Scrum Master (Level DOE)

Job Information

We are looking for an experienced Scrum Master to oversee and guide scrum teams. The Scrum Master's responsibilities include ensuring that development teams follow the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) framework values and agile practices, mentoring and motivating the teams to improve processes, facilitating meetings and decision-making processes, and eliminating team impediments.

To be successful as a scrum master, you should have a firm grasp of SAFe agile practices and the ability to effectively manage and mentor development teams. An outstanding scrum master should have excellent interpersonal, project management, and problem-solving skills.

Role & Responsibility

• Using SAFe methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions
• Training, mentoring, and supporting scrum teams to follow SAFe values, principles, and practices
• Member of the Lean Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) team
• Determining and managing tasks, issues, risks, and action items
• Helping the product owner and development team to achieve customer satisfaction
• Lead the scrum and development teams in self-organization
• Remove impediments and coach the scrum team on removing impediments
• Ensuring the proper use of collaborative processes and removing impediments for the scrum team
• Scheduling and facilitating SAFe team ceremonies, meetings, and decision-making processes
• Monitoring progress and performance and helping teams to make improvements
• Resolve conflicts and issues that occur
• Help the scrum team achieve higher levels of scrum maturity
• Support the product owner and provide education where needed
• Planning and organizing demos and product/system testing
• Supporting creation of Sponsor Reviews and status reports to stakeholders

Job Requirement

• Education Required: Bachelor's Degree in Management Information Systems (MIS), Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields
• Experience Required: 3 > 5 years
• Scrum Master Experience Required: 1 > 2 years
• Travel Required: 10-24%
• Experience with Scaled Agile Framework and successful Agile techniques
• Knowledgeable in techniques to fill in gaps in SAFe
• Ability to determine what is scrum and what is not
• Ability to analyze and think quickly and to resolve conflict
• Ability to work with and lead a team
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and mentoring skills
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment
• Self-motivation and ability to stay focused in the middle of distraction
• Ability to successfully drive change initiatives
• Ability to execute/deliver results