Primary Talent Partners · 6 hours ago
Scrum Master III
Charlotte, NC
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level
$65/hr - $75/hr
5+ years expPrimary Talent Partners has a new contract opening for a Scrum Master III with a large power and utilities client. The role involves coaching and optimizing Agile teams to ensure effective delivery of high-quality outcomes and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
EmploymentRecruitingStaffing Agency
No H1B
Responsibilities
Lead Value Delivery: Ensure the teams are delivering value to customers consistently and with quality. Help coordinate, plan, and facilitate the work of the team(s). Utilize metrics to determine the team’s predictability and ensure accountability in product delivery
Coach Teams: Exemplify Servant Leadership and guide teams in self-organization, cross-functionality, and Agile best practices. Guide team maturity by introducing new concepts and disciplines for value delivery. Mentor and coach Team members, promote Agile thinking/mindset, ensure adherence to the maturity of defined process
Continuous Improvement: Encourage a culture of continuous improvement by identifying areas for process enhancement and implementing solutions. Conduct team maturity assessments and maintain continuous improvement roadmap
Support Product Owners: Partner with the Product Owner to lead the team. Maintains the product backlog in partnership with the Product Owner and Team ensuring clear communication of product goals and a prioritized product roadmap
Promote Agile Practices: Educate teams and stakeholders on Agile methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban and any other methodology or Agile scaling framework that the team might use. Ensure the Team is fully functional and productive, shielding them from external distractions. Ensure artifact quality
Facilitate Agile Events: Lead daily stand-ups, sprint planning, product backlog refinement, sprint reviews/demos, big room planning (or Product Increment planning) and retrospectives to gather information necessary to assess team health, productivity, and opportunities for optimization
Data-Driven Decisions: Provide metrics to support data-driven decision making to deliver value. Analyze the team’s performance metrics, such as burndown charts and velocity, and identify improvement areas
Impediment, Risk and Dependency Management: Proactively identifies and manages impediments, risks and dependencies until resolution
Stakeholder Management: Facilitate communication between the team and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and transparency
Qualification
Required
Graduation from a four -year college or university or 7 years of experience in lieu of a degree
5+ years of experience with product and project concepts, as well as practices
Work experience in addition to degree: 3+ years of Scrum Master experience
Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I or equivalent)
Preferred
Experience moving teams and organizations from waterfall to Agile methodologies
Excellent written, verbal, and electronic communication skills
Interacts effectively with others at all levels of the organization; makes persuasive and informative presentations
Highly skilled at building relationships and coaching individuals who are in the early stages of shifting to an Agile mindset and way of working
Experience coaching value-driven backlog prioritization techniques
Ability to consult with teams on the Agile discipline that works for them, e.g. Scrum, Kanban, etc
Passion for problem-solving
Ability to take on multiple efforts of varying complexity
Possesses a growth (learner) mindset. Is naturally curious to learn more and applies lessons learned from previous experiences
Benefits
No PTO
No 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
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Darcy Todd, CCWP
SVP, Strategic Partnerships
Beth Hackett
Vice President Strategic Partnerships
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