Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that goals and product domain are understood by everyone on the Scrum Team.
• Works with Product Owner to effectively manage Product Backlog and conduct backlog refinement activities to keep work backlog healthy and prepared for execution.
• Ensure the Product Owner is arranging the Product Backlog to maximize value.
• Ensure that Sprint goals and priorities are understood by everyone on the Scrum Team.
• Facilitate the teams’ progress toward team goals by keeping the team focused and removing impediments for the team.
• Build a high-performing team by leading and facilitating team to adopt a continuous improvement mindset.
• Promote high quality practices within the team and foster a culture of technical discipline and business value delivery.
• Facilitate and ensure scrum ceremonies (daily stand-up, sprint planning, sprint demo, and sprint retrospective) are consistently performed during a sprint.
• Ensure that technical enabler projects are included in Product Backlog and negotiate priorities accordingly.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or related technology field.
• Eight (8)+ years’ experience working with Agile software development teams.
• Five (5)+ years’ experience as a Scrum Master.
• Existing certification as a Scrum Master from an accepted certification body.
• Thorough understanding of Lean-Agile values, principles, and practices.

Key Skills:

• Execution of Scrum. 
• Leadership. 
• Collaboration. 
• Organization. 
• Project management tools expertise. 
• Agile and software development knowledge. 
• Listening.