Job Description :
Description:
The Scrum Master has primary responsibility of facilitating the learning and growth of multiple Agile teams in developing a lean-Agile mindset, improving practices and guiding them to more predictable delivery. The Scrum Master plays a role in facilitating Agile ceremonies and planning of releases, removing impediments, providing guidance, and supporting Agile teams.
Backlog Management Practices
Works with Product Owners and team members to learn and practice healthy backlog management and prioritization practices
Facilitates the execution and improvement of backlog refinement
Prepares for and facilitates release planning with teams
Assists in dependency management and cross team coordination
Agile Ceremony Facilitation
Facilitates continuous improvement and the development of a learning culture on teams
Facilitates ceremonies, collaboration, communication, and conflict management
Teaches new team members Agile mindset and frameworks, practices, and process
Influences the organization in the removal of organizational impediments and development of healthy Agile practices
Mentors Product Owners and team members in agile practices and continuous improvement
Delivery Team Support
Removes impediments to the team''s ability to perform
Acts as a buffer between external distractions to minimize disruptions
Assists in the coordination of operational issue resolution
Facilitates team development, mediates conflicts protecting the team and encourages healthy team dynamics.
Fosters team responsibility, self-accountability, transparency and self-organization
Leverages coaching skills to help the team learn to solve its own problems
Advice and Guidance
Introduces and encourages team to explore healthy Agile development practices, focus on quality and technical excellence, predictable delivery, automation, and continuous delivery
Teaches and encourages a balanced backlog that delivers valuable features for customers, reduces technical debt, provides business value, and enables product sustainability
Helps the team to develop, capture, and analyze metrics to facilitate team improvements
Promotes transparency through healthy communications and data integrity
Requirements:
Knowledge, Experience & Qualifications
Bachelor''s degree or related field or equivalent combination of industry related professional experience and education
5 years of working experience as a Scrum Master
Working experience in one or more of the following Agile methods or frameworks: Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), or Kanban
Working experience with Agile scaling frameworks, preferably SAFe
Desirable
Scrum Master certification or equivalent certified professional