Job title: Senior Scrum Master
Company: InterSources
Job description: Position- Senior Scrum Master
Location- Richfield MN
Duration – 5 Months (with long term possibility)Job Description:
- Embrace the agile mindset, advocate and champion agile across the Technology organization by challenging, coaching, and guiding teams using agile and lean principles
- Provide creative solutions to agile transformation issues: resistance to change, limited resources, conflicting priorities, lack of accountability
- Ability to utilize agile methods in a flexible manner that often includes traditional project management which can include hard deadlines/fixed dates at times
- Understand the various agile frameworks, events and artifacts (i.e. scrum, Kanban), where they are fit for purpose and how to implement/apply with new and existing teams
- Manage and facilitate team ceremonies including quarterly product planning, product owner syncs, backlog grooming, estimating and sizing efforts, release planning, sprint planning, standups and retrospectives.
- Facilitate and coach to draft, track progress and continuously improve on Objective and Key Results (OKRs)
- Coach teams and leaders in agile principles and practices, roles and responsibilities, and frameworks
- Foster a continuous improvement environment in order to build high-performing, agile teams
- Track and report on metrics for teams to measure progress, effectiveness of agile adoption, and agile maturity of the teams
- Guide product management teams in their role, defining MVP’s, developing product charters, product community maps, product roadmaps and release plans, story mapping, writing stories and backlog prioritization and management
- Train and mentor other scrum masters on the role of the scrum master and build communities of practice for scrum masters to share, learn and grow
Senior Scrum Master
Basic Qualifications
– Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience
– Three or more years of experience in Agile technology delivery
– Five or more years of experience in Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) teams
– Three or more years of experience as a Scrum MasterPreferred Skills/Experience
– Strong knowledge of Agile values, principles and practices and capacity to understand specific needs or requirements to apply skills/knowledge
– Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification a plus
– Experience as a Scrum Master managing multiple teams simultaneously
– Knowledge of scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, and other Agile frameworks Comfort with agile tools such as JIRA, Confluence, MURAL
– Experience with distributed teams, in multiple time zones
– Demonstrated ability to partner and communicate effectively with non-technical team members, resolving contending or contradictory objectives, and unifying disparate ideas into a homogenized solution
– Possess the ability to influence others, implement change, and standardize processes in a complex business environment
– A passion for mentoring and growing the potential of others
– Great teammate – should be ready to go beyond to help the immediate team and do not be averse to not shy away from asking for help if needed.
– Eagerness to learn new technologies and bring new ideas to the table
– Demonstrated growth mindset
– Positive attitude and ability to inspire the team toward continuous improvement
– Experience with outcomes-based planning and delivery (i.e., OKR)
– Ability to partner with Product, Tech, UX and Data disciplines
– Experience with Design Sprints and/or Product Discovery tactics
– Direct experience with big room planning and cross-team coordination
– Understanding of basic fundamentals of iterative and incremental development
– Experience successfully delivering solutions on an aggressive schedule
– Excellent presentation skills
– Ability to work in ambiguity and iterate to a solution – can estimate and solve basic business problems without explicit direction
– Creative, flexible, and willing to continuously change, evolve, and improve software development processes
– Demonstrated technical leadership and direction
– Demonstrated program-level collaboration and system architecture understanding
– Strong communication, collaboration, leadership, conflict resolution, budgeting and time management skills
– Experience in business analysis, product management or product developmentAbout Us:
InterSources Inc, a Certified Diverse Supplier, was founded in 2007 and offers innovative solutions to help clients with Digital Transformations across various domains and industries. Our history spans over 13 years and today we are an Award-Winning Global Software Consultancy solving complex problems with technology. We recognize that our employees and our clients are our strengths as the diverse talents and opportunities they bring to the table enable us to grow as a global platform and they are causally linked with our success. We provide strategic and technical advice, and we have expertise in areas covering Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Migration, Custom Software Development, Data Analytics Infrastructure & Cloud Solutions, Cyber Security Services, etc.
We make reasonable accommodations for clients and employees and we do not discriminate based on any protected attribute including race, religion, color, national origin, gender sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or marital status.
We also are a Google Cloud partner company. We align strategy with execution and provide secure service solutions by developing and using the latest technologies that thrive our resources to deliver industry-leading capabilities to our clients and customers, making it convenient for our clients to do business with InterSources Inc. Our teams also drive growth by refining technology-driven client experiences that put the users first, providing an unparalleled experience. This results in strengthening the core technologies of clients, enabling them to scale with flexibility, create seamless digital experiences and build lifelong relationships.
Expected salary:
Location: Richfield, MN
Job date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 04:06:47 GMT
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