Scrum Master @ SFO, CA or Hillsboro, OR
azhar uddin
Role : Scrum Master ( Retail Domain EXP MUST )
Location : SFO, CA or Hillsboro, OR
Visa : NO H1 Transfers
Job Roles / Responsibilities:
As the Scrum Master, you will lead self-organizing, self-managing teams in applying and optimizing Agile practices to maximize team performance and effectiveness.
In this role, you will:
· Support the self-organizing, self-managing team to achieve its daily and iteration objectives
· Support the teams focus on delivery of high quality stories on a predictable, sustainable cadence
· Facilitate the teams assessing and planning for risk
· Ensure agreed upon Agile methodology principles and practices are understood and enacted.
· Coach Agile team in self-organization and cross-functionality and promote Agile mindset
· Provide visibility to impediments to the Agile Team’s progress that the team cannot remove themselves
· Facilitate the team's relationship with outside stakeholders
· Facilitate conversations between Product Owner and team in regard to rebalancing and reprioritizing work within a sprint
· Ensure Product Owner has backlog prioritized for each iteration
· Protect the team from interruptions and distractions to clear a path for throughput
· Facilitate ceremonies/team meetings and ensure time-boxed events stay within their allotted time
· Continuously learn new approaches to facilitation, Agile best practices and how to improve team dynamics
· Foster a positive environment for the Agile team to continually improve and learn
· Drive cross Capability coordination and scheduling with other Scrum Masters
· Coordinate with other Scrum Masters, the System Team, and Shared Resources during ART/Cross-train PI Planning and Release Planning Meetings to remove issues and raise risks, as appropriate
· Track and utilize agreed upon metrics to drive meaningful conversations and improvement opportunities
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Skills
· Deep understanding of Agile development frameworks, specifically SAFe, Scrum and Kanban
· Demonstrated understanding of technology systems and the Technology ecosystem
· Demonstrated ability to understand business needs
· Proven ability to pull together individuals of varying technical and business abilities with different goals and facilitate productive discussion and action.
· Strong written and verbal communication, conflict resolution, and servant leadership skills
· Demonstrated understanding and reinforcement of the value of Agile mindset and the required iteration events
· Excellent facilitation skills and techniques
Qualifications
· Bachelors' degree in Business, Psychology, Anthropology, or Organizational Development with 2 years’ additional relevant professional experience accepted in lieu of a degree
7+ years of experience working as a Scrum master in projects
· 7 years hands-on Scrum Master/Coach experience in advanced, large-scale Agile setting
· Certified Scrum Master and other Scrum certification desired
· SAFe certification preferred
· Experience working with Jira or similar tool, building summary views, using agile planning boards, setting up dashboards preferred
Thanks & Regards
Mohd Azhar uddin
Tel: 703-831-8282 Ext. 2526,(M) (315) 543-4232