SCRUM MASTER

General description

·        The Scrum Master is responsible for making sure a Scrum team lives by the values and practices of Scrum. 

·        Considered a coach for the team, helping the team do the best work it possibly can. 

·        Process owner for the team, creating a balance with the project's key stakeholders.

·        Leading a Scrum Team consisting of Java application developers, testers and Business system analysts.

Accountabilities

·        Strongly serving and supporting the Product Owner and Development Team in their quest to do everything possible to delight customer.

·        Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style and leading by example. This person should personify Scrum and Agile.

·        Guiding and Coaching the Scrum Team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers.

·        Guiding and Coaching both the Scrum Team and the Development team on how to get the most of out self organization.

·        Guiding and Coaching both the Scrum Team and the Development 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 refining(aka grooming) and managing the product backlog.

Requirements

Education

·        University degree (minimum Bachelor).

Experience

·        First level Scrum Master certification (PSM I, CSM ).

·        Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least one year for a software development team.

·        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).

Languages

·        Eng B2