Scrum Master

Title - Scrum Master

Pay rate: $60 - $74

SUMMARY OF DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Scrum Master Roles and Responsibilities:

•Facilitate Scrum ceremonies:

Lead and guide the team through daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives, ensuring they are productive and time-boxed.

•Remove impediments:

Proactively identify and eliminate obstacles, conflicts, and issues that hinder the team's progress, coordinating with external groups or stakeholders as needed.

•Coach and mentor:

Guide the team in adopting and practicing Agile principles and Scrum values, helping them develop self-management and continuous improvement skills.

•Shield the team:

Protect the team from external interference and distractions to allow them to focus on delivering value during the sprint.

•Foster collaboration:

Promote effective communication and collaboration within the team and with stakeholders, ensuring a healthy and productive environment.

•Promote transparency:

Encourage the team to track relevant metrics and make informed decisions to improve their processes.

Additionally, the following items.

•Leading PI Planning for the teams.

•Keeping teams and partners on track during execution.

•Coaching Agile Teams.

•Improving workflow between teams.

•Driving improvements in the teams.

•Managing alignment between the business and various partner groups.

MUST-HAVE Hard Skills:

1.) Risk, impediment and dependency management

2.) CSM certification (any scrum master cert works)

3.) Program Increment planning – quarterly planning etc.

SOFT SKILLS:

1.) Strong communication skills

2.) Detail oriented

3.) Strong facilitator (facilitating scrum ceremonies)

NICE-TO-HAVE

1.) Scaled Agile certification

2.) Banking or financial institution experience

3.) Release Train Engineer experience (knowledge)

4.) Project Management experience

TekStaff may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of the applicant screening process. However, applications will also be reviewed by a member of our Recruitment team to ensure a fair and thorough assessment.