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Rose International · 12 hours ago

Senior Scrum Master

Salt Lake City, UT

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$61.50/hr - $61.50/hr

6+ years exp

Rose International is a company in the Financial Services industry, and they are seeking a Senior Scrum Master. The role involves guiding Agile teams to deliver value by applying Scrum principles, facilitating ceremonies, and addressing impediments to ensure team success.

Human ResourcesInformation TechnologyOutsourcingProject ManagementStaffing Agency

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Focuses the Agile team on delivering planned value

Ensures the team(s) achieve their stated objectives by reinforcing SAFe framework and Scrum principles, keeping the team focused on their goals, and facilitating all standard ceremonies

Guides the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values

Guides the team on how to get the most out of self-organization

Guides the team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks

Assesses the Scrum maturity of the team and organization and coaches the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization

Facilitates getting the work done

Addresses and eliminates impediments beyond the team’s authority or items that require support from other teams

Guides the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment

Builds an environment of continuous improvement and encourages a healthy intra-team dynamic by facilitating team retrospectives, coaching team on problem solving and conflict resolution, and escalating issues when necessary

Facilitates discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

Coordinates with other teams (DevOps, System Teams, Shared Services and other Scrum Masters) passing information to others and back to the team as needed

Assists with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information

Supports and educates the Product Owner, especially with respect to maintenance and work on the product backlog

Guides the team through estimating and forecasting

Qualification

Scrum MasterAgileSAFeUser Story CreationCoachingProject ManagementServant LeadershipContinuous ImprovementConflict ResolutionFacilitation

Required

Bachelor's degree

First Level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I) and/or SAFe Practitioner certification

6 years of relevant experience

Experience in the Scrum Master role for a software development team diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory

Extensive Agile and/or Scrum experience

Project Management experience preferably in Information Technology

Experience in business/development support, user story creation, writing, and estimation

Experience communicating technical information to a non-technical audience

Knowledge of other Agile approaches such as XP, Kanban, 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

Working knowledge of SAFe

Experience as a Team Leader and coaching, training, or developing teams

Strong skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency

Knowledge of well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burndown techniques, Retrospective formats, handling of bugs, etc.)

Strong collaboration, facilitation, and conflict management skills