Our client is Fortune 500 company. As a leading business-to-business organization, more than 3.2 million customers rely on its products in categories such as safety, material handling and metalworking, along with services like inventory management and technical support.
Responsibilities:
Follows the Agile Values and Principles, the Scrum Master is responsible for sharing knowledge, guiding the teams and following the Scrum Framework
Coordinates Sprints, from Iteration Planning through daily Scrum, including Iteration Reviews/Demos and Retrospectives
Guides, motivates, removes barriers, and leads the team through problem solving activities
Anticipates, resolves and escalates risks or issues to appropriate level of management for timely resolution to support earlier, incremental delivery of value
Assesses the Scrum maturity of the team and organization, coaching the team to higher levels of maturity utilizing CI experiments and retrospective feedback at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
Acts as front-line contact with the Product Owner, Dev Lead (Development Manager or BSM), and Project Manager on team and/or project related issues, responding to concerns with clear and concise feedback
Collaborates with Product Owner and Technical Leaders to maintain a groomed, prioritized backlog is in place, taking sequencing, scope, and risk management into consideration
Provides metrics (team performance, sprint burn downs, backlog assessments, quality measurement) to Project Managers, Program Managers, or Technical Leadership to assist with Release Planning and Forecasting activities
Requirements:
Experience with agile/lean principles and practices
Experience playing the ScrumMaster role for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory (see table below for guidance per level)
Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
Keen critical-thinking skills
Experienced with story mapping, story sketching decomposing work, estimating techniques such as planning poker
Experience with scope control and change management processes, policies, and principles
Demonstrated solid influencing skills
Interacts effectively with Teammates and business partners makes persuasive and informative presentations
Some experience in effectively navigating a highly matrixed organization
Excellent written, verbal, and electronic communication skills
