Scrum Master - involves facilitating the agile Scrum process by coaching the team on Scrum principles, removing impediments, and leading ceremonies. This role acts as a servant-leader and coach, who helps the team self-organize and improve their productivity, ensuring adherence to the framework.
Responsibilities
Facilitate Scrum events: Organize and lead all Scrum ceremonies, including the Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective.
Remove impediments: Identify and help resolve any obstacles or issues that slow down the development team.
Coach the team: Train and mentor the team on Scrum theory, practices, and agile principles to foster self-organization and continuous improvement.
Support the Product Owner: Work with the Product Owner to ensure the product backlog is well-managed and understood by the development team.
Promote communication: Ensure effective communication within the Scrum team and between the team and stakeholders.
Responsible for managing agile board (ADO), including agile metrics (e.g. sprint burndowns/burn-ups, work planned vs completed, velocity, etc.) and for keeping agile board in good working order
Reporting: Regular analysis of burndown charts, communicating work planned vs work completed by sprint, team velocity and other portfolio reporting to understand what gets built and at what cadence.
Required working experience & education
3+ years' experience with Agile as a Scrum Master (including scrum techniques and artifacts such as Scrum, Kanban, user stories, backlogs, Scrum/Kanban boards, sprint planning, retrospectives, burndown metrics, velocity).
Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as knowledge and experience of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project
A proven track record of successfully implementing projects using Agile methodologies.
Agile Certifications required (CSM, PSM, etc)
Experience working with project teams that contain Developers, IT Business Analysts, Architects, Quality Assurance, Business Product Owners, Project Sponsors, etc.
Experience in coordinating with multiple extended teams
Technical
Agile Project Management tools such as Azure DevOps, Rally, Jira, etc.
Proficient in Microsoft Project, Powerpoint, Excel, Word
Numbers & Facts
Location
Hartford, CT
Industry
Other/Not Classified
Company Size
100 to 499 employees
Skills
Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
Analysis Skillsunmatched
Atlassian JIRAunmatched
Backlog Prioritizationunmatched
Business Analysisunmatched
Business Architectureunmatched
Cadenceunmatched
Coachingunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Continuous Improvementunmatched
DevOpsunmatched
Kanbanunmatched
Maintain Complianceunmatched
Mentoringunmatched
Metricsunmatched
Microsoft ADO (ActiveX Data Object)unmatched
Microsoft Excelunmatched
Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
Microsoft Projectunmatched
Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
Microsoft Wordunmatched
Product Backlogunmatched
Product Supportunmatched
Productivity Managementunmatched
Project Management Softwareunmatched
Project Planningunmatched
Project/Program Managementunmatched
Quality Assuranceunmatched
Scrum Project Management and Software Developmentunmatched
ScrumMasterunmatched
Servant leadershipunmatched
Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)unmatched
Sprint Planningunmatched
Sprint Retrospectiveunmatched
Team Playerunmatched
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