(scrum master)

[philadelphia, Pa, 19160], Not Specified

Employer: Saxon Global
Industry: 
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time
Title: Scrum Master

Remote Role 100%

Duration: 12 Months Contract

Client: Fannie Mae

Note:
  • They want someone with A++ knowledge of the role, how to impact real change, and is able to diagnose problems at the root.
  • Many of the subs I received in the last round were people who had dual PM/SM roles. We need candidates that are pure SMs (no dual roles), ideally on the cusp of being a coach,

Job Descriptions:
  • Be creative in helping teams embrace agile principles while encouraging growth both individually and as a team
  • Understand the difference between Agile and Scrum and be able to articulate it
  • Provide team(s) with resources, information, communication, and practical advice to enable the team to regularly deliver high quality working software

Facilitates:
  • Daily scrum (stand-up), refinement and sprint planning sessions, Sprint review (demo) and Sprint retrospective.
  • Ensure all participants understand the ceremony's purpose and keep to the time-box.
  • Track and communicate various metrics per team including velocity and sprint/release progress
  • Foster and encourage conversations and collaboration - both inside and outside of team - allowing them to self-organize
  • Identify and remove impediments - help prevent distractions that interfere with the ability to deliver the sprint goals
  • Understand and be able to articulate strategic and product planning goals in the division and team's environment including progress toward them
  • Supports Product Owner(s) ensuring the product backlog is properly refined - prioritizing to maximize value and using creative techniques for elaborating user stories to be ready for the upcoming 1-2 sprints.
  • Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story definition, story selection, task definition
  • Ensure team understands the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items and achieve this through techniques such as user story slicing and acceptance criteria
  • Proactively manage dependencies
  • Update agile tracking systems to provide transparency on Product & Sprint Backlogs
  • Recommend improvements and assist in changes to best practices
  • Enforces the values and principles of Agile by focusing on continuous learning and feedback loops

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree preferred.
  • CSM certification
  • 5+ years of experience in a Scrum Master or similar Agile role applying Agile principles and practices including delivery of several epics, releases and versions and application of a wide variety of patterns and techniques (i.e., leveraging burndown, facilitating retrospectives, refining user stories, etc.) preferred.
  • Experience implementing best practices and standards related to Agile product development preferred.
  • Experience leading others with the ability to earn trust while still challenging the team to improve and operate outside its comfort zone in an Agile environment preferred.
  • Positive, engaging, and influential soft skills. Must enjoy challenges and have a passion to fix and solve problems.
Created: 2024-04-30
Reference: SG - 71935
Country: United States
State: Not Specified
City: [philadelphia, Pa, 19160]