Scrum Master, IT PMO

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• Lead more than one scrum team in moderate to high complexity projects. Oversee scrum process and coach the teams on how to use scrum and Agile practices and methodology.
• Facilitate daily scrums, sprint reviews, and planning meetings to ensure full team engagement with a focus on growing the capabilities of all team members.
• Helps manage interdependencies between agile teams.
• Works with the Product Owner(s) to support short and long-term release planning, and to keep work backlog healthy and prepared for execution.
• Shields the teams from external interference to enable optimal functionality and productivity.
• Anticipates and addresses potential or actual impediments to team delivery (cultural barriers, logistic challenges).
• Mentor junior Scrum Masters and coach team members on Agile practices.
• Ability to tailor information to the audience from detail to broad summaries and technical to business focused Accountable for delivering projects on time, within budget and scope with expected business outcome Ensure project goals are in line with IT strategy and business objectives Build a cohesive, high-performing project team to achieve results Oversee the sharing and prioritization of resources among projects Provide input and improvements to the IT PMO process Coach and mentor junior staff
• Looking for local candidates to work onsite/remote.

• Strong knowledge of Agile principles and concepts. High competency in Jira and Confluence is a must.
• Demonstrated ability to manage stakeholder expectations, lead discussions, and get business stakeholders buy-in to solution proposals Ensures Scrum practices, theories, and techniques are understood, enacted, and followed. Guides and empowers delivery teams to self-organize, within constraints of Scrum and project goals. Facilitates building working agreements with others.
• Sufficient level of technical background to provide highly credible leadership to development teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues Fluency in both written and spoken English Excellent leadership, problem-solving, organizational, presentation skills, analytical & critical thinking skills with an ability to manage competing demands Proven track record of delivery medium and high complexity projects and programs identifying, and leading continuous improvement as required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and experience interacting with both business and IT individuals at all levels including the executive level
• Ability to proactively escalate issues to appropriate levels of management in the organization Ability to lead others during ambiguity Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge and understanding of business needs with the ability to establish and maintain stakeholder trust and confidence
• Ability to influence others without having direct authority over them