Scrum Master

Scrum Master

Large Banking Client

Hybrid 3x/week onsite in Chicago, IL

6 months, with potential to convert to FTE

Pay: $65hr W2

CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build and coach high performing teams
• Look for ways to strengthen teams understanding of Agile/Scrum concepts and principles
• Ensure teams actions are aligned with the project goals/vision
• Ensure Scrum practices are used and improved within and across the teams
• Bring transparency to Business and IT organization about development and build trust
• Identify trade-offs between short- and long-term benefits to drive shared vision between the team and product owner
• Foster a continuous learning environment helping teams to inspect and adapt
• Facilitate cross-team events and processes and assist the teams in delivering value while managing risk, stakeholder communications and escalations
• Collaborate with other scrum masters for consistent adoption and effectiveness of Agile across the organization

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Help the team to adopt and practice Agile core values, principles and implement Agile practices
• Facilitate team events or ceremonies including daily stand-up, iteration/spring planning, spring review, retrospective, demos and backlog refinements
• Identify impediments and cross-team dependencies and support the team in eliminating and addressing the issues and distractions
• Establish clear agile performance metrics such as quality, flow, predictability and velocity, and lead the team’s efforts to improve performance
• Help coach stakeholders and non-agile teams on agile/non-agile team interactions

REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION

• Bachelor’s degree, with 5 years of relevant work experience with Agile and Scrum preferred
• Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) or Certified Scrum Coach (CSC) preferred
• In-depth knowledge about various Agile methodologies – experienced in coaching Scrum and Kanban teams, interpreting agile metrics, and improving team performance
• Experience working with JIRA – managing boards, users, defining custom workflows, building dashboards, and writing queries
• Confluence, SharePoint, and MSFT Teams experience
• Delivery or software development background
• Experience working with Data related projects and software upgrade projects
• Experience in financial services industry is highly preferred

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