For one our longterm multiyear projects we are looking for an Agile Scrum Master out of New York NY (Remote till COVID).
Responsibilities:
Doing everything possible to ensure delighting customers
Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers
Guiding the team on how to get the most of out self organization
Guiding the team on self organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the 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:
First level Scrum Master certification (CSM PSM I)
Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least one year for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles practices and theory.
Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership facilitation situational awareness conflict resolution continual improvement empowerment and increasing transparency
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)
Preferred Skills/Experience (Any of these is a plus)
Second level Scrum Master certification (CSP PSM II)
Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least two years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles practices and theory.
Excellent communication and mentoring skills