Primary Talent Partners ยท 6 days ago
Scrum Master - III
San Francisco, CA
Contract
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$93/hr - $108/hr
5+ years expPrimary Talent Partners has a new contract opening for a Scrum Master - III to join a financial services company. The Scrum Master will facilitate scrum processes, coach teams on Agile practices, and ensure the delivery of sprint goals and objectives.
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Responsibilities
Plans, leads, organizes, and coaches one or more cross-functional teams on how to implement and improve Agile practices
Leads the coordination and facilitation of sprint planning and task definition, sprint execution, impediment removal and tracking, sprint review and retrospectives
Acts as a primary communication hub between program and product management teams and the application development team to foresee risks, formulate plans, and organize activities to ensure sprints are completed on time
Facilitates discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution by encouraging transparency and building trust among team members
Works with Product Owners and Managers to support short and long-term release planning, and to keep work backlog healthy and prepared for execution
Partners with program and release managers in production deployment activities
Leads the development, analysis, tracking, and communication of team's agile adoption and progress metrics, including velocity, burn-down, cycle time, and other quality metrics
Acts as a change agent and adapts processes to maximize productivity of the team
Ensures efficient communication between the agile team and the Product Owner, and other scrum teams
Manages and resolves dependencies across scrum teams
Works with Product Owners to support short and long-term release planning, and to keep work backlog health and prepared for execution
Drives cross-functional projects of medium to complex projects
Coaches the agile team on user story sizing and acceptance criteria definition
Coaching the team on how to implement and improve its Agile practices
Partners with project and release managers in production deployment activities
Works with other Scrum Masters in coordinating scrum-of-scrum activities across teams
Qualification
Required
Bachelor in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field
5 years of IT work experience and 1 year of scrum execution in an IT or software development setting
Knowledge of multiple agile development methodologies and frameworks
Understanding of the basic fundamentals of iterative and incremental development
Leading teams
Experience using agile tools, including Jira, Jira Align, and Confluence
Scrum, ScaledAgile, experience
Preferred
PMI-ACP, CSM, SAFe, or equivalent certification preferred
Benefits
ACA-compliant supplemental package available for enrollment.
Company
Primary Talent Partners
Primary Talent Partners is a staffing agency that provides recruiting and employment services for IT, engineering, and corporate sectors.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Darcy Todd, CCWP
SVP, Strategic Partnerships
Beth Hackett
Vice President Strategic Partnerships
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