Scrum Master

Job Title: Scrum Master

Duration: 6 Months

Location: Charlotte, NC

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Know the Scrum Guide and apply its principles appropriately for your team to maximize their efficiency.
  
• Observe the team’s Agile/Scrum maturity and identify needs for Agile/Scrum training.
  
• Coach the Product Owner and team to create and estimate the Product Backlog.
  
• Facilitate discussions between the Product Owner and the team on priorities and dependencies.
  
• Review and update the daily Sprint and Release burndowns to measure velocity and predict release completion.
  
• Continue to update and analyze capacity, velocity, and scope and maintain a Project Burndown.
  
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning, Grooming, Sprint Reviews/Demos, and Sprint Retrospectives.
  
• Skillfully facilitate discussions and know when to allow a deeper discussion to continue, when to cut the discussion off, or redirect the discussion to a parking lot for discussion with a smaller group.
  
• Provide data such as the release burndown to the Product Owner and relevant levels of management to help them engage in data-driven decision making.
  
• Ability to present to multiple levels of management and articulate the status of the project.
  
• Keep an eye on team morale, and coach when necessary
  
• Coach the team through adoption of the Agile Scrum process with positive and negative feedback.
  
• Facilitate story development workshops.
  
• Engage with management as appropriate to assist in removing organizational and systemic impediments.
  
• Answer Agile Scrum process questions.
  
• Determining communication plans and methods.
  
• Cultivate a Scrum Master and Agile Scrum network.
  

Experience:

• 5 years as a Scrum Master 
  
• Scrum Master Certification preferred
  
• Experience guiding teams in leveraging Agile/Scrum practices
  
• Proven ability to remove impediments 
  
• Understanding of the basic fundamentals of iterative development
  
• Strong business acumen, strategic thinking, and analytical skills.
  
• Excellent spoken and written communication as well as receptive listening skills, with ability to present complex business ideas in a clear, concise fashion.
  
• Outstanding organizational, interpersonal, relationship building skills conducive to team development.
  
• Good relationship-building skills; ability to grow and nurture relationships with stakeholders.
  
• High energy and passion for the job.
  
• Ability to adapt, to be flexible, and to learn quickly in a dynamic environment.
  
• Experience and familiarity with common Agile practices, including an understanding of ceremonies, product backlogs, burndown metric and velocity
  
• Proven mentoring and coaching skills
  
• Enhanced facilitation skills with the ability to lead and demonstrate value, as well as to resolve conflict 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.