An employer is looking for a Scrum Master for a contract to possible hire opportunity in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. The client is an enterprise grocery store chain and the Scrum Master will be supporting the Merchandising Core Insights team. This team is focused on creating reporting leveraging Power BI that their Merchandising business team can use to build insights that will help them to make strategic decisions around how they merchandise products.

The Scrum Master will likely also assist with a second project/team in a different area of Merchandising. This team works with Item data for the POS system.

During the contract duration, the on-site requirement is ad-hoc, and more on an as-needed basis with the team. Once converted full-time, the on-site requirement switches to two days a week.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Guide, coach and motivate the team with the goal of increasing productivity

Organize and lead Scrum ceremonies

Oversee and manage scope, timeline, quality, goals and deliverables that support business goals

Remove impediments or guide the team to remove impediments

Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of productive conflict resolution and problem solving

Facilitate discussions, decision making, and conflict resolution

Prepare and present reports on the progress and success

Coordinate activities with other teams across the program

Partner with and support the Product Owner

Participate in the Scrum of Scrums and partner with other Scrum Masters

Coach the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization

Organize and facilitate planning and coordination including release / Potentially Shippable Increments planning, iteration planning, daily stand-ups, iteration review/demos, and retrospectives

Ensure teams are held accountable to agile SDLC (Software Delivery Life Cycle) tenants and their internal working agreements including use of appropriate tools, standards and best practices

Promote and demonstrate core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and visibility

Ensure the team is tracking and communicating team progress and metrics to the appropriate resources.

Facilitate and enable an environment of collaboration and creativity

Support and empower the team to make appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.

Empower the team to self-organize around achieving their commitments

Identify and remove any impediments/distractions that interfere with the team's ability to deliver against their commitments

Challenge and enable the team to continuously improve through intentional and data driven inspect and adapt cycles (retrospectives)

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Required Skills & Experience

At least 3 years of experience as a Scrum Master in a complex, large-scale enterprise

Strong Agile background/Agile experience in a Scrum Master role or similar (Business Analyst, Product Owner, etc.)

Proven knowledge and experience with Agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures

Demonstrated leadership ability to coach and mentor the team to reach their highest potential/excellent team player and team builder

Exceptional communication skills

Proven ability to be flexible and adaptable

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Experience working on data product teams

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.