Scrum Master Omaha, NE Direct hire

21 Nov 2024

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Scrum Master

Omaha, NE

The Scrum Master drives Agile and Lean frameworks that result in quality product delivery, continuous improvement, and timely releases. Terrific opportunity to be part of a transformative, state-of-the-art enterprise technology environment and a long-term automation effort. Please apply with CSS to explore a fit for this fast-moving, rich opportunity!

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:
  • 5 years of experience leading scrum teams

Responsibilities:
  • Facilitates Scrum ceremonies i.e. Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Demos/Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives
  • In a Scaled Agile model, facilitates scaled planning for the team-e.g. Pre-Planning/Preparation, PI Planning Events and represents the team in Scrum of Scrums/ART Syncs
  • Effective facilitation skills at the team and dept level; Remains neutral, applies conflict management & establishes trust
  • Is comfortable having difficult conversations and actively coaching other leaders, peer roles and individual contributors on continual improvement, growth mindset and maturing current Agile adoption
  • Understanding of Lean-Agile metrics to help teams continually improve. Assesses the Agile/Scrum maturity of the team & coaches the team to higher levels of maturity
  • Understanding of the mechanics of the Agile framework or method and the ability to teach the specific roles, work products, and activities to team members
  • Increases team knowledge of Agile/Lean topics helping them understand “why” practices work not just “how”
  • Observes & provides consistent, impactful feedback to the team’s Agile development
  • Assist in implementing Transformation vision & strategy
  • Stays current with Agility industry trends & explores other perspectives
  • Uses a pragmatic approach to guide multiple teams by seeking to understand what they want to achieve and helping them become more effective in achieving it
  • Comfortable experimenting with a variety of approaches based on need & fit
  • Promotes the use of/experimentation with quality/engineering practices
  • Awareness of Agile technology practices and DevOps (e.g., Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing)
  • Work with the Product owner to align teams with the product vision, sprint goals, and other necessary information; support short and long-term planning and manage interdependencies
  • In collaboration with the product owner(s) ensures the team has a healthy product and Sprint backlog
  • Coordinate with other Scrum Masters and their teams on deliverables
  • Serve as Scrum Master for 2-3 Agile teams
  • Holds regular sprint reviews to demonstrate finished work to stakeholders and celebrate team achievements
  • Manage and help the team implement areas of improvement as identified in the Retrospective
  • Facilitates dependency management/risk management/impediment removal for the team
  • Promotes/facilitates communication and collaboration within the Agile team to support value delivery and Sprint commitments
  • Enables the team to become high performing through collaboration and a relentless focus on continuous improvement including cross-skilling across the team

Additional Information:
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Assignment Length: Direct hire, candidates must be eligible to work in the US on a W2 basis without sponsorship or visa transfer

  • ID: #23215090
  • State: Nebraska Omaha / council bluffs 68101 Omaha / council bluffs USA
  • City: Omaha / council bluffs
  • Salary: Depends on Experience
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Showed: 2021-11-21
  • Deadline: 2022-01-18
  • Category: Et cetera