Job Title: Scrum Master with SAFe exp
Technical/Functional Skills
Experience in SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) is required.
A Scrum Master Certification or equivalent experience.
5+ years in software development and 4 or more in a Scrum Master role.
Demonstrated 10+ yrs of experience in delivering software products.
Experience as a Scrum Master within enterprise scale SDLC environments.
Subject matter expert of Scrum in addition to extensive knowledge of other Agile development approaches and practices.
Experience with Jira project management tools and implementation of best practices in Agile tools and workflows.
Effective communicator with excellent verbal and written communication skills. Must be comfortable communicating with development teams, Product Owners, Product Management, and Senior Management.
Continual improvement - must be constantly growing one’s craft, learning new tools and techniques, and sharing these within and among teams.
Excellent interpersonal skills – ability to work with diverse personality types.
Experience Required
10+ years
Roles & Responsibilities
Serve as a Scrum Master for multiple teams across the program where required.
Assist in overall program/project planning and ensure cross-team dependencies are well-understood and modeled in project plans and timelines.
Identify, document, and publish risks and issues related to the overall program and to define resolution paths where required.
Resolve cross-team impediments and blocking issues.
Collect and consolidate cross-team status for delivery to stakeholders and executive management.
Schedule and conduct meetings and ceremonies in accordance with best practices for Agile/Scrum software development.
Responsible for building team collaboration, commitment towards achieving sprint objectives and viewing team needs above everything else.
Continuously work to improve team performance and productivity:
Encourage team accountability, self-organization, and empowerment.
Share common Agile practices.
Promote and support the development team’s automated processes.
Facilitate Retrospectives which generate new ideas for process improvement.
Maintain relevant metrics that guide the development team to more efficient processes in their work and in satisfying their Product Owner and stakeholders.
Maintain effective information radiators that aid transparency and encourage clear communication between the development team, the Product Owner, and stakeholders.
Active participant in the local scrum chapters to share and learn new agile concepts.
