Scrum Master retail

Scrum Master with retail experience

Job Title: Scrum Master with retail experience

Location: Grand Rapids, MI (Candidates must be from Grand Rapids, MI, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, or Kentucky)

Duration: 12‑month contract

• Serve the team and product owner in turning requirements into working software.
• Track progress and help the team achieve their commitments.
• Monitor progress daily; identify problems and work with the team to develop corrective actions.
• Manage and report the status of scope, schedule, and resourcing.
• Extract and document requirements.
• Ensure team members understand Scaled Agile (SAFE) processes and support the team in following them.
• Ensure product quality expectations are defined and known across the team.
• Collaborate with the team in scheduling work, including defect remediation and refactoring, to guard against technical debt accumulation.
• Work with the technical team and product owner to balance interests when issues arise.
• Remove impediments so the team can focus on engineering tasks.
• Lead conflict resolution within the team, removing roadblocks to collaboration.
• Guide project team meetings including sprint planning, daily scrum, and sprint review.
• Facilitate retrospective discussions and support continuous improvement efforts.
• Limit external interference that the team must deal with.

• Degree in information technology, business, or a related field.
• Exceptional people skills.
• Comfortable working with a diverse group of people and capable of serving as an arbitrator during conflicts.
• Understanding of financial controls needed in project management and consulting work.
• Practical understanding of scoping and estimating work.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience in project management and/or serving as a Scrum Master.
• Management of more than one significant project simultaneously.
• Prior experience as a Business Analyst and/or Tester is helpful but not required; practical use of quality management tools and techniques.

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or any other Scaled Agile certification.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

Software Development