[Hiring] Scrum Master @Apptad, Inc.

Role Description

• Coaching the team and organization to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers.
• Coaching the team to get self-organized.
• Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
• Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel.
• Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem solving.
• Facilitating to get the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency and streamlining information.
• Shielding the team from outside distractions and interferences.
• Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
• Providing all support to the team using servant leadership skills whenever possible and leading by example.
• Leading team efforts in relentless improvement, helping the team improve and take responsibility for their actions, and facilitating the team retrospective.

Qualifications

• First level Scrum Master certification PSM I.
• 5 years experience playing the Scrum Master role for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
• Worked in the SAFe environment on three or more Program Increments (PIs) and be aware of how their SAFe team is structured.
• Capability to apply SAFe framework.
• Support the team rules, which may include the rules of Scrum, Built-In Quality practices from Extreme Programming (XP), Work in Process (WIP) limits from Kanban, and any other process rules the team has agreed upon.
• Worked with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.
• Good skills and knowledge of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
• Knowledge of numerous well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (e.g., numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.).
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience with some commonly used tools (Azure DevOps, Confluence, MS Teams, SharePoint).
• Follow the Scrum values: commitment, focus, openness, respect, and courage.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) certification as an added advantage.
• Knowledge of other Agile approaches (Kanban, XP, Crystal, FDD, etc.).
• Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques (User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games).
• Previous experience as a team lead.

Skills

• Agile (Value-Driven Delivery).