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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

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