Scrum Master

Scrum Master

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Title: Scrum Master

Location: Ohio or remote

Duration: Direct-Hire

Apex Systems is seeking a highly experience Agile Scrum Master for an exciting full-time job for a company located in Akron. OH. As a Scrum Master you will join a brand new Digital team task with leading an enterprise wide Digital transformation. You will work on digital scrum squads with a Product Owner to deliver incremental value each sprint for the products and coach others on Agile methodologies. Your primary responsibility is to help the self-organizing, self-managing squad achieve its goals. You will remove impediments and act as a shield from external distractions, create a safe working environment and you are an innovator who constantly seeks continuous improvement.

If you are interested, or if you would like more information, please contact Ying Tong at and apply to this posting directly

Required Skills:

• 4+ years of relevant work experience with Agile and Scrum
• Assertive, with the confidence to be voice of authority and not afraid to do what is best for the team
• Bring a high-energy and passionate outlook to the job and can influence those around you.
• Extensive Agile methodologies and experienced in coaching Scrum teams.
• Azure DevOps or similar tool (JIRA, Trello, Pivotal Tracker, etc.
• Agile coaching experience, coaching development teams and other Technical teams

Job Duties:

• Build and coach high performing Digital Squads in developing analytical or journey products
• Will be using Azure DevOps for tracking and team management and implementing 2-week sprints
• Look for ways to strengthen digital squads, IT teams and Business teams understanding of Agile / Scrum concepts and principles
• Ensure squad actions are aligned with the vision of working on the digital teams
• Ensure Scrum practices are used and improved within and across squads
• Bring transparency to the Business and IT organization about development and grow trust between Business, IT and the Digital Squads
• Identify trade-offs between the short and long term benefits to drive shared vision between the digital squad and product owner
• Foster a continuous learning environment helping squads to inspect & adapt

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline such as Computer Science or another related field with 7 years related experience. In lieu of a degree, you have 9 years of related experience.
• Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) or Certified Scrum Coach (CSC) that is a plus.
• Willing to travel throughout the organization and service territory and work extended hours, as required

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