Senior Scrum Master / Agile Coach

Do you have a passion for innovation? Are you excited to leverage cutting edge technology to solve big business problems?  If your response to those questions is “yes”, we would love for you to join us! At OrangePeople we consult for some of the most prestigious brands in the world. But more importantly, our consultants have a voice in the vision and future of the company. At OrangePeople, our focus is people. It’s right there in our name.

The Information Digital Services Department is looking for a passionate and highly-motivated Scrum Master. The primary responsibility of this role is to be the servant leader for your team(s) by ensuring clear communication and helping the team close its stories and complete sprints on time and drive the appropriate Agile methodology (Scrum/Kanban/etc.) focused on predictable, quality delivery.

Responsibilities:
  • You will be accountable for guiding, coaching, training in scrum methodologies and assisting the team in Scrum / Agile principles and driving process improvement.
  • You will work with the team to deliver value and coordinates within and outside of the team to facilitate the completion of the team’s backlog and guiding the team to adding stories to its backlog as appropriate.
  • You will proactively identify impediments and appropriately resolve using network of peers (Scrum of Scrums) and formal channels (including escalation if required)
  • You will drive/manage/oversee all aspects of multiple simultaneous fast-paced assigned projects with distributed teams
  • You will coordinate the release plan, communication plan, risks and issues management plan, (these are PO duties)
  • You will assist Product Owner in managing scope of team(s) and facilitating changes.
  • Facilitates team’s Agile Scrum ceremonies (Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review/Demo, Sprint Retrospective
  • Ensures (using SCRUM and AGILE) appropriate, complete and timely team achievement of all documentation, tracking and reporting metrics (including: user stories, project progress, resource utilization, change requests, issues, risks, risk mitigation plans, test scripts, test results) and ensure delivery timelines.

Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree or higher, in Computer Science, Business Administration, Information Systems, or related discipline, or equivalent work experience
  • Experience leading large-scale (projects with budgets exceeding $3 million) agile transformations and managing multi-team programs following scaled-Agile approaches such as the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Disciplined Agile Development (DAD), or other Agile, Scrum or other iterative frameworks at-scale in the financial services industry or similar ensuring initiative are tracked, managed and communicated effectively with stakeholders and customers.
  • Recent and extensive experience in a leading role working with agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, XP) and cross-functional teams (Product Owners, BSA’s, Multivendor, Developers, Designers, Test Engineers)
  • You have a servant leadership style that empowers team members to maximize their talents while setting clear expectations.
  • Proven success in building strong relationships, managing stakeholder expectations, possess exemplary communication skills and strong business acumen to understand corporate strategy and present actionable findings to senior leadership.
  • Agile Certification from Scrum Alliance, ICAgile, SAFe or other Agile organization.
  • Expert experience in managing Agile and hybrid/plan-driven programs in Agile Product Lifecycle tools (e.g. Agilecraft, Rally, VersionOne, Jira, etc.) highly desirable.
  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including Project, Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint

Additional Responsibilities:
  • Participate in OrangePeople monthly team meetings, and participate in team building efforts.
  • Contribute to OrangePeople technical discussions, peer reviews, etc.
  • Contribute content and collaborate via the OP-Wiki/Knowledge Base. 
  • Provide status reports to OP Account Management as requested.

About us:
Orange People is an Enterprise Architecture and Project Management solutions company. Our most valuable asset is our people: dynamic, creative thinkers who are passionate about doing quality work. As a member of the Orange People team you will have access to industry-leading consulting practices, strategies & technologies, innovative training & education. An ideal Orange Person is a technology leader with a proven track record of technical achievements and strong process/methodology orientation.


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