Job description

Scrum Master

12+ month contract

Hybrid - 2 days onsite / 3 days remote

Addison, TX

This Scrum Master will help support the development team and product owners in delivering incremental value each sprint for the products. You are knowledgeable in scrum and able to educate others on Agile methodologies and practices. You remove impediments and act as a shield from external distractions. You create a safe working environment for the team and are an innovator who constantly seeks continuous improvement and builds high performing teams.

• Lead and coach high performing teams
• Lead and manage all scrum related activities for your scrum teams
• Facilitate the daily standup meetings which includes both verbal and email communications to collect and consolidate team updates
• Work across sprints to help facilitate capacity conversations and identify work that may be blocked due staffing/casting challenges
• Help organize, prep, and facilitate planning sessions & estimations for future sprints
• Look at key metrics such as sprint velocity, scope, flow and improve the overall pod performance
• Flag issues/risks and other key actions that may need to interface with non-agile portions of the company
• Manage and activate release plans
• Ability to work with relevant engineering teams to ensure DevOps related activities occur as intended
• Ensure teams actions are aligned with the project goals / vision
• Ensure Scrum practices are used and improved within and across teams
• Identify trade-offs between short- and long-term benefits to drive shared vision between the team and product owner
• Foster a continuous learning environment helping teams to inspect & adapt
• Facilitate large group discussions

Who You Are

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent; Masters preferred
• 4+ years of relevant work experience with Agile and Scrum
• Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
• Confident and skilled at guiding the team through organizational road-blocks to allow Sprints to be completed on time
• Knowledge of relevant domains/products/journeys and track record in successful delivery
• High level of emotional intelligence, and the ability to communicate effectively to all types of personalities
• Experience with Jira, or Azure DevOps
• Certified Scrum Coach (CSC) is a plus
• Ability to promote innovative thinking and self-improvement within the team
• Past software development experience would be ideal

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Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $50.00 - $55.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Are you available to work onsite in Addison, TX?

Experience:

• Scrum: 4 years (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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