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VARITE INC · 3 days ago

Scrum Master

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$65/hr - $73/hr

1+ years exp

VARITE INC is a company seeking a Scrum Master to facilitate agile ceremonies and guide teams through the Scrum process. The role involves coaching teams, managing impediments, and ensuring effective delivery of work in sprints.

Information Technology & Services

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Facilitates and is accountable for leading the team through the agile ceremonies, including:

Daily scrums

Sprint demos

Retrospectives

Backlog Grooming

Sprint Planning

PI Planning

Guides the team to follow Agile/Scrum practices and daily activities to actively promote prioritization, team readiness, and commitment for each Sprint and Program Increment

Coach the team to address any issues with the Agile/scrum process. Instill an "Inspect & Adapt” culture within the team

Proactively removes impediments to team agility and guides the team(s) on methods to escalate when needed to prevent challenges from becoming blockers

Protects the team from disturbances and conflicting priorities

Manages team workload, reaches out to their managers or Product Management when needed to negotiate time

Manages dependencies across other Agile teams, regularly working with the other scrum masters and Program Manager/RTE

Works closely with the Product Owner, Product Analysts, and Solutions Lead in ensuring sprints are healthy and work is effectively delivered on by the team

Owns the Jira project and handles the management of all issues in Jira for the team. Uses metrics in Jira, including burnup/down charts, release burndowns, and team velocity to assess team health and identify improvement opportunities. Uses Jira to tracks team and team-members' capacity based on tangible metrics