Senior Scrum Master – Retail Technology

Responsibilities

• Draws on past experience, supports and facilitates a number Scrum Team(s) with varying levels of complexity in various functions by fostering Agile values and practices.
• Ensures team adherence to Agile principles.
• Provides coaching to the team(s), including newly formed teams, on how to execute the Scrum Framework.
• May provide guidance to less experienced Scrum Masters.
• Organizes and facilitates ceremonies, recommends and executes on improvement opportunities to optimize velocity and while mitigating risk.
• Tracks and communicates the overall team progress providing visibility to stakeholders.
• Takes a broader perspective to provide solutions to complex challenges.
• Serves as a filter to remove impediments to progress identified by the team(s).
• Protects the team(s) from outside influences to ensure the team remains focused on Scrum Team priorities.
• Partners with the Product Owner(s) to ensure the backlog items are prioritized based on business value and ready for the team(s).

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• Experience with Agile Methodologies:
  Proven experience in leading and coaching teams using Scrum and other Agile frameworks.
• Strong Facilitation
  
  Skills:
  
  The ability to lead and guide effective Agile ceremonies and discussions.
• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal
  
  Skills:
  
  The ability to effectively communicate with team members, stakeholders, and management.
• Problem-Solving and Conflict Resolution:
  The ability to identify and resolve impediments and conflicts within the team.
• Leadership and Mentoring:
  The ability to guide, coach, and mentor team members and other Scrum Masters.
• 5+ years of industry-relevant experience.
• University / college degree, specific certifications are often required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience may be considered.