Scrum Master

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The Scrum Master will oversee and guide agile Scrum and Kanban teams. The scrum master's responsibilities include ensuring that development teams follow scrum framework values and agile practices, mentoring and motivating the teams to improve processes, facilitating meetings and decision-making processes, and eliminating team impediments. The scrum master, should have a firm grasp of agile practices and the ability to effectively manage and mentor development teams, and excellent interpersonal, project management, and problem-solving skills.

• Using agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions.
• Training, mentoring, and supporting scrum teams to follow agile values, principles, and practices.
• Determining and managing tasks, issues, risks, and action items.
• Scheduling and facilitating scrum events, meetings, and decision-making processes.
• Monitoring progress and performance and helping teams to make improvements.
• Planning and organizing demos and product/system testing.
• Ensuring the proper use of collaborative processes and removing impediments for the scrum team.
• Tracking project processes, deliverables, and financials.
• Preparing and presenting status reports to stakeholders.

• Working knowledge of agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks, such as Scrum or Kanban, to deliver solutions.
• Leadership and management experience.
• Excellent people and project management skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• 8 to 10 years prior experience as a scrum master or in a related position
• A Master's Degree in Information Systems, computer science or a related academic area or equivalent experience is required.
• Certified scrum master required.

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Engineering and Information Technology

• IT Services and IT Consulting