Fenway Group is conducting a search for a Scrum Master who has a passion for coaching to join our Agile Software Development Practice.The right candidate for these consultancy roles will provide skills and coaching as part of our Managed Services teams.
The right candidate will be strong in their domain and capable of conducting these essential duties:
- Serving the Product Owner and Development Team in their quest
- Guiding the Managed Services team how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values
- Guiding the team on how to get the most out of selforganization
- Guiding the team on selforganizing to fully realize the potential of Agile/Scrum frameworks
- Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
- Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment
- Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame retribution or being judged with an emphasis of healing and problem solving
- Facilitating getting the work done without coercion assigning or dictating the work.
- Facilitating discussion decision making and conflict resolution
- Assisting with internal and external communication improving transparency and radiating information
- Supporting and educating the Product Owner especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog
- Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible and leading by example
Required Skills/Experience
- Must come from a Java Development background
- Certified Scrum Master
- Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least 2 years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles practices and theory
- Critical understanding of various shortcomings and their remedies
- Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP Kanban Crystal FDD etc.
- Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories ATDD TDD Continuous Integration Continuous Testing Pairing Automated Testing Agile Games
- Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team
- Experience applying a wide variety of 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.
- Previous experience as a team lead would be a plus
- Exceptional communication and mentoring skills
If this is you please contact us right away!
Why should you work for Fenway Group
Fenway Group has been nominated again as one of theTop Workplaces by the DMN
Fenway Group cares about your professional development work/life balance and your personal growth
This team has very high visibility and we are being seen as leaders in the consulting industry.
You will be an employee of Fenway Group and will have an ongoing career with us.
There will be opportunities for you to grow with us and create your own career and training road maps
We have continuous communication with our consultants and are a very tight knit group.
This is a permanent opportunity with Fenway Group and is NOT a contracting position
Care and consideration means everything to us which results in an excellentbenefitspackage