Position: Scrum Master
Duration: 6 months
Location: Memphis, TN ( Onsite)

Description:
We are in need of an experienced Scrum Master, ideally with a background in project management. The ideal candidate will be a mature leader comfortable with planning and driving projects while holding teams accountable.

Responsibilities:

• Initiate, plan, execute, monitor, and deliver projects and programs.
• Decide on suitable strategies and objectives for the product team.
• Facilitate sprint planning, sprint refinement, retrospectives, sprint reviews, and daily scrum meetings.
• Collaborate between developers, testers, and business stakeholders.
• Coach team members in Agile frameworks and guide teams to higher scrum maturity.
• Provide effective and clear verbal and written communication.
• Serve as the point of contact for external communications (e.g., from customers or stakeholders).
• Support the product owner and provide education where needed by working with product owners to handle backlogs, prioritization, and new requests.
• Resolve conflicts and remove obstacles that occur for the team.
• Help teams implement changes effectively.
• Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint.
• Monitor and improve the team's velocity.
• Help build a productive environment where team members 'own' the product and enjoy working on it.
• Lead the scrum team in using Agile methodology and scrum practices.
• Assist the product owner and development team in achieving customer satisfaction.
• Lead and develop self-organization within the scrum team.
• Remove impediments and coach the scrum team on removing impediments.
• Assist the scrum team in achieving higher levels of scrum maturity.
• Formulate, organize, and monitor interconnected projects across multiple teams.
• Guide the team to apply the 5 whys to each proposed user story.
• Guide the team to focus on the desired behavior or outcomes.
• Provide weekly executive summaries of the project's progress.

Requirements:

• 5 years' experience in Agile.
• Prior experience in project management is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in management or a relevant field.
• Excellent organizational, communication, management, and leadership skills.
• Experience with budget, scope, and schedule management.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings at multiple levels of an organization and an understanding of facilitation techniques.