About This Role
This role involves facilitating and ensuring the effective implementation of Scrum practices within IT projects. The Scrum Master guides the team through the Scrum framework, removes impediments, and fosters a collaborative environment to enhance productivity and deliver high-quality solutions.
Responsibilities
- Organize and lead daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to ensure the team adheres to Scrum principles
- Assist the Product Owner in managing the product backlog, ensuring it is well-defined, prioritized, and ready for the next sprint
- Identify and eliminate obstacles that hinder the team's progress, ensuring a smooth workflow and timely delivery of project goals
- Advocate for Agile methodologies and foster a culture of continuous improvement within the team and the organization
- Track and report on team performance metrics, such as velocity and burndown charts, to provide transparency and insights into the team's progress
- Provide guidance and support to team members, helping them understand and implement Scrum practice effectively
- Communicate with stakeholders to ensure alignment of project goals, timelines, and deliverables
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, or a related business or technical field, or equivalent work experience (typically four years of related, progressive work experience for candidates without a bachelor's degree)
- For the Scrum Master position: a minimum of five years of relevant experience, including at least 3 years of experience as a Scrum Master in an IT environment
- For the Senior Scrum Master position: a minimum of eight years of relevant experience, including at least 3 years of experience as a Scrum Master in an IT environment
- Experience in information technology system operation/environment and/or development
- Understanding of agile methods, processes, and key concepts including Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Understanding of system development lifecycle within an enterprise
- Ability to coordinate across teams to accomplish tasks
- Effective project management skills and ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects concurrently
- Knowledge of information technology terms, equipment, systems, functions, and major vendors
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Effective analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Effective interpersonal skills and customer relationship skills
- General understanding of IT operating and capital investment budgets
- Understanding of company's existing IT environment and of applicable company policies, practices, and procedures
