Scrum Master

Summary/Job Purpose: 
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Scrum Master to join our team. In this role, you will be instrumental in building high-performing teams from the ground up. As a Scrum Master, you will mentor your teams to embrace agile principles and practices, with a strong emphasis on establishing fundamental agile ceremonies and practices that drive efficiency and predictability, such as backlog grooming, sprint planning, and retrospectives. 

Scrum Masters are the leaders and the heart of teams, championing their success and empowerment. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Scrum Master who is passionate about developing teams, fostering collaboration, and driving organizational change. 

Essential Functions: 
Percentage of Time: 

Agile Leadership (50%) 

• Build robust agile and team practices from the ground up with matrixed teams. Partner with other Scrum Masters to ensure strong and aligned practices across the organization. 

• Champion agile principles and practices, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and priorities. Ensure the team is hitting target deliveries and creating predictable velocity. 

• Create and facilitate agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Ensure effective communication, collaboration, and alignment within the team. 

• Proactively remove impediments for the team, fostering an environment conducive to collaboration and productivity. Ensure a smooth and efficient development process. 

• Collaborate with the development team to resolve impediments and ensure smooth sprint execution. 

• Facilitate team discussions and decision-making processes, empowering the team to be self-organized and manage issues, risks, and dependencies. 

• Actively participate in sprint reviews and retrospectives to assess progress, gather feedback, and identify areas for improvement in both the product and process. 

Team Health (20%) 

• Track and report the team's progress, identify risks, and escalate issues as needed to ensure timely delivery of features/work. Utilize team metrics and reports such as velocity or burn-up charts. 

• Use team metrics to drive improvements. Analyze data to identify trends, areas for improvement, and opportunities to enhance team performance. Implement strategies based on metrics to optimize productivity and efficiency. 

Collaboration (10%) 

• Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to help prioritize work in a way that aligns with dependencies and objectives. 

• Solicit feedback from stakeholders and customers to inform product decisions and enhancements, fostering a customer-centric approach. 

Continuous Improvement (20%) 

• Drive process improvements and best practices within the team and across the organization. 

• Engage in Communities of Practice (CoP) meetings to promote learning and growth across the organization. 

• Coach and mentor the team and leaders on agile principles and practices, driving adoption and growth. 

• Partner with vendor partners ensuring we break down silos and implement work in an efficient, collaborative, and incremental manner. 

Supervisory Responsibilities: 
This position involves no supervisory responsibilities. 

Qualifications: 
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Education and Experience Required: 

• Diploma/Degree & Experience: 

• Bachelor’s Degree required. 

• 4 years Scrum Master or related work experience required. 

• Experience with Agile development methodologies