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Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Accountable for the end-to-end planning and execution of one or more projects and / or Agile teams.
Ask thoughtful questions to help our customers, product owners, and product managers to maximize ROI and meet company objectives.
Understand product strategy and benefits of key deliverables in area of responsibility.
Work with product owner to promote and contribute to the improvement of the product backlog
Facilitate sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand-up meetings, reviews / demos, retrospectives, and other scrum ceremonies
Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution
Coach team in estimation techniques
Ability to shield the team from outside distractions and interferences
Ability to track and remove impediments for the team
Develop metrics and reports using Rally to help the team understand its health and progress and to set goals
Leading and coaching a team in its Agile adoption
Coach team members to understand Scrum and the Agile Principles
Ensure clear communication and collaboration among the Product Owner and members of the Development team.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent work experience required
2+ years of Scrum Master experience
3+ years relevant Program / Project Management experience
Knowledge about Agile techniques like : User Stories, Continuous Integration, TDD, Continuous Delivery, Pairing, Automated Testing
Good prioritization, negotiation and communication skills
Strong written and oral communication skills
Ability to work independently with light supervision
Proficient in at least one agile project management tool : Rally, Jira, Version One, etc.
Desired Certification :
Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), or Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
Previous experience with computer applications, such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint (Required)