Summary:
The Sr. Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring the understanding and application of Agile best practices and Scrum methodology. Critical to this role is removing impediments for the Scrum Team by helping those outside the team understand which of their interactions with the Scrum Team are helpful and which are not. The role of the Sr. Scrum Master helps everyone change these interactions to maximize the value created by the Scrum Team. The Sr. Scrum Master champions agility and continuous improvement within their team and throughout the organization and may utilize other agile concepts and practices outside of Scrum such as Lean, Kanban, etc.
Essential Job Functions:
• Service to the Development Team: Demonstrates action orientation through facilitating Scrum ceremonies, removing impediments to enable iterative delivery of value, and protecting the team from distractions. Leverages empowerment and self-organization to facilitate cross-functional collaboration, problem solving, decision making, and conflict resolution. Utilizes Visual Management Systems and metrics to help the team understand performance, priorities, and vision/roadmap.
• Service to the Product Owner: Ensures the Product Owner is enabled to prioritize and maintain a clear and concise Product Backlog to maximize value and helps them understand and practice agility by leveraging empirical data and iterative delivery. Ensures the team understands the business case, scope, milestones, sprint goals, and other necessary information to produce the desired business value. Facilitates work completion without coercion, assigning or dictating the work.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Degree Required: Bachelor’s Degree
• Years of Work Experience Required: 5 years of experience as Scrum master, project manager, business/systems/QA analyst, or software engineer; 6 years of experience in a technology field.
• Type / focus of work experience required: Agile and Scrum principles, direct or indirect leadership experience.
Preferred Experience:
• Degree Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technical Discipline
• Years of Work Experience Preferred: 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master; 5 or more years of experience within Technology on a functional team using Agile methodologies
• Type / focus of work experience preferred: Agile and Scrum principles, direct or indirect leadership experience, Scrum Master Certification (CSM or PSM 1)