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- Ensure impediments are resolved quickly, the team follows their agreed-to team working agreements, and that there is a good relationship between the Product Owner(s) and the development team(s).
- Establish and ensure adherence to the Scrum framework and ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Daily Stand-up, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective.
- Help the team define team working agreements, like a Definition of Ready and Definition of Done, and enforces the agreements.
- Set up standard project metrics, product templates and processes and works with the team(s) to create the proper ceremonies and deliverables.
- Continuously strives towards more efficient and effective Scrum teams, resulting in higher and consistent velocities as well as better software quality.
- Clearly communicate with all stakeholders, including Product Owner and Team, manage risks and resolve impediments.
- Apply expert level knowledge of the software development life cycle to coach teams to flawless deployments to the production environment.
- Drive Scrum of Scrums to ensure dependencies are clearly understood and cross-team impediments are addressed.
- Understand the big picture as well as the details and complexities of technical and functional issues, driving them to resolution.
- Ensures the team has a healthy product and Sprint backlog (in collaboration with the PO).
- 8 years of experience as Scrum Master and familiar with the adoption of Agile values, principles, framework, and practices.
- BA / BS in IT, statistics, computer science, mathematics, information management, business or a related field or equivalent experience.
- Microsoft Azure DevOps expertise.
- CSM, A-CSM, SAFe SM or CSP designation.
- Strong investigative, analytical skills.
- Interpersonal communication skills with the ability to work independently or as part of a team with both the Business and technology staff.
- Experience leading or participating in all Agile meetings including: sprint planning, sprint grooming, review, demo, stand-up, and retrospective sessions.
- Experience in all phases of product, software, and testing lifecycles.
- Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills.
- Curious, self-motivated, independent.
- Extensive knowledge of several agile frameworks including SAFe and experience working in a SAFe environment