Agile Scrum Master

Company: eTeam
Location: Cary
Posted on: March 16, 2023

Job Description:

Job Description

Job Description:
Job Description

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

• The Scrum Master will support the teams continuous progress by ensuring each person is working on the right tasks, helping to remove any obstacles, and protecting the team from distractions.
• The Scrum Master will maintain communication, transparency and visibility with sponsors, collaborators, Product Owners and others involved with the sprints.
  TOP POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES & ESTIMATED PERCENTAGE OF TIME EACH REQUIRES:
  
  SCRUM TEAM SUPPORT
  • Facilitate conversations that will help the team come up with their own solutions
  • Facilitates the removal of obstacles and distractions that impede the teams velocity.
  • Assist team in sizing-up efforts and tracks team velocity
  • Radiates team information to promote visibility and transparency
  • Promotes team brainstorming to identify potential solutions
  • Educates team and stakeholders on their Role & Responsibilities
  • Ensure individual and team accountability
  • Ascertains the teams needs in training, materials and support. Escalates to appropriate personnel as needed.
  • Identifies precursors to team derailment and develops a safe environment to promote conversations address potential conflict areas to maintain the overall health of the team and its members
  • Researches and identifies unique frameworks and methodologies that can be incorporated within the team to increase overall team hygiene and create a hyper-collaborative environment.
    EVENT FACILITATION
    • Facilitate Scrum and/or other ceremonies put in place for communication purposes - Retrospective, Sprint Planning, refinement sessions, backlog discussions, Sprint Review, Daily Stand-ups, etc.
      PRODUCT OWNER PARTNERSHIP
      • Support and educate the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
      • Ensure everyone on the team understands the projects goals and scope.
        OTHER JOB DUTIES AND PROJECTS AS ASSIGNED.
        • EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES (MINIMUM REQUIRED):
        • CERTIFICATIONS: First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I) required
          EXPERIENCE/ KNOWLEDGE:
          • 5+ years of leading projects and/or agile teams required.
          • Strong knowledge of SCRUM theory, rules and practices
          • Knowledge of Agile techniques such as: User Stories, Continuous Integration, Quality checks
          • Knowledge about task estimation and tracking such as burndown metrics, velocities, and effective backlog management
          • Experience with Jira or other tool for managing Sprints and User Stories
          • Knowledge of other agile methodologies and frameworks such as Kanban
          • Lean Six Sigma Knowledge 5S, Waste Elimination
            COMPUTER SKILLS:
            • Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Visio
            • TBD Agile Software
              OTHER SPECIALIZED SKILLS & ABILITIES (i.e., leadership, communication, interpersonal, etc.):
              • Effective communicator with the ability to maintain a cohesive team
              • Strong verbal, written, listening and presentation communication skills
              • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
              • Ability to work with employees at all levels of the organization
              • Demonstrated problem solving techniques and strong analytical skills
              • Solid interpersonal skills with the ability to work as part of a collaborative team across the organization
              • Ability to adapt to a continually changing business and work environment and manage multiple priorities
              • Demonstrated critical thinking and decision-making skills
              • Strong analysis and problem-solving skills
              • Exhibits high Emotional Intelligence
              • Demonstrates proficiency in conflict resolution
              • Ability to track and remove impediments Proficiency in estimation and planning

Keywords: eTeam, Cary , Agile Scrum Master, Other , Cary, North Carolina