Job Description :
Hi,
We are looking for a Scrum Master. If you available and looking for projects please send me your Word formatted resume with the contact details and the rate you are looking for.
Title : Scrum Master
Location : Wood bridge, NJ
Duration : 12 months
Our client is seeking a Scrum Master capable of leading one to three scrum teams with a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of delivering world-class products within complex digital environments to advance our platform and applications.
As a Scrum Mastery you will be a key member of a passionate team focused on collaboration across business and technology to drive forward software development projects relating to enterprise level customer care portals.
Responsibilities:
Guide effective agile teams with a sustainable and productive cadence.
Use best practice, understand and facilitate the software development process.
Uphold, defend, coach, and mentor agile values and principles as expressed in the Agile Manifesto.
Master up to three scrum teams concurrently with a focus on improving effectiveness and performance.
Organize and facilitate staffing, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, sprint/release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings.
Track and report the team’s velocity and sprint/release progress to all stakeholders.
Identify problems, impediments, dependencies, and other team dysfunctions, and then facilitate quick resolution.
Partner and influence the broad corporate environment effectively using strong verbal and written communication.
Resolve conflict through arbitration, negotiation, reasoned discussion, or escalation.
Nurture self-organizing, high performing teams through servant leadership and mentoring.
Encourage, support, and guide continuous improvement of the team, its products and processes.
Ensure the team operates and evolves within organizational guidelines and standards of practice.
Maintain the respect of the team, external stakeholders, and management.
COMPETENCIES Needed:
Prior experience with customer care portals, preferably in a telco environment.
Agile software development in a .Net environment.
Strong Servant-Leadership Identity.
Effective communicator, written and verbal.
Ability to influence.
Requirements (Mandatory)
A Bachelor''s degree in Business, Information Technology, or related field.
3 years’ experience as a scrum master managing multiple teams including scrum of scrums.
5 years’ experience in a structured project management environment with a demonstrated appreciation for disciplined project management.
Experience using Jira to manage the agile projects.
Thorough understanding of enterprise software development in a .Net environment.
Strong Technical background and familiar with IT terminology.
Ability to apply technical knowledge using Agile development principles
Proven experience building strong working relationships and working successfully in cross-functional/cross-geography teams.
Ability to quickly understand the scope of the project and identify key success and risk factors.
Excellent verbal, written and communication skills.
Strong presentation and facilitation skills.
Prioritize multiple tasks effectively.
Enthusiastic team-player, team leader as well as a self-starter.
Comfortable working with ambiguity and evolving priorities.
Flexible, yet firm in approach to managing the project.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, Visio, and PowerPoint) and system documentation tools.
Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), and/or SAFe 4.0 Scrum Master (SSM) preferred.
Experience in managing Sharepoint sites and content.
PMI PMP certification is a plus.