Job Description :

Job Title: Scrum Master

Length of Contract: (confirm start and end date) 6 months to start

Location/Site:Onsite Lake County, IL

Must have:

  • Scrum Master Certification - either CSM, or PSM I, or PMI-ACP.
  • Jira experience
  • Working with an outsourced Development Teams
  • Bachelor’s degree

Nice to have:

  • Agile Coach Certification
  • Scaled Agile experienced
  • Scaled Agile Certification
  • Pharma experience

Description Details


1 PURPOSE

  • The Scrum Master will serve as a coach and servant leader to members of agile teams. This role will coach team members to follow agile methodology and facilitates all related scrum ceremonies. The Scrum Master enables the team to work as effectively as possible and resolves obstacles so the team meets sprint objectives and releases stay on track. The role coaches the team to own and continuously improve their process and practices.


2 RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Responsible for facilitating all Scrum ceremonies, such as Daily Standup, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retro and ongoing backlog refinement.
  • Drives team discussion & collaboration, provides coaching on agile principles and the continuous improvement mindset, in addition to helping manage impediment removal by working closely with other teams and impacted stakeholders.
  • Attends Scrum of Scrum meetings as needed to synchronize across teams and resolve blockers. Identifies dependencies between agile teams then communicates and resolves dependencies.
  • Communicates agile team's progress, dependencies, and impediments.
  • Ensures sprint releases stay on track and updates sprint activities in agile planning and execution tracking tool.
  • Facilitates release planning activities.
  • Assists with status reporting, velocity metrics, sprint accomplishments, in addition to socializing current risks and issues.
  • The Scrum Master will utilize team feedback and metrics (e.g., quality, delivery, cadence, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity and work with team to continuously improve.
  • Partners with others in the Agile community to drive technology-focused teams towards achieving Agile principles.


3 QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor’s Degree w/5 years experience.
  • 3 years of experience being a Scrum Master.
  • Ability to prioritize and multi-task and strong problem resolution skills.
  • Strong interpersonal/relationship management skills.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex ideas in easy to understand business terms to senior leaders as well as end users.
  • Ability to work in a dynamic, agile environment where needs and priorities can change with tight deadline.
  • Experience with Jira, Confluence, MS Teams
  • Scrum Master Certification - either CSM, or PSM I, or PMI-ACP.
             

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