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SPECTRAFORCE · 1 week ago
Sr. Scrum Master
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Apply scrum/agile iterative development processes to lead on-time delivery of product backlog user stories.
Leverage risk and issue management, leadership courage, and proactive communications to safeguard project resources.
Bridge communication between technology and the business through targeted communications.
Provide team members with clear communication and direction, including appropriate governance and decision-making.
Identify resource gaps and inform program and project managers to support resource needs.
Direct completion of applicable lifecycle deliverables in compliance with company standards.
Negotiate across functions to resolve impediments and competing priorities.
Lead scrum team through design, build, test, and deploy phases of the project.
Ensure scrum artifacts remain relevant and up-to-date.
Facilitate scrum events and build team disciplines for estimating and forecasting work.
Help the team and product owner build the right product and foster team responsibility.
Drive resolution of technical issues and facilitate decision-making balancing business needs and technical priorities.
Schedule and facilitate scrum events as needed.
Build team disciplines necessary for estimating, forecasting, and committing to work.
Help the team and the product owner build the right product.
Foster team responsibility for building the product right.
Qualification
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Required
Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, or Management preferred.
Scrum Master Certification required.
5+ years of experience in Information Technology (IT) project-based roles.
Experience with Jira.
Building, leading, and mentoring cross-functional teams.
Application of industry-based project management and SDLC methodologies and tools.
IT project management, including all elements of scope, time, cost, risk, quality, integration, procurement, human resources, and communications.
Working with business areas to prioritize requirements and select appropriate technology to deliver effective business solutions and achieve business benefits.
Managing complex large-scale or multiple mid-sized projects.
Requirements elicitation, process analysis, and design expertise.
Mentoring team members in project lifecycle and agile methodologies.
Ability to navigate within a fast-paced dynamic environment with high degrees of ambiguity to deliver large and complex projects.
Ability to maneuver through tough political situations.
Ability to lead geographically distributed development teams.
Establishes collaborative relationships with business and technology partners at various levels in the organization.
Superior communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate to diverse audiences and all levels of the organization, able to bridge communication gaps between technology and business users, and able to foster open team communication.
Strong leadership skills, with the ability to build cross-functional project teams and protect valuable team resources.
Ability to identify and voice concerns and project issues in a timely and effective manner.
Ability to flex leadership style to accommodate a wide variety of team member styles and leverage team diversity.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Strong negotiation skills.
Demonstrates familiarity with software development lifecycles and the ability to facilitate decision making that balances business needs and technical priorities.
Understands integration tools and methods.
Demonstrates knowledge of system testing and test plan development.
Knowledge of basic business principles and company goals and objectives.
Working knowledge of software engineering, retail technologies, SharePoint, Web, Mobile, API, and Service-Oriented Architectures.
Proficiency in Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project & Microsoft.
Skilled at reporting on sprint status, burn down charts, summarizing results, and taking corrective action.
Preferred
Product Owner and SAFe Certifications are a plus.
Retail tech space, fast-paced technical environment.
Balance teams need with the current state of the process.
Cultural fit & energy level – quick pace, large teams to collaborate with.
Experience with how to manage large teams. Scrum master experience.
Jira/Confluence experience – primary tools used.
Benefits
ACA compliant health benefits
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Accident insurance
Critical illness insurance
Voluntary life insurance
Hospital indemnity insurance
Commuter benefits
401K plan with matching
Referral bonus program
Unpaid leave
Paid sick leave when required by law
Company
SPECTRAFORCE
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1,001-5,000 employees
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