Supports Product Owner in creation, refinement, prioritization of the backlog elements and release planning
Participates in scrum-of-scrums and discusses internal dependencies
Recognizes, raises, and removes impediments proactively that prevent team from achieving sprint goals
Drives continuous improvement of team to ensure that teams are always exploring on how to deliver value earlier and more often with higher quality
Prioritizes workload and ensures appropriate sizing and standardization of user stories
Determines the workload for the team and proactively manages the timeline and backlog on an ongoing basis
Assesses the maturity of the scrum teams and helps the team mature at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable
Provides agile team start-up coaching
Tailors process for efficiency based on empirical learnings
In addition to traditional activities, the Scrum Master will also spend approximately 10% - 20% of their time performing project administrative activities including, but not limited to:
Reporting on overall delivery status to program leadership and various stakeholders
Maintaining cost plan and financial details
Ensuring monthly estimates of costs, schedule, scope and resource requirements are agreed and maintained
Skills and Experience:
Bachelors degree and 7+ years relevant IT and Scrum Master experience
Demonstrated success in a scrum master role for 3+ years for a software development team
Agile Certification ( CSM/PSM/SAFE Agilist) will be given a strong preference.
Proven skill in facilitation, continuous improvement, empowerment, transparency and servant leadership
Has relevant business and application domain knowledge in their expected area (e.g. Finance, Supply Chain, HR/Legal, Marketing, Sales).
Experience with Clarity or other project management suites is required
Experience with various Agile approaches - Kanban, Scrum, XP, etc.
Experience with Jira, MS Azure or other relevant agile tools is preferred
Knowledge and experience with multiple Agile techniques, User Stories, TDD, DevOps/Continuous Integration, etc.