Scrum Master

Job Title: Scrum Master

Location: Richmond, VA 23236

Interview Type: On-site Interview

Job Description:

SCRUM MASTER

• • Collaborate with various product owners and teams to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into requirements
• • Provide collaboration, facilitation, leadership and coaching, supporting the Scrum Team and the scrum process.
• • Coordinate Agile Ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Refinement, and Release Planning
• • With your team, define the vision for the team, creating the product road map based on this vision
• • Aid the product owner in managing the product backlog and prioritizing based on the changing requirements and project timelines if needed.
• • Establish an environment where the teams can be effective and helps removing obstacles.
• • Protect the team from outside interruptions and distractions.
• • Ensure a good relationship between the team and product owner as well as others outside the team.
• • Exemplify a Lean-Agile mindset through servant leadership.
• • Anticipate challenges, identify risks, and recommend mitigations and solutions.
• • Track and report team velocity and other project metrics.
• • Support changes and promote continuous improvement that helps increase productivity of the Scrum Team.
• • Collaborate effectively with the product owners and end-users to deliver business value.
• • Ensure the teams are practicing core Agile principles and adhering to VSP agile standards.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• • Thorough understanding of Agile software development life cycle and hands on experience working with development teams.
• • 5-10 years of practical experience serving as Scrum Master with a solid comprehension of Agile values, principles, methodologies, and the development lifecycle.
• • Ability to identify cross-team dependencies and align work optimally.
• • Ability to work with customers, understand their business practices and manage their expectations.
• • Ability to set clear performance standards and hold team members accountable, while keeping team engaged and on track.

• Track progress of team performance utilizing appropriate metrics and foster adoption of a high-performing Agile culture by working closely with the Leadership team.
• · Strong interpersonal/communication skills/mentoring skills/ servant leadership skills with proven ability to remove impediments from the team.
• · Ability to foresee potential conflict and bring existing conflicts to positive resolution.
• • Ability to balance the competing demands for quality, scope and schedule.
• • Ability to analyze and document business and system processes.
• • CSM Certification required. Pls upload under Reference tab in Vector to be considered. We will bypass your candidate if not uploaded at time of submittal!!

• PSM Certification desired

Required/Desired Skills

Skill Required /Desired Amount of Experience

• Practical experience serving as Scrum Master with a solid comprehension of Agile values, principles, methodologies, and the development Required 10 Years
• Thorough understanding of Agile software development life cycle and hands on experience working with development teams. Required 7 Years
• Coordinate Agile Ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Refinement, and Release Planning Required 7 Years
• Track progress of team performance utilizing appropriate metrics and foster adoption of a high-performing Agile culture work closely with leadership Required 5 Years
• Provide collaboration, facilitation, leadership and coaching, supporting the Scrum Team and the scrum process. Required 10 Years
• Ability to analyze and document business and system processes Required 7 Years
• CSM Certification required (pls upload under Reference Tab) Required 0
• PSM Certification preferred Desired 0