Scrum Master

Role: Scrum Master

Location: Alpharetta GA (Onsite)

Type: Contarct

Once You Are Here You Will:

• Work with the teams to determine current state of culture processes and systems and help design strategy for the adoption of agile values principles and practices.
• Be a face and voice for the client team to Client Leadership and set client expectations.
• Bring a fresh perspective and offer insight that can solve client and team challenges.
• Identify opportunities for account expansion working with CLIENT account leadership to capitalize on them.
• Effectively use and communicate Agile principles and practices (Scrum Kanban SAFe etc.) and overall operating model across the organization.
• Implement the processes to use metrics and other objective measures that establish agile maturity across the teams.
• Ask insightful questions demonstrating business knowledge of Industry and the client environment.
• Advocate for the team promote their successes and share key learnings throughout the organization.
• Grasp business context quickly goal should be to immediately speak in business terms then become a trusted advisor for the client (including showing interest in what the client is doing)
• Lead the collaborative planning for the appropriate short-term and long-term next steps for the client.
• Identify and collaboratively manage the agile roadmap for the teams including key client deliverables and dependencies while developing a deeper understanding of client needs and assist in managing expectations.
• Collaborate effectively across practices including Product Experience (Product Mgmt. Agile CLIENT Experience Studio Technical Architecture) Engineering and the end users where applicable.
• Implement Agile techniques in different cultures and environments throughout the organization.
• Understand Client go-to-market and brand differentiation and brand protection (You are representing Client)
• Provide training to employees on Agile versus agile methodologies such as Kanban and Scrum as well as their application in solution delivery.
• Manage conflict and create safe environments through healthy and meaningful collaboration.
• Conduct Agile Practice Behavioral Interviews with potential candidates.
• Act as Career Coach for 1 Junior Level Team Member.
• Solid understanding of a neighboring area (Product UX best practices in software development) and capability to assist with tasks related to those areas.
• Capability to execute Agile Scrum and Kanban training.
• Ensure appropriate Release Burn Up Charts and Team Burn Down are applied appropriately for each iteration event.
• Support designing and updating training decks and processes.
• Show aptitude for working in a quickly changing environment while maintaining a positive attitude.
• Embrace difficult situations and enjoy solving complex problems

Job Requirements:

• 5 years of experience serving as a Scrum Master for software development teams Proven experience working within large global organizations
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification required
• Proficient in using Azure DevOps for work item tracking and project management
• Skilled in leading daily Scrum calls facilitating Agile ceremonies resolving team roadblocks generating and presenting project health and team performance metrics and auditing work items for compliance and accuracy
• Up-to-date with the latest Scrum and Agile best practices with the ability to implement and adapt them as needed

Required Qualifications:

• 7 years guiding teams in agile software development as Project manager or Delivery manager.
• 5 years working as a Scrum Master or Agile Team Facilitator.
• 5 years experience working in agile fundamentals such as lean-agile values principles and practices. As well their optimal application and outcomes desired.

Preferred Skills:

• SASM- SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (scaled; SAFe 6)
• Ability to facilitate and lead meetings to desired outcomes for the purpose.
• Ability to lead train and provide feedback to other colleagues in various roles as well as leaders.
• Organizational good time management balanced attention to help optimize a valued outcome across varying priorities.

Ideal Mindset:

• Communication is very Important. Looking for an empathic self-aware introspective person who listens for questions and checks assumptions both others as well as their own.
• You seek to understand and be prepared to help team members and others to find their solutions.
• Resourceful. As problems arise you creatively identify the best path forward. Self-led.
• Team Player. You are someone who wants to see everyone on the team succeed and is willing to go the extra mile to help a teammate in need. You enter conflict seeking to understand and prepared to help team members work through challenges