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Hennepin County · 23 hours ago

Scrum Master (Internal Resident Services Admin applicants only)

Minneapolis, MN

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$79K/yr - $129K/yr

5+ years exp

Hennepin County is seeking a Scrum Master for their Resident Services IT department, focused on building and maintaining custom solutions within the property tax ecosystem. The Scrum Master will ensure Scrum principles are effectively followed, foster collaboration, and support continuous improvement within the software development teams.

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Responsibilities

Use a service leadership philosophy to guide and coach the Scrum team on how to use Agile practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services to our customers; support the product owner and provide education

Motivate the team to a high performing level by recognizing areas of strength and improvement; employ appropriate coaching and development techniques

Facilitate and support all Scrum events: sprint planning, daily Scrum, sprint review, and sprint retrospective

Coach the Scrum team in self-organization, cross-functional skillset, domain knowledge, and effective communication, both internally and externally

Resolve team impediments with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization

Qualification

Scrum Master experienceAgile methodologies knowledgeProject Management Professional (PMP)Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)Professional Scrum Master (PSM)SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM)Certified SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)Coaching skillsCommunication skillsConflict resolutionInterpersonal skillsSelf-motivation

Required

Seven years or more of IT experience

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and five years or more of experience managing technology projects

Approved Hennepin County IT internship and five years or more of IT experience

Completion of five college/vocational technology courses and five years or more of IT experience

Associate degree in one of the fields below or approved certification in an IT program and five years or more of experience managing technology projects

Bachelor's degree or higher in business administration, management information systems (MIS), or an approved related field and three years or more of experience managing technology projects

Preferred

Working professionally as a Scrum Master

With facilitation, business analysis, and gathering Agile requirements

Crafting a variety of work products such as team agreements, establishing and tracking metrics for a healthy team cadence and environment, project definitions, user stories, risk assessments, and recommendations

Conducting software testing with ability to establish processes as well as lead system and acceptance testing efforts

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM), Certified SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)

Knowledge of Agile methodologies and frameworks in addition to Scrum: Extreme Programming (XP), Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, Kanban, Scrumban, and/or DevOps

Ability to work with and lead a team

Communicate effectively to development team members, business customers, and IT leadership

Analyze and think quickly for conflict resolution

Adapt to a quickly changing environment based on business cycles

Use interpersonal, coaching, and mentoring skills

Self-motivate and stay focused in the middle of distraction