The Role
Lead Scrum delivery for a large, multi-phase greenfield tax system implementation. Coach a team transitioning from Waterfall to Agile, facilitate Scrum ceremonies, remove impediments, manage dependencies and vendor integrations, and coordinate with the broader organization. Support the Product Owner with backlog refinement and prioritization while helping guide platform requirements, communication, and organizational change.
Summary Generated by Built In
Position is primarily remote with some time in office periodically for meetings
We are seeking a seasoned Scrum Master with a technical background to lead a dynamic team during a critical phase of the development and implementation of a large multi-phase greenfield tax system program that is responsible for the administration of all taxes collected by the AZ Department of Revenue. This role is not just about facilitating ceremonies; it is about serving as a Change Agent for a team transitioning from a traditional Waterfall environment to an Agile delivery model. You will be the bridge between a new agile team for the program and the core organization.
Key Responsibilities
? Agile Transformation: Act as a coach and mentor, under the guidance of a fractional Agile Coach, for a team new to Agile. Help the team shift their mindset from Waterfall to Agile, educate them on principles, and guide them in adopting Agile practices effectively.
? Bridge Between the Program and the Organization: Responsible for coordination between the program agile team and the internal organization. Manage and track dependencies, ensuring that technical roadblocks are cleared and communication remains transparent in support of the Program Leadership.
? Facilitation: Lead all Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective) to ensure team working sessions, meetings, and discussions are effective, with a focus on long-term success, and outcome-based results.
? Impediment Management: Proactively identify and remove blockers, specifically those related to vendor dependencies, integration issues, or organizational processes.
? Product Owner Support: Assist the Product Owner in backlog refinement, prioritization, managing expectations regarding the platform requirements, and using your experience provide recommendations for improvements.
Required Qualifications
? 10+ years of experience working on large multi-phase complex system implementations
? 3-5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master in a software development environment.
? Demonstrated experience supporting a team's transition from waterfall to agile.
? Proven experience working with managing complex dependencies associated with a large multi-phase greenfield enterprise system.
? Technical background, with a strong preference for candidates that have a technical aptitude to support the implementation of complex financial enterprise platform. served as a developer at some point in their career.
? Excellent communication skills with the ability to navigate relationships with external vendors.
? A strong "Change Agent" mindset—comfortable with resistance to change and the patience to guide teams through it.
Preferred Qualifications
? Experience implementing multi-phased complex solutions within a regulated industry, with a preference of either Public Sector or fintech.
? Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar tools for managing complex technical backlogs, writing queries, reporting progress, and creating structure to how work items are organized.
? Proven experience working with COTS product implementations.
? Knowledge of end-to-end data management, integration, conversion and cleansing to drive system compatibility and maintain standards of data integrity.
? Having served as both a scrum master and software developer is a plus.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience working on large, multi-phase complex system implementations
- 3–5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master in a software development environment
- Demonstrated experience supporting a team's transition from Waterfall to Agile
- Experience managing complex dependencies associated with a large, multi-phase greenfield enterprise system
- Technical background or strong technical aptitude supporting complex financial enterprise platform implementations
- Excellent communication skills and ability to navigate relationships with external vendors
- Change-agent mindset and ability to guide teams through resistance to change
- Experience implementing multi-phased complex solutions in a regulated industry, preferably public sector or fintech
- Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar backlog-management tools
- Experience with COTS product implementations
- Knowledge of end-to-end data management, integration, conversion, cleansing, and data integrity standards
- Experience serving as both a Scrum Master and software developer
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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.
