Agile Scrum Master - 5.0 New York, NY Remote till COVID

For one our long-term multiyear projects, we are looking for an Agile Scrum Master out of New York, NY (Remote till COVID). Responsibilities: - Doing everything possible to ensure delighting customers - Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers - Guiding the team on how to get the most of out self organization - Guiding the team on self organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks - Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization - Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment. - Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving. - Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work. - Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution - Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information - Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog. - Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example. Required Skills/Experience: - First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I) - Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least one year for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory. - Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency - Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach(example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc) Preferred Skills/Experience (Any of these is a plus) - Second level Scrum Master certification (CSP, PSM II) - Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least two years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory. - Excellent communication and mentoring skills

Created: 2024-11-12