Title: Scrum Master
Location: Richmond, VA (Hybrid)
Duration: Multiyear renewable contract
The Scrum Master will operate as a Servant Leader and facilitator for 2-3 Agile teams, ensuring the effective implementation of Scrum and Kanban principles. The successful candidate will be a strong negotiator, have excellent logic and problem-solving skills and drive to make a difference. We need an individual that puts the team before themselves. They will be responsible for enforcing the rules of Scrum, removing impediments from their team, while promoting self-management and consistently driving a culture of continuous improvement.
Liaison & Communication
* Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical departments.
* Communicate with other management, developers, product owners and technical support specialists on product issues.
* Coach the team on best practices (maintaining a healthy backlog, develop high quality user stories, estimating and delivery)
Development
* Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.
* Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress.
* Maintain process documentation.
* Ensure the team members are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.
Application Support
* Assist as needed with backlog maintenance and reviewing quality of user stories.
* Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
* Assist with prioritization and resolution of defects / bugs.
Management
* Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team working agreement, standards, and tools.
* Develop and manage Team performance metrics, leverage to drive efficiencies in the process.
* Identify and remove impediments, prevents distractions.
* Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution.
* Empower the team to self-organize.
Position Requirements
Formal Education & Certification
* Four-year college diploma or university degree in computer systems design or computer science, and/or 10 years equivalent work experience.
* Must be a Certified Scrum Master,
* Scaled Agile (SAFe) experience and certification is a plus
Knowledge & Experience
* Scrum Master or Business Analyst experience is preferred.
* Understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures.
* Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle.
* Understanding of organization's development platform and languages.
* Ability to understand technical issues.
Personal Attributes
* Self-motivated and capable of managing multiple priorities and tasks as delegated.
* Team-player with the ability to work within a collaborative environment.
* Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types.
* Ability to coach the team to reach their highest potential.
* Creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems.
* Collaborative in driving decisions.
* Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
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