Objectives of this role

• To build self-organized and self-managed teams to deliver value efficiently
• Coaches good agile practices and values with attention on continuous improvement within program and organization
• Ensure the team works collaboratively and efficiently to deliver high-quality products.

Your tasks

• Facilitate Agile & Scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, sprint review, retros, PI Planning.
• Identify and troubleshoot obstacles that are hindering the team’s progress.
• Promotes self-organization, self-management and continuous improvement
• Communicate project status, risks and issues to stakeholders.
• Drives delivery discipline and release management practices
• Track KPIs and help teams deliver high-quality products/solutions on time.
• Accountable for providing transparency into value delivery using program level data
• Manages dependencies
• Manages stakeholders
• Mediates scope challenges (supports Product Owner and Product Manager where scope conflicts arise) - Definition of ready and done
• Works with the Product Manager/Product Owner to build a product roadmap and a prioritized product backlog.
• Negotiates conflict (internally & externally) in implementation of Scrum and delivery within the program and organization
• Ensure that the team follows the Scrum framework and adheres to Agile principles
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

Required skills and qualifications

• BA/BS with specialization in Program Management or Project Management
• Prior experience of 5-7 years in the areas of Program Management or Product Management
• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Scrum Master.
• Strong knowledge of Agile Scrum principles and practices.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to lead and facilitate Scrum ceremonies.
• Hands on with Jira
• Good to have
  • Familiarity with the Working backwards process
  • Certification in Agile methodologies, like Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
  • SAFe certification and Kanban certification are a plus.