Scrum Master

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Job Title: Scrum Master

Duration: 6 Months

Location: Charlotte, NC

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Know the Scrum Guide and apply its principles appropriately for your team to maximize their efficiency.

• Observe the team’s Agile/Scrum maturity and identify needs for Agile/Scrum training.

• Coach the Product Owner and team to create and estimate the Product Backlog.

• Facilitate discussions between the Product Owner and the team on priorities and dependencies.

• Review and update the daily Sprint and Release burndowns to measure velocity and predict release completion.

• Continue to update and analyze capacity, velocity, and scope and maintain a Project Burndown.

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning, Grooming, Sprint Reviews/Demos, and Sprint Retrospectives.

• Skillfully facilitate discussions and know when to allow a deeper discussion to continue, when to cut the discussion off, or redirect the discussion to a parking lot for discussion with a smaller group.

• Provide data such as the release burndown to the Product Owner and relevant levels of management to help them engage in data-driven decision making.

• Ability to present to multiple levels of management and articulate the status of the project.

• Keep an eye on team morale, and coach when necessary

• Coach the team through adoption of the Agile Scrum process with positive and negative feedback.

• Facilitate story development workshops.

• Engage with management as appropriate to assist in removing organizational and systemic impediments.

• Answer Agile Scrum process questions.

• Determining communication plans and methods.

• Cultivate a Scrum Master and Agile Scrum network.

Experience:

• 5 years as a Scrum Master 

• Scrum Master Certification preferred

• Experience guiding teams in leveraging Agile/Scrum practices

• Proven ability to remove impediments 

• Understanding of the basic fundamentals of iterative development

• Strong business acumen, strategic thinking, and analytical skills.

• Excellent spoken and written communication as well as receptive listening skills, with ability to present complex business ideas in a clear, concise fashion.

• Outstanding organizational, interpersonal, relationship building skills conducive to team development.

• Good relationship-building skills; ability to grow and nurture relationships with stakeholders.

• High energy and passion for the job.

• Ability to adapt, to be flexible, and to learn quickly in a dynamic environment.

• Experience and familiarity with common Agile practices, including an understanding of ceremonies, product backlogs, burndown metric and velocity

• Proven mentoring and coaching skills

• Enhanced facilitation skills with the ability to lead and demonstrate value, as well as to resolve conflict