Scrum Master

job summary:

As a servant leader on the Scrum team, you are responsible for educating the team on Agile processes while leading toward predictable and sustainable delivery. The Scrum Master is also responsible for serving the team through impediment removals while fostering an environment of continuous improvement toward building a high performing team. The Scrum Master must demonstrate an advanced knowledge of SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, and XP principles (all listed are required).

location: Framingham, Massachusetts

job type: Contract

salary: $53.75 - 63.75 per hour

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: Bachelors



responsibilities:

Support team impediment removal and dependency tracking.

- Facilitate Agile team ceremonies, including daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives.

- Ensure team agreements are in place and coach adherence to SAFe/Agile practices.

- Drive iteration commitments and plan for delivering business value.

- Collaborate with other Scrum Masters across the ART as necessary, e.g., Scrum of Scrums.

- Coordinate with other teams as necessary, such as Shared Services or DevOps teams.

- Partner with the Product Owner to ensure product backlog items are refined, prioritized, and scheduled.

- Drive estimating activities within the team.

- Facilitate capacity planning and release planning.

- Track and share metrics to measure team progress and achieve baseline KPIs.

- Identify areas for improvement.

- Validate time tracking.

- Track team objectives using appropriate Agile tools/applications.

- Protect the team from external interference.

- Support ART Readiness/Preparations.

- Consistently demonstrate the ability to manage moderately complex work through their teams.

- Influence work and process outside of the ART as needed.

qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent engineering skillset, training, OR technical work experience

- 5-10 years of experience as a scrum master

- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and SAFe framework (required).

- A mindset for continuous process improvement, driven by a focus on delivering value through efficiency with excellent facilitation, coaching, and mentoring skills.

- Ability to influence effectively with and without formal authority.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, knowing your audience.

- Proven success working a highly collaborative, matrix environment, with a track record of measurable business impact.

- Experience working in hybrid scrum and waterfall environments.

- Capability to demonstrate critical thinking and proven track record of positive change.

- Solid understanding of agile methodology, scrum, SAFe, and agile tools (JIRA, Confluence ; listed Agile tools are required)

- Ability to work collaboratively with distributed team members.

- Certification in SAFe or other Agile methodologies (required).

skills: As a servant leader on the Scrum team, you are responsible for educating the team on Agile processes while leading toward predictable and sustainable delivery. The Scrum Master is also responsible for serving the team through impediment removals while fostering an environment of continuous improvement toward building a high performing team. The Scrum Master must demonstrate an advanced knowledge of SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, and XP principles (all listed are required).

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.


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