Scrum Master

Job Title: Scrum Master

Location: Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Hybrid

Type: Contract

Experience: 8 Years 

Mandatory Skills : Jira , eCommerce 

Description

The Scrum Master will manage up to two Scrum teams. The successful candidate will be considered a technical subject-matter expert, have excellent logic and problem-solving skills, and a drive to make a difference. We need an individual that puts the team before themselves and has a very strong technical aptitude. They will be responsible for enforcing the rules of Scrum, removing impediments from their team while promoting a self-organized/managed team and constantly improving our standards of work.

Responsibilities

Liaison & Communication

• Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical departments.
• Communicate with other management, developers, product managers/owners and technical support specialists on product issues.

Development

• Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.
• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress.
• Ensure the development team is practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, feedback loops and visibility.

Application Support

• Assist as needed with backlog maintenance.
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
• Assist with prioritization and resolution of defects / bugs.

Management

• Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools, and best practices.
• Responsible for team velocity/capacity in planning activities
• Responsible for delivery in a complex offshore/onshore team model
• Identify and remove impediments, prevents distractions.
• Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution.
• Empower the team to self-organize.

Position Requirements

Formal Education & Certification

• Four-year college diploma or university degree in computer systems design or computer science, and/or 10 years equivalent work experience.
• Nice to have: a Certified Scrum Master or can demonstrate equivalent based on experience

Knowledge & Experience

• 5 years of Scrum Master experience.
• Experience working with an offshore/onshore team model 
• Thorough understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures.
• Strong technical aptitude, understanding and background
• eCommerce domain knowledge and experience required 
• Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Understanding of organization’s development platform and languages.

Personal Attributes

• Self-motivated and capable of managing multiple priorities and tasks as delegated.
• Team-player with the ability to work within a collaborative environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types.
• Ability to coach the team to reach their highest potential.
• Creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems.
• Collaborative in driving decisions.
• Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a high attention to detail.