Scrum Master

Title: Scrum Master

Location: Chicago IL (hybrid)

Must Have:

• Organization(Project tracking reporting)
• MS ADO or Jira expertise
• Experience in running large cross functional agile team for cloud native development

Job Description:

STRATEGIES AND LEADERSHIP
- Serve as a senior team member responsible for facilitating the adoption implementation and sustainability of Agile processes principles and practices
- Lead the scaling of Agile from team level and beyond
- Act as a change agent and as part of the team of Coaches leading and supporting teams and individuals in their Agile journey
- Work as the common thread for business BA UX PM Quality Technical architects and other members of development team
- Own the release planning and communication
- Build visualizations for the state of affairs via dashboards power point reports and communicate to various levels of upper management
- Make decisions and independently drive any aspect of Agile rollout at a team and management level
- Provide high-touch and hands-on team guidance support and coaching in close cooperation and collaboration across all roles and functions to facilitate increasing maturity at a sustainable pace
- Actively build and contribute to the companys Agile Community and develop Communities of Practice mentor Agile practitioners
- Create training materials and provide training and coaching throughout the organization
- Support Agile teams in their development playbook creation and in establishing consistent best practices
- Define relevant metrics that help the program see how they are doing
- Inspire all stakeholders at any level in their Agile transition.
- Develop coach and mentor team members to advance their skills and career
- Build trust with the business IT or other Divisions and throughout the organization
- Advise on dependency management techniques between internal teams and third parties release managers or between Agile teams
- Quickly establish collaborative partnership with key stakeholders and build trust to ensure leadership buy-in across both Business and IT - Become a strategic partner in organizational road mapping and structuring to drive increased ROI greater adoption and higher transformation success
- Foster speed innovation and encourage continuous improvement

EDUCATION
- Bachelors Degree and/or equivalent work experience required CERTIFICATION
- CSM/CSPO Certification or PMI-ACP preferred

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS REQUIRED
- Scrum Practices
- Proficient with common Agile practices
- Proven ability in building effective partnership with diverse groups in multiple locations/environments
- Aptitude for learning and using technology for both teaching and action research
- Able to garner respect throughout the organization at all levels
- Thought Leader - Challenge status quo and grow every day. Able to build trust and earn respect at all levels within the company
- Communicative and facilitative - Able to communicate well with all levels of the organization from Scrum team members to executives. Able to lead and demonstrate value-add principles to a team in a collaborative way and influence employees at all levels
- Assertive - Ensure Agile/Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to be a voice of reason and authority make the tough calls and manage conflicts
- Enthusiastic - High-energy and inspire others
- Continuous Improvement - Continually growing ones craft learning new tools and techniques to manage oneself and a team
- Managing with Metrics
- Able to help leaders & teams define clear metrics and coach them to have a data driven approach for decision making
- Willing and able to quickly gain a high level understanding of the technical and business domains of the Scrum teams
- Outstanding presentation and communication record (conference presentation professional community events)
- Deep understanding of common Agile practices and better product envisioning and development practices
- Superb conflict resolution and consensus building skills
- Understanding of fundamentals of iterative development software development processes and procedure