Job Summary:
Works as a servant leader and coach to enable teams to self-organize, self-manage and deliver on their goals by following Lean-Agile practices. Coaches the organization in maturing the SAFe/Agile practices at both the team and enterprise level.
This SM will be capable of leading software development and product teams as well as experience with Kanban. This person will need to be an excellent communicator, above all else.
Primary Job Responsibilities:
1. Performs as a Scrum Master for 2-3 teams.
2. Performs assessments at the team or train level.
3. Leads, develops or improves internal training courses.
4. Enables cross communication between agile teams by participating in, organizing, and facilitating the coach sync meetings.
5. Maintains and creates relevant metrics to gauge team progress.
6. Contributes to writing SM CoP yearly objectives.
7. Demonstrates mastery of servant leadership (Facilitation, Coaching, Continuous Improvement).
8. Focuses on improving team dynamics and performance. Helps the team manage interpersonal conflicts, challenges, and opportunities for growth. Escalates problems to management where necessary, but only after internal team processes have failed to resolve the issue; helps individuals and teams through personnel changes.
9. Facilitates the scrum ceremonies, removes impediments, acts as a buffer for the team from all outside distractions, and ensures that scrum rules are followed. Assists the team in staying accountable to their commitments consistently.
10. Prepares the team(s) for PI Planning events by calculating capacity and coaching best practices for WSJF (weighted shortest job first).
Minimum Qualifications:
Position requires a bachelor's degree in computer science or information systems and five years of information technology experience with five year's work experience leading projects/developing or leading teams, three of those years must have been as a Scrum Master. SP, SSM/CSM, SPC, and SASM certification preferred.Custom Business Solutions, a Certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise is a leader in information technology consulting and professional services specializing in the Southeastern Michigan and Mid-Michigan markets. Custom was founded in 1995 with two major goals: Develop long-term satisfied client relationships Develop long-term satisfied employee relationships
We solve our clients' business problems with solutions that create results commensurate with client expectations. We deliver these solutions in ways that make it easy for our customers to do business with us! Custom excels at the rapid implementation of business application solutions allowing us to deliver immediate value to our clients.
CUSTOM offers a wide variety of service options designed to provide our clients' flexible solutions and support. Custom provides skilled professionals with solid experience creating immediate value. Our company has developed a strong client base including industry leaders in insurance, healthcare, finance, accounting and public utilities.
At CUSTOM, we know the importance of talented people with the right technical skills. We understand being successful requires balance between exceptional interpersonal skills and technology. Taking these attributes into account, Custom is able to provide superior personalized service. This simple approach differentiates us from the competition. We call this the 'CUSTOM DIFFERENCE'.