Job title: Senior Scrum Master
Company: Corporation Service Company
Job description: Job Description:Senior Scrum MasterBuffalo Grove, ILMonday – Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pmRemote or HybridA Senior Agile Scrum Master will establish and maintain an environment where the smartest and most productive software professionals are motivated to do their best work. They will teams create and maintain the web-based e-commerce software-as-a-service which is the foundation of Corptax’s market leadership. We are seeking an experienced technical leader-mentor-coach with a strong desire to lead global Agile teams (with Scrum), following test-driven and lean software development principles.Some of the things you’ll be doing:
- Foster transparency and visibility, and radiate information-ensuring a team’s progress, obstacles, and successes are highly visible to all stakeholders, including the team itself
- Helping the organization reap the benefits of Agile at scale
- Be self-motivated and capable of managing multiple priorities and tasks
- Organize and facilitate daily stand-up meetings, reviews, lessons learned, sprint and release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings
- Track and communicate team velocity and sprint-release progress
- Ensuring the development teams practice the core Agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility
- Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection, task definition
- Assist as needed with backlog maintenance
- Communicate project status to stakeholders
- Gain and maintain a detailed understanding of business goals and platform capabilities
- Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools, and best practices
- Create and maintain process documentation
- Remove blockers to team progress and proactively help the team make improvements to avoid similar blockers in the future
- Perform additional tasks as necessary
- Support transformation initiatives during the planning and implementation phases
- Use subject matter expertise of large-scale Agile transformations and frameworks to support the development of the overall transformation plan
- Lead working groups to meet transformation deliverables such as identifying a standard set of project metrics, revising project templates, setting up communities of practice, and updating processes; work with the team to create a plan to meet deliverables, facilitate meetings, track progress and action items, take minutes, and update wikis
- Track adoption of practices and processes
- Support the development of a leadership engagement strategy as the roles of managers and executives change in the organization
- Make recommendations regarding processes to adapt, change, or discard relating to project and portfolio management
- Assist with the development of custom Agile training for Scrum teams, product owners, and Scrum masters
- Aid in creating an internal coaching program that will identify and develop good potential Agile coaches for certification
- Develops standards, processes, and controls for configuration and release activities
- Establishes and facilitates release team meetings, coordinates issues, and facilitates solutions pertaining to the release process, and maintains release documentation
- Log, track, and escalate high-priority project issues affecting the ability to deliver quality products according to plan
What technical skills, experience, and qualifications do you need?
- An undergraduate degree in areas related to management information systems or business administration
- CSM or CSP desired
- At least five years of previous Agile or Scrum project management experience within a software development environment
- Solid understanding of software development life cycle, configuration, and change control management
- Strong organizational and cross-team communication skills
- Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment
#remote #BI-Remote #LI-Remote #CorptaxAbout Us:is a global business, legal, and financial services company based in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, providing knowledge-based solutions to clients worldwide. We have offices and capabilities in over 140 jurisdictions in the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East, and more than 8,000 colleagues. We are the business behind business.®CSC is committed to creating a diverse and growth-oriented environment where everyone is valued and respected. CSC offers challenging career opportunities and excellent benefits, including annual success-sharing bonuses or commission plans based on individual performance. To learn more, visit .Visit our careers site to learn more about CSC and our commitment to our clients, communities, and each other.CSC takes pride in finding and qualifying people through an internal sourcing model. We encourage candidates to apply directly to our website and not through third party sources. CSC only accepts resumes from employment agencies who are part of our approved supplier program. Resumes submitted from other agencies either to talent acquisition, our hiring leaders, employees or through any other mechanism other than our supplier process, will not be eligible to claim related fees and the submitted resumes will be considered property of CSC.Disclaimer: The information above describes the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not intended to describe all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications.About the Team:At CSC®, we’re always looking ahead, finding ways to improve and anticipate the future needs of our customers. Curiosity fuels our innovation and productivity drives our results. This proactive mindset has helped us adapt and create solutions that have enabled businesses to run smoother and smarter for more than 120 years.CSC is committed to attracting, developing, and retaining talented people whose personal values align with ours. We empower our employees to bring the right solutions to market to meet customer demand. That is why we are the premier provider of global solutions for more than 180,000 businesses.
- CSC is a great place to work with smart and dedicated people. We have been voted a Top Workplace every year since 2006 and are a 2022 National Top Workplace.
- We offer challenging work and career opportunities. Most positions are filled with internal moves and employee referrals.
- Employees are eligible for an annual success sharing bonus or commission plans based on role and individual performance.
- CSC offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, life insurance, and flexible spending and health savings accounts. We also offer you a 401(k) with employer match and profit-sharing, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.
- Our global standard for our work environments supports current and future technology initiatives through open design, sit-stand workstations, and digital interface points with wireless access throughout the campus. It’s an exciting time for us in terms of growth and expansion.
Expected salary:
Location: USA
Job date: Sun, 26 May 2024 05:01:41 GMT
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