Qualifications/ Education & Experience
? Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, IT, Science, or equivalent work experience. Master’s degree is a plus.
? Certified Scrum Master (CSM) with certificate from recognized standard organization, i.e.: SAFe, Scrum.org, Scaled Agile strongly desired or must be willing to become certified within 6 months of moving into position.
? 3 or more years of experience working as an Agile Coach/Scrum Master, product owner or project manager in an application development environment, with at least 2 years’ experience using Agile Scrum.
? Demonstrates the ability to facilitate transition of an organization from waterfall methodologies to the Agile.
? Proven track record and ability to site project experience delivering end solution using agile.
? Ability to build strong interpersonal relationships with the business delivery teams, leadership, senior management and internal/external stakeholders.
? Solid understanding of the product lifecycle. ? In-depth understanding of agile methodologies, and up-to-date knowledge of industry standards and best practices.
? Good understanding of software development practices and DevSecOps,
? Ability to use agile project tracking devices such as burn down and burn up charts
? Demonstrates critical thinking and analysis capability.
? Comfortable with customer facing activity, business customer interviews, facilitating, and presenting at meetings.
? Ability to create tools/ independent spreadsheets to help analyze burn rate/ earned value/ earnings variances and cash projections
? Excellent communication, presentation creation and delivery skills (MS PowerPoint) with the ability to communicate with a broad set of constituencies, both technical and non-technical.
? Experienced working with project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Teams, etc.
? Experience/knowledge with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
? Proven experience as a scrum master on several successful software development
? Ensures appropriate involvement of external teams such as other vendor providers / partners on the project projects involving multiple developers.
? Clear understanding of agile software development methodologies and key best practices
? Strong analytical, problem solving and planning skills.
? Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
? Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
? Team player who is flexible, delivery-oriented and takes responsibility for the team’s success.
? Enthusiastic, can-do attitude with the drive to continually learn and improve.
? Demonstrates understanding of scope, schedule and planning; understanding of time management, resource management cost management. Possesses good project management skills.