Agile Scrum Master

Job: Scrum Master
Duration: 6+ Months CTH
Location: Tampa, FL or Coppell, TX [Hybrid]

Job Description:
Specific Responsibilities
1. Mind Set and Behaviour
Build meaningful relationships with squad members and resolve most issues leveraging your rapport and trust with squad members.
Be an enthusiastic change agent and peer.
Embrace change and use it drive continuous learning and process improvements within the squads.
Continuously seek and act on feedback received to bring about positive changes.

2. Servant Leadership
Understand both the squad s overall capacity and impediments that impact individual members of the squad. Work to create a team culture that values sustainable execution by not over-committing.
Coach the squad to provide input for squad level decision making to achieve a common goal.
Identify and work to resolve mindset impediments as the arise.
Coach squad with knowledge and expertise as well as encourage experimentation to support their journey towards self-sufficiency.

3. Coaching and Facilitation
Provide role (PO, QA, Dev, etc.) based coaching and proactively facilitate coaching session with the squad.
Coach the squad to consider how squad/product vision affects other squads we regularly interact with.
Create a safe environment for all ceremonies to encourage active participation from all squad members
Facilitate and mediate conflicts within the squad.

4. Agile Knowledge and expertise
Understands Agile and relevant frameworks (e.g., scrum) to maximize the success of the squad
Possess a comprehensive understanding of Agile tools, techniques, principles and values and apply this knowledge to the squad.
Coach PO and squad to maintain a healthy and prioritized backlog with refined user stories
Successfully balance delivery timeframes and continuous iteration so that customer feedback is always incorporated.

5. Reporting
Ensure accurate and transparent communications to stakeholders with concise metrics and updates on progress, risks and impediments

6. Release Planning
Supports Product Owner on release planning
Coordinate movement of code between Development, Testing, UAT and Production environments and all related planning, resourcing and scheduling activities.

7. Participate in Scrum of Scrums meetings to ensure the Squad and the others in the Tribe are aligned on priorities, dependencies and timelines.

Qualifications
Experience in Agile Development, with Scrum Master (or similar) experience
Previous software development lifecycle experience
Bachelor's degree preferred
AI experience highly desirable with Kiro, Copilot or any other AI tools
Minimum of 1 year of experience or related school coursework experience
Scrum Master certification a plus