Scrum Master Associate

We are looking for

• 70% Facilitates the team’s progress toward team goals.
• Acts as the team facilitator and conducts the team level ceremonies to help the team focus on Iteration goals and improve team level performance.
• Supports the team in managing their work in Jira or other agile tools.
• Collects metrics in the areas of quality, predictability, flow, velocity and other metrics defined by the enterprise.
• Supports team efforts in relentless improvement – Helps the team improve and take responsibility for their actions; facilitates the team retrospective.
• Helps the team become better problem-solvers for themselves, by partnering with the Agile coach or Release Train Engineer(RTE) where required.
• Facilitates team meetings such as Daily Stand-up, Iteration Planning, Iteration Review, Iteration Retrospective etc.
• Ensures the DoD (Definition of done) and other team level working agreements are being followed.
• Facilitates discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution within the team to improve team level performance and value delivery, partnering with Agile Coach or RTE/Sr. Scrum master where required.
• 15% Tracks impediments and support the team or Agile Coach/Sr. Scrum master(RTE) in engaging the right stakeholders within the organization or partner organizations.
• Supports the team in addressing and eliminating these issues to improve the likelihood of achieving the objectives of the Iteration.
• Assists with internal and external communication and improves transparency.
• 10% Supports the team’s efforts to continuously improve communications and relationships with other teams.
• Coordinates work with other teams to improve flow and throughput.
• Frequently represents the team in the Scrum of Scrums (SoS), or other ceremonies to plan and execute the work.
• Helps the team remain aware of opportunities to engage and improve larger program effectiveness and partners with Agile Coach or RTE(Sr. Scrum Master) where required to drive those improvements.
• Supports the team to build effective relationships with other supporting teams like User Experience, Architecture, Shared Services etc.
• Helps the Product Owner in their efforts to manage the backlog, and work with the team to facilitate a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope.
• 5% Learns and exhibits the behaviors of a Lean-Agile Leader to nurture a Lean-Agile Mindset in the team, leadership and the program.
• Participates in initiatives to improve business agility in the team/program/enterprise.
• Identifies and supports the culture change required to improve agility.

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or related field.

• 3 years years in the use of Agile/Scrum/Lean/SAFe practices and methodology in delivering business/customer value; or in equivalent methodology in IT delivery.
• In Lieu of Education.
• In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.

• Experience as a Scrum Master or Kanban practitioner in prior role.
• Experience being part of an Agile team and/or SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) Agile Release Train.
• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs).
• Knowledge of Lean agile frameworks like Scrum, Kanban etc., Proficient.
• Excellent communication skills written and oral, Advanced.
• Ability to prioritize work for self and teams, Proficient.
• Demonstrate strong and clear accountability for program success , Proficient.
• Ability to organize data for self and teams, Proficient.