Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Facilitates the day-to-day activities and ceremonies of multiple teams within a Scrum environment, including daily standups, backlog grooming and refinement, sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives.
• Works closely with the Product Owner(s) in their effort to manage, groom and refine, and prioritize the backlog while facilitating a positive team dynamic and alignment regarding scope and priorities for the team.
• Provides transparency with the applicable metrics (e.g., velocity) and reporting (e.g., burn down) to help the team understand progress vs. plans/goals and identifies opportunities for improvement and learning.
• Identifies and resolves team impediments, removes roadblocks and distractions, and mitigates risks and challenges that may impact delivery before they become issues.
• Fosters a collaborative environment with cross-functional teams and serves as a bridge between development teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment of goals and expectations and delivery of product or project initiatives within agreed timelines.
• Facilitates or participates in Scrum of Scrum forums with other teams to ensure progress, resolve impediments, and manage dependencies.
• Encourages a customer-centric mindset and advocate for user feedback to drive product enhancements.
• Serves as an expert in effective, disciplined use of Agile and other tools including Jira and Confluence.
• Trains and mentors, the team in Agile practices and is a role model and change agent for the team in embracing the Agile mindset and best practices.
• Stays updated on industry best practices and incorporates relevant agile methodologies to support the company’s Agile transformation.
• Creates a culture and team dynamic for continuous improvement, ongoing learning, and increased maturity in Agile practices.
• Provides project management support, as needed, within an Agile and SOX-compliant environment, including schedule, scope, budget management, status reporting, and risk and issue management.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree and/ or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in various roles directly involved in delivery of technology software solutions, including project manager, business analyst, developer, or QA engineer, preferably within the financial sector.
• Three or more years of experience as a Scrum Master serving multiple teams, preferably in multiple environments and companies undergoing Agile transformations.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), and/or other advanced Scrum/Agile certifications.
• Strong knowledge of Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, Lean, XP, and other Agile frameworks, and best practices.
• Strong knowledge of Agile metrics and the ability to track, report, and present metrics in various visual formats leveraging available Agile tools.
• Demonstrated ability to share Agile knowledge and provide coaching and training to Agile teams.
• Results-oriented with a focus on delivering value to end-users through iterative development.
• Strong and effective facilitator with ability to guide teams through resolution of conflict and a commitment to identify and resolve impediments impacting the team’s progress.
• Highly proficient with Agile tools including Jira, Confluence, and other supplemental tools
• Experience with core project tools including Microsoft Teams/SharePoint and Microsoft Office Professional (Outlook, Word, Excel, Visio, Access, etc.)
• Skilled communicator, both written and oral. Able to communicate at many levels of the organization, clearly and impactfully sharing thoughts, ideas, and concerns.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $60.12 - $67.99 per hour

Expected hours: 67.00 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• Scrum: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• PMP (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Phoenix, AZ 85012 (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Phoenix, AZ 85012: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $60 - $68