Job Description :
Role : Scrum Master
Duration: Minimum 1+ year project Long term
Location: SeaTac, WA
Certified ScrumMaster with at least 2 + years of experience in this role post certification
Kanban experience
The ScrumMaster is a key role in Agile software development responsible for ensuring that Scrum practices and processes are followed by the team. The ScrumMaster serves as the liaison between the business (represented by the Product Owner) and the Agile software development team. This role helps the team reach peak productivity, coaches and mentors resources, resolves impediments that block a team and help track their progress. The ScrumMaster also plays a critical role in the adoption of Scrum and other Agile development practices by the organization.
If you are an experienced ScrumMaster with proven abilities to help agile teams achieve their goals and would like to be part of a rapidly growing Agile practice in an organization that is a fun place to work, we would love to talk to you. Our client is currently looking for ScrumMasters having significant experience ramping up, coaching and mentoring teams to peak productivity working in a complex inter dependent ecommerce software development environment. Candidates with experience facilitating Scrum teams in an ecommerce environment or software technologies associated with retail businesses would be a good fit.
The successful candidate will be considered a subject-matter expert in Scrum software development methodology, be an effective communicator with strong servant leadership skills, have excellent logic and problem solving skills and a drive to make a difference.
Liaison & Communication
Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical (business) departments.
Communicate with other management, developers, product managers and technical support specialists on product issues.
Facilitate Software Development
Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.
Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress.
Maintain process documentation.
Ensure the development teams are practicing the core Agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.
Application Support
Assist as needed with backlog maintenance.
Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
Assist with prioritization and resolution of defects / bugs.
Team & Process Management
Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools, and best practices.
Identify and remove impediments, prevents distractions to the team.
Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution.
Empower the team to self-organize.
General Attributes
This needs to be an individual that puts the team before themselves. They will be responsible for enforcing the rules of Scrum, removing impediments from their team while promoting self-management and constantly improving standards of work.
May act as a source for mentoring of less experienced department staff.
Qualifications: Required
Four-year college diploma or university degree in computer systems design or computer science, and/or 10 years equivalent work experience
Kanban experience
Experience starting new/Kanban Teams
Certified ScrumMaster with at least 2 + years of experience in this role post certification
Thorough understanding of Scrum software development methodology, values, practices and procedures.
Deep understanding of Agile principles and iterative development methodologies
Familiarity with Ecommerce and Web based software development
Ability to understand technical issues and identify the means to resolving them
Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a high attention to detail.
Creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems
Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines
Collaborative in driving decisions.
Ability to coach the team to reach their highest potential
Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types.
Works smart by setting effective work goals, establishing priorities, and planning well in order to produce quality work.
Preferred
Experience with Agile transformation in an organization
Experience working with large programs that use multiple Agile teams
Hands on experience with metrics and tracking tools used in Scrum
Experience with scaling Agile in the enterprise
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