What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scrum Master - Princeton, NJ position at Onset Technologies?
Responsibilities for Scrum Master
- Supporting Scrum Teams towards their goals, and facilitating the Scrum Events (e.g. planning, review, sprint demos)
- Understanding key cross-functional concepts that impact the organization, being aware of business priorities and organizational dynamics
- Encouraging discipline, like no new work entering sprints and be safe-guarding the agreed / established processes, helping teams and individual members to be self-organizing
- Leading retrospectives for both delivered software and operational improvements, identifying new continuous improvement steps
- Tracking team velocity, product/sprint backlogs and sprint/release progress and reporting on these
- Supporting the Product Owner and Development Team in maintaining a clear and prioritized backlog
- Participating in creating and/or improving the agenda, content, and delivery of portfolio and digital incubation workshops.
Qualifications for Scrum Master
- Have completed Bachelor studies or combination of relevant education and experience
- Be a certified Scrum Master with relevant experience working as a Scrum Master for a Software Team
- Knowledge of Insurance industry preferred
- SaFE Agile Framework knowledge/experience required
- JIRA experience is required
- Ability to analyze and think quickly and to resolve conflict
- Experience with successful Agile techniques
- 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
- Have the ability to understand technical issues at a high level
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship by Onset Technologies. Work visa sponsorship will not be provided, now or in the future, for this position.
Onset Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action employer.
All qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
