Agile Scrum Master

Role:                      Agile Scrum Master       
Location:              Jersey City, NJ
Emp Type:            Permanent Job
Interview:             Phone/Skype
                
Responsibilities 
•        Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information. 
•        Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially on grooming and maintaining the product backlog. 
•        Coordinates and facilitates agile ceremonies, practices and execution across an agile team 
•        Promotes and coaches best practices 
•        Fosters self-organization on the agile team
•        Removes impediments outside of the team’s control 
•        Supports ruthless improvement within the team, including the Product Owner 
•        Acts as an agile change agent 
•        Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers. 
•        Guiding the team on how to get the most out of self-organization. 
•        Guiding the team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks. 
•        Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization. 
•        Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment. 
•        Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem-solving. 
•        Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work. 
•        Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution 
•        Strong understanding of Scrum and Kanban principles 
 
Skills and Experience 
•        Experience in playing the Scrum Master role for at least three years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory. Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency. 
•        5 Plus years of experience in Information Technology space, preferably in the Banking industry 
•        Knowledge and strong work experience of various tools and techniques that are relevant for the Scrum Master role including JIRA, and SharePoint 
Agile Scrum Master certifications such as CSM    

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