Scrum Master

Job Title: Scrum MasterLocation: RemoteDuration: 12 MonthsTitle:Job Description:

• Ability to foster healthy team dynamics and address negative behaviors.
• Strong coaching experience to be able to coach teams into high performance using Agile principles.
• Ability to support stakeholders and engage in day-to-day team activities, especially with removing impediments.
• (Bonus) Bringing experience in data and engineering excellence, ideally at scale.

Preferred: Spanish or Portuguese speaking is a big plusExperience and Education:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (business, computer science, humanities, etc.)
• 5+ years related experience.
• Advanced/2nd level training/certifications from a reputable Lean-Agile organization (e.g. PSM II, ICAgile Professional – Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF), ICAgile Professional – Agile Coaching (ICP-Client)).
• Experience being on multiple Agile teams in a variety of different contexts.

Qualifications:

• Scrum certification strongly preferred.
• Experience working in a scaled agile framework preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of business functions and extensive understanding of business operations, strategies and objectives.
• Track record of continued and recent education in Lean-Agile including training, conferences, user groups, cohorts, self-study, etc.

Responsibilities:

• Uses a pragmatic approach to guide the team by seeking to understand what they want to achieve and helping them become more effective in an Agile context.
• Comfortable experimenting with a variety of approaches based on need & fit.
• Promotes the use of/experimentation with quality/engineering practices (BDD, TDD, Pairing, CI/CD, etc.).
• Effective facilitation skills at the team level; remains neutral, applies conflict management &
• Assesses the Agile/Scrum maturity of the team & coaches the team to higher levels of maturity.
• Deep understanding of the mechanics of the Agile framework or method and the ability to teach the specific roles, work products, and activities to team members and stakeholders.
• Observes & provides consistent, impactful feedback for team Agile development.
• Understands the impact and supports the vision for change within their organization.
• Develops a network of change agents to promote change and manage resistance to change.
• Takes an active role in the transition to & implementation of a scaling framework, with guidance from more experienced SMs and Agile Coaches.
• Mentors less experienced Scrum Masters and other Lean-Agile leaders.
• Actively seeks coaching & mentoring from more experienced SMs & coaches on Lean-Agile techniques and mindset and guides them on their personal change and growth journey.
• Coaches team & managers on the Agile mindset/behavior. Increases team knowledge of Agile/Lean topics helping them understand “why” practices work not just “how”.
• Possesses advanced understanding of Lean-Agile metrics (health, value, flow and quality) to help teams continually improve.
• Stays current with Agility industry trends & explores other perspectives by reading & contributing to blogs, consuming external media, & actively participating in internal/external Scrum/Agile events.
• Acts as a catalyst to the SM community & in the organization by sharing ideas.