Job Title: Scrum Master
Local to Portsmouth, NH preferred (100% Remote)
6 Month contract with possibility to extend
Required:
Strong coaching skills to be able to guide teams with strong personalities, Agile experience to help teams move forward, ability to be present, active listening, being caring, and forward thinking.
Experience:
- Agile Transformation and working with non-traditional teams.
- Experience with Jira & Confluence preferred.
About the job:
- The Scrum Master is a change agent that coaches and collaborates with people and teams to help them improve and deliver their best work.
- In this position, the qualified candidate will operate as a team Scrum Master.
- Working together, you will help the organization on their path towards agile maturity and business agility.
- In this role, the Scrum Master will enable the teams’ effectiveness of delivery and cultivate an environment that supports Agility.
- Coaches, mentors and teaches team members, proactively seeks to eliminate or minimize impact of barriers, and address challenges to delivery.
- Your contributions in this role will be an important element of our agile development and delivery practice, helping realize our vision to continuously improve the way we work.
Job Description:
• Facilitate team ceremonies such as daily scrums, sprint planning and retrospectives to ensure full team engagement with a focus on growing the capabilities of all team members.
• Collaborate with the Product Owner(s) and teams to support short and long-term planning and maintain a healthy backlog that is prepared for execution.
• Shield the teams from interference to enable optimal functionality and productivity.
• Collaborate with teams to Client their needs; plan and deliver instruction and coaching while enduring alignment with the organizational strategy.
• Focus on increasing the skill and understanding of Agile practices and values by actively coaching team members on growth mindset and maturing current Agile adoption.
• Champion continuous improvement activities to increase productivity; coach squads to conduct continuous improvement.
• Anticipate and address impediments to team and help manage interdependencies between agile teams.
• Regularly assess Agile maturity and actively coach to higher levels of growth, partnering with peers to help impact portfolio maturity.
• Use data, observation and analytical skills to proactively identify opportunities for continuous improvement in team health and delivery, develop proposed solutions, and share knowledge and best practices across teams.
• Collaborate with the Senior Scrum Master to design and execute the path for the teams’ agile maturity.
• Actively seek coaching and mentoring from more experienced Scrum Masters and coaches on Lean-Agile techniques and mindset.
Desired Skills:
• The ideal candidate has considerable experience guiding agile teams through the ebb and flow of agile transformation.
• Experiencing implementing cross-team program level initiatives with tightly coupled dependencies across functions.
• Displays strong communication, organizational, analytical, critical thinking, and team building skills.
• Proficient skills in presentation, influence, and relationship management.
• Previous experience as a Scrum Master is required.
• Agile certification preferred.
• Project management skills, excellent time management skills, and the ability to multitask in a cross-functional environment is preferred.
