Scrum Master

JOB DESCRIPTION

· Operates as a team-based servant leader in service to the team’s needs.

· Ensures the team is practicing Agile principles.

· Partners with, coaches and supports business lead/Product Owner in managing the backlog to ensure it is properly prioritized and appropriately sized.

· Facilitates all the Scrum ceremonies (backlog grooming, planning meetings, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, demos).

· Establishes, tracks, and communicates agile metrics (such as team velocity and sprint progress/burn down chart) to team, management, and any impacted stakeholders.

· Facilitates alignment and assists business lead/Product Owner and Delivery Team with making appropriate commitments.

· Identifies, removes and/or escalates risks, roadblocks and cross team dependencies that are un-resolvable by the team and interfere with the team’s ability to deliver commitments.

· Accountable for promoting continuous improvement by coaching the team to use metrics to identify and measure progress.

· Participates with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization and cross-scrum collaboration on delivery execution.

· Continuously learns new approaches to facilitation, agile best practices and how to improve team dynamics.Helps the team to focus on delivery of high-quality stories on a predictable, sustainable cadence.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS.

· Minimum 5 years relevant work experience supporting or leading a team. Experience working with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools.

· Familiarity or experience with other agile methodologies such as LEAN, Kanban, XP Programming etc. Relevant certification in the field preferred (examples below).

· Professional Scrum Master (PSM I).

· Certified Scrum Master (CSM).

· Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP).

· Agile Scrum Master (ASM).

· Scrum Master Certified (SCM). SAFe Advanced Scrum Master Certification