Scrum Master

Company: MatchPoint Solutions
Location: Seattle
Posted on: April 9, 2021

Job Description:

Certified Scrum Master
As a Certified ScrumMaster, we expect you to be the leading driver the following areas of our operation:
Supporting and facilitating the operation of Product Owner, both internally and in stakeholder interfaces
Supporting Product Owners, other ScrumMasters and Engineering Managers in the development of the product organization and its internal ways of working
Working with Chief Product Owner and Engineering Managers in extending and supporting Agile in the organization outside the product development group
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES--
Participate and support initial development pilots during the initial phases of the project. This may include the following:

• Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meeting
• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress
• Maintain process documentation
• Ensure the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility
• Update agile tracking systems to provide transparency on Product & Sprint Backlogs.
• Recommend improvements and assist in changes to best practice
• Support the development managers and project leads as necessary
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
• Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection, task definition
• Identify and remove impediments, prevent distractions that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver the sprint goal
• Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution
• Empower the teams to self-organize
• Improve the productivity of the teams in any way possible
• Ensure the team strives to make each increment of functionality potentially shippableParticipate in the organization and planning of the development schedule based on methodology that has been developed to create a cohesive plan with identifiable critical path, task dependencies, and major milestones, and manages the agreed project plans and schedules, ensuring successful completion within scope, budget, time, and quality parameters
  Adapting project plans, schedules, and resource assignments as required throughout pilot projects to respond to emerging requirements and risks.
  QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS Bachelor's degree or combination of relevant education and experience
  Must be a Certified Scrum Master
  Strong project management skills
  Excellent team player and team builder
  5+ Years experienceto work with minimal supervision in a very dynamic and timeline sensitive work environment
  3+ years experience working with an agile methodology during a large scale, complex new development project for a large enterprise
  Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types
  Ability to understand technical issues at a high level
  Thorough understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures
  Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle
  Proven ability to work independently with limited supervision and with other department personnel in a very dynamic and timeline sensitive work environment
  Must have exceptional communication, organization, and time management skills
  Ability to coach the team to reach their highest potential
  Must be "self-motivated" as well as creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems
  Must be collaborative in driving decisions
  Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines
  Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a high attention to detail
  Ability to hold team members accountable, set clear performance standards, resolve performance issues, keep team engaged and on task Travel Requirements Minimal travel required

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