Job Description :
Title: Senior Digital Scrum Master
Location: Memphis, TN
Duration: 6+ Months
Job Description
1. Ensure that user-stories are “sprint ready” by assisting the product owner with backlog refinement activities, and ready for further user-story refinement by the scrum team(s
2. Leverage data to effectively forecast team velocity and support right-sizing of sprint goals, ensuring all deliverables are set up to meet acceptance criteria, but also effectively stretch and grow team(s)’ capabilities.
3. Foster an environment of cross-functional collaboration – ensuring that everyone on the team(s) can be trusted, heard, and valued.
4. Assist the team(s) by resolving any external dependencies from outside teams that pose a risk to the team(s)’ ability to achieve their business goals.
5. Mentor, coach, train, and motivate members of the assigned scrum team(s)’ employees and contractors and influence them to take positive action and maintain accountability for their assigned work.
6. Participate as a member of the Scrum Master Community of Practice (SM CoP) by identifying user stories applicable to the community of Scrum Masters, planning and delivery of user stories based on prioritization from the Director, and freely sharing of ideas and key notes from outside agile conventions, user groups, and other
venues.
7. Create and publish appropriate agile metrics. Familiar with tools supporting agile practices such as JIRA and Confluence or comparable tools (Rally, SharePoint, etc. Requires use of a personal computer.
8. Build and maintain positive relationships with partner departments; actively seeks solutions to address process or creative production challenges. Work with scrum team(s) to develop continuous improvement plans to further the agile growth and maturity of the team(s
9. Negotiate people and skill requirements and/or communicate specific needs (skills growth, hardware, software, or tool needs) with appropriate management within Digital. Perform essential job functions in an established office environment under normal lighting and climate control tolerances.
OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS:
1. Performs other various job functions associated with the work being performed by the scrum team(s) as assigned.
2. Perform job duties as assigned as part of Client’s Business Continuity Management Program, including annual maintenance and testing of business continuity, disaster recovery and emergency response plans.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Knowledge –
Required (Essential job functions – 1-9)
Thorough knowledge of English spelling, grammar and usage. Ability to speak and write in a clear and understanding manner; understand complex verbal or written instructions. Must be well organized and systematic in work processes, possess excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with groups and in the conduct of meetings
Ability to work well within a fast-paced team environment; guide team towards empowerment and self-decision making as appropriate. Must have strong leadership skills and be able to lead agile teams; exercising strong interpersonal skills; experience managing distributed scrum teams; communicate effectively with offsite team members to ensure team cohesiveness and coordination.
Thorough understanding of agile software development values, principles and practices. Knowledgeable on agile practices for quality software development and delivery. Knowledge of patterns and techniques for the scrum approach (example: burndown techniques, retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.
Requires valid driver’s license.
Requires knowledge ordinarily acquired through a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 3+ years of Scrum Master Experience.
Solid general knowledge of at least two of the following: User Stories, Continuous Integration, Test-Driven
Development, DevOps, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, and/or Agile Games.
Solid general knowledge of interactive, web-based technologies encompassing both front-end and back-end.
Preferred (Essential job functions 1-9)
Active Certification in at least two of the following professional designations: Certified Scrum Master (CSM),
Professional Scrum Master (PSM), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Certified Team Coach (CTC),