QUALIFICATIONS
- Strong knowledge of Agile values, principles and practices
- Strong communication, collaboration, leadership, conflict resolution and time management skills
- Demonstrated growth mindset
- Able to explain what Agile mindset means, what makes a great team and how both of those connect to the Agile Principles
- Understand and be able to coach on how Sprint Planning leads to a Sprint Goal and how a Sprint Goal connects to the team's OKR's
PREFERRED SKILLS/ EXPERIENCES
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM) or Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification a plus
- Knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, and other Agile frameworks Comfort with Agile tools such as JIRA, Confluence, MURAL
- Knowledge and/or experience with Agile/Product techniques (i.e. User Stories, Personas, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Paired Programming, Automated Testing)
- Demonstrated ability to partner and communicate effectively with non-technical team members, resolving contending or contradictory objectives, and unifying disparate ideas into a homogenized solution
- Positive attitude and ability to inspire the team toward continuous improvement
- Experience with outcomes-based planning and delivery (i.e., OKR)
- Ability to work in ambiguity and iterate to a solution
REQUIREMENTS
At least 4-8 years of experience as a Scrum Master for multiple application development team
Good interpersonal skills
Good communication skills
Exceptional skill in managing risk, issues and dependencies.
Outstanding collaboration skills
Demonstrated leadership on continuous process improvement
Demonstrated ability to mentor and coach Scrum Team
Works well in a matrix organization
Scrum Master certification
Skills:
MS Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint
JIRA
Confluence
Software development life cycle
Agile Scrum
Risks and Issues Management
Excellent communication & presentation skills
Stakeholder Management, Conflict Resolution and Negotiation Skills
EDUCATION/ EXPERIENCE
4-8 years minimum experience as Scrum Master
Certified Scrum Master
Bachelor's Degree graduate
Experience in Scaled Agile Framework, or any Large Scale implementation of Agile/Scrum methodologies for an Enterprise