Scrum Master jobs in Valdosta, GA

Essential Responsibilities: 

• Passionate about leading development teams with a servant leadership mentality 

• Work with client teams and business to shape requirements and provide ongoing communication through project execution 

• Generate process reports indicating velocity, burn-down, etc. 

• Communicate and facilitate effectively across diverse audiences within and outside of the Agile Team (program peers, key stakeholders, executives and clients) 

• Manage a diverse development team consisting of application architects, application engineers, quality engineers, and third-party contractors. 

• Coach Agile behavior, leading by example 

• Facilitate Agile Ceremonies: Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Demos/Reviews, Retrospectives, and release planning. 

• Manage Sprints - keeping order, process, delivery, priorities accurate and on time 

• Keep scrum team focused on concrete priorities while keeping outside influences from disrupting the Scrum 

• team and actively identify and remove waste and distractions 

• Work with Product Owners and QA team to ensure that testing and feedback is completed in a timely manner and meeting the Sprint timelines 

• Advocate for autonomous, self-organizing, empowered, and continuously improving teams 

• Participate as part of the Synchrony Innovation Station in contributing and leading innovation activities and practices with the full cross-functional product team and in partnership with the other Synchrony Innovation Stations. 

• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned 

Qualifications/Requirements: 

• Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of IT experience or equivalent leadership program experience, or in lieu of degree High School Diploma/GED and 8 years of IT experience. 

• Experience in developing and implementing information systems and project management experience 

Desired Characteristics:  

• Demonstrated ability to work with cross-functional teams, especially software developers 

• Passion for Agile and experience helping teams become more Agile 

• Participated in management of projects and implementations with both large and small corporate organizations 

• Experience working in SAFe / scaled Agile a plus 

• Experience with JIRA, Confluence and other Atlassian products; fluency in MS Office 

• Superior organization skills and adept at multi-tasking 

• Excellent written and verbal interpersonal and communication skills 

• An analytical approach to problem solving and trouble shooting 

• A “can do” and flexible attitude with an ability to hit the ground running and learn on your feet 

• High level of initiative and can work well in a team environment 

Grade/Level: 11

The salary range for this position is 90,000.00 - 155,000.00 USD Annual and is eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance.

Actual compensation offered within the posted salary range will be based upon work experience, skill level or knowledge.

Salaries are adjusted according to market in CA, NY Metro and Seattle.