An employer in the Chicago area is looking for a Senior Scrum Master to join their team.

As Scrum Master, you play a key role in the definition, development, implementation, and ongoing improvement of Agile practices (with an emphasis on Scrum) within the organization. You will facilitate sprint planning, retrospective, and daily activities related to stand-ups and sprint burn down; as well as maintain relevant metrics that help the team see and understand their progress during a sprint. In this role you'll own and resolve identified impediments. You'll lead and track work for 25-30 developers. You'll help build an environment where continuous deployment/ improvement of the development process is the focus and everyone's common goal is to deliver outstanding software as fast as possible to our customers. As ScrumMaster you're responsible for leading the continual Agile transformation and practices as well as promoting accountability and transparency across all levels of the organization. Lastly, you will be required to sit onsite 1-2 days a week.

RESPONSIBILITIES STRATEGIES AND LEADERSHIP

Serve as a senior team member, responsible for facilitating the adoption, implementation and sustainability of Agile processes, principles, and practices

Lead the scaling of Agile from team level to enterprise level

Act as a change agent and as part of the team of Coaches leading and supporting teams and individuals in their Agile journey

Make decisions and independently drive any aspect of Agile rollout at a team and management level

Provide high-touch and hands-on team guidance, support, and coaching in close cooperation and collaboration across all roles and functions, to facilitate increasing maturity at a sustainable pace

Actively build and contribute to the company's Agile Community and develop Communities of Practice, mentor Agile practitioners

Create training materials and provide training and coaching throughout the organization

Support Agile teams in their development, playbook creation, and in establishing consistent best practices

Collaborate with non-Agile team, educate and support them throughout transformation

Define relevant metrics that help the program see how they are doing

Inspire all stakeholders at any level in their Agile transition.

Develop, coach, and mentor team members to advance their skills and career

Build trust with the business [IT or other Divisions] and throughout the organization

Perform ongoing assessments of the teams' Scrum maturity to inform ongoing support decisions

Advise on dependency management techniques between internal teams and third parties, release managers, or between Agile teams

Quickly establish collaborative partnership with key stakeholders and build trust to ensure leadership buy-in across both Business and IT - Become a strategic partner in organizational road mapping and structuring to drive increased ROI, greater adoption and higher transformation success

Foster speed, innovation and encourage continuous improvement

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Required Skills & Experience

8+ years experience as a Scrum Master

Extensive experience working in an Agile environment and an understanding of Agile best practices

Experience with Azure DevOps and TFS

Experience creating training materials and provide training and coaching throughout the organization

Outstanding presentation and communication record (conference presentation, professional community events)

Understanding of fundamentals of iterative development, software development processes and procedures

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

CSM/CSPO Certification or PMI-ACP preferred

Airline experience

Bachelor's Degree

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.