Scrum Master

Note: This role requires the candidate criteria to be met to be considered.

Candidates will be disqualified if the following criteria are not met:

• Employment Type: No C2C (Corp-to-Corp) or C2H (Contract-to-Hire) arrangements. W2 contract only. No referral fees will be entertained.
• Work Authorization: Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder.
• Local in San Francisco, CA or Los Angeles or 1 hour drive to San Francisco or Los Angeles
• 1 years minimum experience as a Scrum Master in an IT or software development setting
• Requires PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent certification

Qualifications

• 1 years minimum experience as a Scrum Master in an IT or software development setting
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field or equivalent work experience
• Proficiency using Jira (managing scrum boards and generating metrics)
• Demonstrated ability to coach individuals in a scrum team
• Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of explaining technical and project related information to stakeholders.
• Proven ability to balance competing priorities

Responsibilities

• Facilitates and is accountable for leading the team through the agile ceremonies, including:
• Daily scrums
• Sprint Planning
• PI Planning

• Guides the team to follow Agile/Scrum practices and daily activities to actively promote prioritization, team readiness, and commitment for each Sprint and Program Increment.

• Coaches the team to address any issues with the Agile/scrum process. Instill an “Inspect & Adapt” culture within the team.
• Proactively removes impediments to team agility and guides the team(s) on methods to escalate when needed to prevent challenges from becoming blockers.
• Protects the team from disturbances and conflicting priorities.
• Manages team workload, reaches out to their managers or Product Management when needed to negotiate time.
• Manages dependencies across other Agile teams, regularly working with the other scrum masters and Program Manager/RTE.
• Works closely with the Product Owner, Product Analysts, and Solutions Lead in ensuring sprints are healthy and work is effectively delivered on by the team.
• Owns the Jira project and handles the management of all issues in Jira for the team. Uses metrics in Jira, including burnup/down charts, release burndowns, and team velocity to assess team health and identify improvement opportunities. Uses Jira to track team and team-members’ capacity based on tangible metrics.