Scrum Master

Company: Stefanini
Location: Richmond
Posted on: May 26, 2023

Job Description:

Stefanini is looking for Scrum Master in Richmond, VA (Hybrid role)- Open to W2 candidates only!

For quick Apply, please reach out to Vishal Sharma- call: (248)-263-5616/ email: Vishal.Sharma@stefanini.com

Job Description:
The scrum master is a member of a product team who has a primary responsibility to help the self-organizing, self-managing team achieve its goals.
The scrum master facilitates the scrum processes, protects the team from interference, and helps remove impediments so that the team can deliver the sprint goal. They foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous process flow, and relentless improvement.

Responsibilities:
Plans, leads, organizes, and motivates one or more cross functional teams of medium to medium-high complexity and visibility
Develops, tracks, and communicates team's agile adoption and progress metrics, including velocity, burn-down and cycle time
Coordinates and facilitates sprint planning and task definition, sprint execution, impediment removal and tracking, sprint review, and retrospectives
Works with Product Owners to support short and long-term release planning and keep work backlog healthy and prepared for execution.
Creates team working agreements.
May lead collaboration sessions with internal clients on medium scale projects to formulate creative and practical solutions to application challenges
Drives development of release and sprint roadmaps
Partners with project and release managers on production deployment activities
Performs other related duties as assigned


Position Requirements:
Knowledge: Comprehensive knowledge pertaining to concepts and principles in functional area, especially the ability to coach the team on Agile practices and adherence to Agile methodology. General knowledge of department/business lines, Client, and / or System operations, policies, procedures and technologies.
Communications: Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, creativity, attention to detail, and oral and written communications skills tailored.
Risk Management: [The individual] is responsible for understanding and applying risk management discipline in decision making and contributing to his or her function's risk management.
Decision Making: Works under direction and guidance in planning details of procedures and methods to attain definite objectives. Makes decisions within established or widely accepted standards. Achieves assigned/planned results by decisions and actions based on professional methods, training, business principles, and practical experience.

Education/Experience:
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience with 6 to 9+ years of relevant work experience.
Certified Scrum Master (CSM), PMI-ACP and/or other Agile related certifications required.

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