Job Title: Scrum Master
Location: PrincetonNJ (Hybrid)
Duration: 6 Months
Responsibilities:
In this role you will be working with a team of enthusiastic members supporting our critical technology systems and guiding our business partners & end users with industry best practices solution design and creating long term value to our customers.
Act as Servant leader to an Agile team.
Educate Agile teams to maximize efficiency and performance from Scaled Agile practices and values.
Coach Agile teams in self-organization and continuous improvement.
Guide the Agile teams to consistently deliver customer value.
Manage risks mitigate impediments and negotiate dependencies within and across Agile teams.
Facilitate Scrum events including Daily Stand-ups Iteration Planning Refinement sessions Iteration Reviews and Retrospectives.
Work with Product Owners to ensure features and user stories are clear concise prioritized and understood by every member of the Agile team.
Establish and maintain open and clear lines of team communication to facilitate progress transparency.
Work with peer Scrum Masters Release Train Engineers and Agile Coaches to increase the effectiveness of Scaled Agile.
What were looking for:
A person with Team First mindset with an ability to build and sustain trust at all levels across the organization
Ability to develop and foster teamwork. Ability to gauge how the team is doing and to drive the necessary actions to improve
Emotional intelligence level-headed diplomat skilled listener and clear communicator with strong empathy traits able to remain objective and constructive in all situations
Ability to facilitate constructive debate and resolve disagreements and conflicts constructively
Deliver hands-on training and coaching of defined Agile practices to individual teams and programs.
Proven ability to work cross-functionally and cross-regionally across multiple Product portfolios
Understand other engineering processes and methodologies and leverage other techniques to provide value to a team/Enterprise
Basic Qualifications:
Experience leading teams as a Scrum Master
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Basic knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC)
Proven ability to identify and mitigate risks
Team-first servant leader mentality
Preferred Qualifications:
Certified SAFe Scrum Master
Certified PSM or CSM