Job Description
Role: Scrum Master
Location: Leeds (2 Days / Week)
Duration: Contract
IR 35 Status: Inside IR35
Domain: Media / Broadcasting / Telecom (Must Have)
Job Responsibilities:
* Ensuring that goals, scope, and product domain are understood by everyone on the Scrum Team as well as possible.
* Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management.
* Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items.
* Understanding product planning in an empirical environment.
* Ensuring the Product Owner knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value;
* Understanding and practicing agility.
* Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed.
* Assisting the product organization refine the user stories to make sure they are constructed with all the required information.
* Coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality.
* Helping the Development Team to create high-value products.
* Removing impediments to the Development Team’s progress.
* Facilitating all team meetings, including the Daily Stand-up / Scrum, Grooming Session, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review / Demo, and Sprint Retrospective.
* Leading and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption.
* Planning Scrum implementations within the organization.
* Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical product development.
* Causing change that increases the productivity of the Scrum Team.
* Working with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.
Education/Experience:
* Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.
* Significant experience in an Information Technology / Software Development organization.
* Significant experience with Agile development processes.
* Experience doing release planning and milestone planning (based on the velocity).
* Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM).