The Role
Lead and coach agile teams for the DPH Data Modernization project: facilitate Scrum ceremonies, support backlog refinement and PI planning, remove impediments, track metrics (velocity, burndown, cycle time), coordinate releases, and ensure stakeholder alignment and continuous improvement.
Summary Generated by Built In
seeking a senior Agile Scrum/Flow Master to support the DPH Data Modernization project. This position carries the responsibility of assisting agile teams throughout their ceremonies, as well as planning and executing Epics and features that deliver business value to both the project and ongoing operations and maintenance. The role involves daily tracking of assignments, prioritizing tasks in collaboration with business stakeholders and divisions, and actively working to remove obstacles that hinder the team’s progress. Additionally, the Scrum/Flow Master will coordinate release planning alongside technical leads and team members.
Job responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies (Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective).
- Ensure the team maintains focus on delivering high‑priority backlog items each sprint.
- Support the Product Owner with backlog refinement and maintaining a clear product backlog.
- Guide the team in achieving Definition of Done for all work items.
- Coach and mentor team members on Agile/Scrum best practices and foster a culture of transparency, accountability, and collaboration
- Shield the team from external interruptions to maintain sprint focus.
- Foster an environment of collaboration, accountability, and transparency.
- Promote continuous improvement through retrospectives and feedback loops.
- Identify, track, and remove blockers affecting team delivery.
- Escalate risks and dependencies when necessary.
- Encourage proactive problem‑solving and conflict resolution.
- Partner with Product Owners, stakeholders, and leadership to ensure alignment.
- Facilitate communication across teams when working in scaled Agile environments.
- Ensure the team has the tools and support needed (e.g., JIRA, Azure DevOps).
- Track and report on team performance metrics (velocity, burndown charts, cycle time).
- Use data and metrics to support transparency and informed decision‑making.
- Maintain visibility of team progress for internal and external stakeholders.
Requirements
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Strong experience understanding and implementing Agile values, principles, and practices (i.e., Kanban, Scrum) based on Team's maturity.
Required
7
Years
Required
7
Years
Strong hands on experience with tools like JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
Required
7
Years
Required
7
Years
Experience with JIRA to create/enhance dashboards, monitor progress of sprint/work flow, and providing statuses in timely manner.
Required
7
Years
Required
7
Years
Demonstrated experience working on multiple priorities and/or projects simultaneously without impact to quality of work.
Required
7
Years
Required
7
Years
Experience working with stakeholders for backlog item prioritization, grooming, and understanding of epic/stories/tasks
Required
7
Years
Required
7
Years
Experience with work breakdown and estimation, sprint planning, monitoring progress and removing impediments to deliver solutions for business needs.
Required
7
Years
Required
7
Years
Strong experience using facilitation and communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
Required
5
Years
Required
5
Years
Strong experience using risk and business impact analysis and reporting skills.
Required
7
Years
Required
7
Years
Experience in gaining buy-in and support from stakeholders
Required
4
Years
Required
4
Years
Experience managing, maintaining, and analyzing data to derive meaningful and actionable insights about the portfolio.
Required
4
Years
Required
4
Years
Demonstrated experience using effective leadership, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
Required
4
Years
Required
4
Years
Demonstrated experience working with planning just enough, just in time to START moving forward.
Required
4
Years
Required
4
Years
Certified Agile Scrum Master or Kanban Flow Master
Required
5
Years
Required
5
Years
Experience with Program Increment (PI) planning and tracking dependencies across functional teams.
Required
3
Years
Required
3
Years
Demonstracted experience on the technical side of the application development cycle to support the agile teams in driving enhancements and projects.
Required
7
Years
Required
7
Years
Certified SPC or SAFe agilist in SAFe transformation
Desired
3
Years
Desired
3
Years
Certified Project Manager
Desired
5
Years
Desired
5
Years
Skills Required
- Strong experience implementing Agile values, principles, and practices (Kanban, Scrum) — 7 years
- Hands-on experience with JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, SharePoint — 7 years
- Experience using JIRA to create/enhance dashboards, monitor sprint/workflow and provide status — 7 years
- Experience working on multiple priorities/projects simultaneously without quality impact — 7 years
- Experience working with stakeholders for backlog prioritization, grooming, and understanding epics/stories/tasks — 7 years
- Experience with work breakdown, estimation, sprint planning, monitoring progress and removing impediments — 7 years
- Facilitation and communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences — 5 years
- Experience using risk and business impact analysis and reporting — 7 years
- Experience gaining buy-in and support from stakeholders — 4 years
- Experience managing, maintaining, and analyzing data to derive actionable portfolio insights — 4 years
- Effective leadership, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills — 4 years
- Experience with planning just enough, just in time to start moving forward — 4 years
- Certified Agile Scrum Master or Kanban Flow Master (certification and related experience) — 5 years
- Experience with Program Increment (PI) planning and tracking dependencies across functional teams — 3 years
- Demonstrated technical-side experience of the application development cycle to support agile teams — 7 years
- Certified SPC or SAFe agilist in SAFe transformation — 3 years
- Certified Project Manager — 5 years
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The Company
What We Do
Novalink Solutions LLC is a global consulting, engineering, and AI product development company specializing in information technology and telecommunications. They provide AI-powered products, automation platforms, intelligent workflow systems, IT consulting, managed engineering, and staff augmentation services.
