Agile Scrum MasterScrum Master will be aligned to serve Scrum team(s) to modernize our legacy applications and adding new functionalities to our Global Family Office Technology solutions.
The Scrum Master facilitates the planning, tracking, provides status and other day-to-day activities for a product delivery team.
This role requires solid practical Agile/Scrum experience and techniques, as well as theoretical knowledge.
The Scrum Master collaborates intensively with their team members across both Business and Technology disciplines providing mentoring and coaching around Agile principles and practices. In addition, he/she acts as a servant leader and aids with the resolution of blocking challenges and risk management and serving in SAFe events.Candidates must be local in Chicagoland and required to be on-site in office 3 times a week.
MAJOR DUTIES:
Serve, lead, coach and support one or multiple distributed cross-functional Agile Scrum Teams on the delivery of IT and business products and solutions.
Accountable for their Scrum team’s effectiveness.
Act as Agile subject matter expert, thought leader, and mentor with extensive knowledge of Agile Scrum and SAFe processes and best practices.
Responsible for planning, scheduling, and facilitating all the Scrum events.
Lead risk/impediment/blocker identification, management, and resolution including coordination and facilitation across teams.
Ongoing monitoring, tracking, and reporting team’s delivery progress.• Prepare and deliver team’s statuses.
Manage and communicate team’s releases.
Support Product management to obtain healthy product backlog through coaching best practices
Manage, track, and present team’s metrics include delivery and flow metrics.
Assist in facilitating SAFe events.
Lead and support their team’s Planning Interval (PI) planning including preparation, facilitation, dependency management, risk identification, documentation, readout, and continuous improvement.
Promote practices that ensure delivery of quality products and transparency to the maintenance of delivery progress, quality and schedule.
Establish strong working relationships and promote bi-directional communication within and across teams.
Maintain strong relationships within the team including product management/owner and technical subject matter experts.
Develop and grow trust across the Scrum team(s), Business, and Technology.
Foster an environment of continuous improvement / learning and drive improvement to the team.