different organizations, different cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc)

- Track record of continued and recent education in Scrum, including training, conferences, user groups, self-study, etc.



location: Madison, New Jersey

job type: Contract

salary: $45 - 50 per hour

work hours: 8am to 4pm

education: Bachelors



responsibilities:


The Scrum Masters job is to deliver maximum value to the customer. The primary responsibilities are to serve the team and product owner in turning requirements into the working software, track progress and help the team achieve their commitments. They may work with several concurrent teams that could cross multiple business units.

As the Scum Master they should embody the five Scrum values (courage, focus, commitment, respect and openness) and enable the transparency, inspect and adapt principles. They will need to be the driving force for ensuring scrum is understood and work in collaboration with the Development Team Leader, Technical Product Manager, and Business Product Owner. The SM will be responsible for coaching the scrum team to self-organize and create high-value products and remove impediments to the Teams' progress. The Scrum Master will facilitate all scrum events and support the team in following the Scrum framework. In addition, the Scrum Master will also handle some project management duties, including communication of status, budget oversight, approvals for expenditure, and risk/issue monitoring. They may also aid with authoring user stories, acceptance criteria and testing.



qualifications:


  • Experience level: Experienced
  • Minimum 3 years of experience
  • Education: Bachelors


skills:

  • scrum master (3 years of experience is required)
  • Project Management (3 years of experience is required)



Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

Job Details

  • ID
    JC7265568
  • State
  • City
  • Job type
    Contract
  • Salary
    $45 - 50 per hour
  • Hiring Company
    Randstad Corporate Services
  • Date
    2020-12-23
  • Deadline
    2021-02-21
  • Category

Jocancy Online Job Portal by jobSearchi.