ASCENDING Inc. ยท 19 hours ago
Scrum Master (Mid)
Reston, VA
Contract
Remote
Mid Level
3+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Organize and facilitate Daily Stand-up meetings, Iteration (aka Sprint) Reviews, Retrospectives, release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.
Work collaboratively with Product Owners, cross-functional development teams, and Project Managers to support development and software delivery.
Assist the Product Owner in user story creation/prioritization and product Backlog refinement via emergent requirement elicitation while supporting overall organizational goals.
Track and report Scrum team velocity and manage Sprint capacity.
Manage high-level budgeting and time tracking.
Resolve or escalate blocking impediments as necessary.
Coordinate dependencies between teams with other Scrum Masters.
Work with Development Managers to manage team capacity.
Ensure development team is working efficiently towards Sprint goals.
Coach the development team and stakeholders on how to use Agile/Scrum practices.
Ensure the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and transparency.
Ensure cross functional coordination (analysts, developers and testers) is occurring early and often. Recommend improvements and assist in changes to best practice.
Qualification
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Required
Overall 6 years of experience
3-5 years of experience in a Scrum Master role, ideally having experience assisting with an Agile transformation and working in a technically challenging and complex environment
Excellent team player with the ability to influence and negotiate and understand/communicate technical issues
Mentor/Coach team in Agile processes
Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Information Systems, BI or Analytics or Engineering or equivalent work experience
Preferred
Scrum Master certification is desired
Company
ASCENDING Inc.
The ASCENDING team commits to delivering scalable and high-available cloud solutions to clients.
11-50 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2022 (4)
2021 (10)
2020 (3)
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Ryo Hang
Managing Partner, Technical Cofounder
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