Job Description :
                                                                             Job Title:	Scrum Master
Required Skills:	"Scrum Master"
City:	Mission
State:	Kansas,KS
Type of job:	Contract
Duration:	12 Month
Interview Type:	Face-Face
Visa Type:	Permanent Resident 
Our end client is looking for a seasoned Sr Scrum Master to join their Mission, KS office location for 6+ months. Ideal candidate will have 5-7+ years’ experience working as a Scrum Master and possess stellar communication / interpersonal skills.
This person will work with Product Owners and team members to learn and practice healthy backlog management and prioritization practices. Must facilitate the execution and improvement of backlog refinement, prepare for and facilitates release planning with teams and assist 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