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- Create and manage scrum team release plans.
- Represent teams in release planning events to slot work for the upcoming releases.
- Implements sprint planning principles by supporting teams to develop.
- Sprint plans that align to team velocity and to the release plan.
- Work with team to identify capacity to ensure they can meet the sprint deadlines.
- Participate in discussions related to trade-offs to bring in new work.
- Works within Agile execution principles with daily standup facilitation and impediment tracking/escalation.
- Reviews/Approvals - Design, Legal, Risk, Compliance, Risk and Change Management.
- Major release support.
- Uses continuous improvement and progress tracking principles to ensure teams are prepared for product showcases/demonstrations,
- Report on Sprint metrics for teams.
- Hold team retrospectives and ensure impediments that are outside of the teams control are appropriately escalated.
- Participant in project Scrum of Scrums or status meetings to report progress of team.
- Governance, including regular updates and maintenance of Rally, Jira, TFS, etc.
- Active participation in the maturation process of the Agile model and methodology within the organization.
- Ensure Agile teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility and support overall capability portfolio management, release management and change management.
- Track project financials.
Job Requirements
- 3+ years’ experience in the Scrum Master role for the delivery of software or technology.
- 3+ additional years in software development or quality control
- First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM )
- Strong facilitation skills, knowledge of servant leadership, situational awareness, conflict resolution.
- Knowledge of numerous well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.)
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related fields.
- Experience in Agile techniques such as User Stories, ATDD, TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games etc.
Soft Skills:
- A sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company’s success.
- Critical thinker and problem-solving skills.
- Team player.
- Good time-management skills.
- Great interpersonal and communication skills.
