Scrum Master

Scrum Master Contract (5 Months + Possible extension) Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid) Pay Rate: $60-64 an hour on W2 (DOE)

Job Description:

• Embrace the agile mindset, advocate and champion agile across the Technology organization by challenging, coaching, and guiding teams using agile principles.
• Provide creative solutions to agile transformation issues: resistance to change, limited resources, conflicting priorities, lack of accountability.
• Ability to utilize agile methods in a flexible manner that often includes traditional project management which can include hard deadlines/fixed dates at times.
• Understand the various agile frameworks, events and artifacts (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), where they are fit for purpose and how to implement/apply with new and existing teams.
• Manage and facilitate team event including quarterly product planning, product owner syncs, backlog refinement, estimating and sizing efforts, release planning, sprint planning, standups and retrospectives.
• Facilitate and coach to draft, track progress and continuously improve on Objective and Key Results (OKRs).
• Coach teams and leaders in agile principles and practices, roles and responsibilities, and frameworks.
• Foster a continuous improvement environment to build high-performing, agile teams.
• Track and report on metrics for teams to measure progress, effectiveness of agile adoption, and agile maturity of the teams.
• Guide product management teams in their role, defining MVPs, developing product charters, product community maps, product roadmaps and release plans, story mapping, writing stories and backlog prioritization and management.
• Train and mentor other Agilists on the role of the Agilist and participate in communities of practice for Agilists to share, learn and grow.

• Embrace the agile mindset, advocate and champion agile across the Technology organization by challenging, coaching, and guiding teams using agile principles.
• Provide creative solutions to agile transformation issues: resistance to change, limited resources, conflicting priorities, lack of accountability.
• Ability to utilize agile methods in a flexible manner that often includes traditional project management which can include hard deadlines/fixed dates at times.
• Understand the various agile frameworks, events and artifacts (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), where they are fit for purpose and how to implement/apply with new and existing teams.
• Manage and facilitate team event including quarterly product planning, product owner syncs, backlog refinement, estimating and sizing efforts, release planning, sprint planning, standups and retrospectives.
• Facilitate and coach to draft, track progress and continuously improve on Objective and Key Results (OKRs).
• Coach teams and leaders in agile principles and practices, roles and responsibilities, and frameworks.
• Foster a continuous improvement environment to build high-performing, agile teams.
• Track and report on metrics for teams to measure progress, effectiveness of agile adoption, and agile maturity of the teams.
• Guide product management teams in their role, defining MVPs, developing product charters, product community maps, product roadmaps and release plans, story mapping, writing stories and backlog prioritization and management.
• Train and mentor other Agilists on the role of the Agilist and participate in communities of practice for Agilists to share, learn and grow.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience
• Five or more years of experience in Agile technology delivery
• Five or more years of experience in Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) teams

• Strong knowledge of Agile values, principles, and practices and Scaled Agile frameworks
• Ability to drive delivery and take initiative
• Excellent interpersonal skills (communication, collaboration, leadership, conflict resolution)
• Experience as an Agilist managing multiple teams simultaneously
• Experience with agile tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Dragonboat, MURAL
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification or similar certification a plus
• Possess the ability to influence others, implement change, and standardize processes in a complex business environment
• A passion for mentoring and growing the potential of others
• Positive attitude and ability to inspire the team toward continuous improvement
• Experience with outcomes-based planning and delivery (i.e., OKR)
• Ability to partner with Product, Tech, UX and other disciplines
• Experience with Product Discovery tactics
• Direct experience with big room / quarterly product planning and cross-team coordination
• Understanding fundamentals of iterative and incremental development
• Experience successfully delivering solutions on an aggressive schedule
• Ability to work in ambiguity and iterate to a solution - can estimate and solve basic business problems without explicit direction
• Creative, flexible, and…