Agile Scrum Master.
Client prefers consultants with Retail background not required
Job Description
· This role is for an Agile Scrum Master rather than Waterfall
Project Manager.
· As a true servant leader the Scrum Master is primarily
responsible for ensuring that the Agile/Scrum team achieves its goals
· Supports and enforces the rules of the scrum process and other
rules that the team has agreed upon. e.g. WIP limits
· Communicates status to customers, team and management as needed
· Exhibits the behaviors of a Lean-Agile leader with a Lean-Agile
mindset. Helps the team embrace core Agile values and principles (SAFe or
Scrum or Kanban.)
· Leads scrum teams for medium to complex deliveries.
· Leads the team?s efforts in relentless improvement and
facilitates the team?s retrospective.
· Facilitates all the team?s meetings and ceremonies depending on
the framework used (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban).
· Removes roadblocks, many of which will be beyond the team?s
authority or will require support from other teams
· Coordinates with other teams and manages cross-scrum team and
cross- program/ART dependencies ? for example participates in Scrum of
Scrum Meetings (for ARTs) and/or other PI Planning sessions and passes
information back to the team
· Coordinates with the System Team, UX, DevOps, Shared Services,
security etc.
· Ensures that goals, scope, and product domain are understood by
everyone on the Agile/Scrum Team
· Ensures the Team understands scrum theory, practices, rules and
values.
· Improves team performance by identifying, managing, and
supporting resolution of team impediments
· Conducts performance appraisals of staff and provides career
guidance through regular coaching and mentoring.
· Displays an engineering mindset and systems thinking while
understanding the economic view.
· Embraces a continuous improvement mind-set and highlights
opportunities to improve efficiency of scrum teams
· Accountable for team?s understanding of Scrum and other agile
practices and ensures the team is effectively applying these.
· Serves as Servant Leader/Coach for a maximum of 1-2 Scrum team
(6-12 people per scrum team)
· May be required to mentor other Scrum Masters as needed
· Understands and operates within the product team budget
· Responsible for ensuring that the committed to sprint backlog is
completed
· Experienced and adept user of Agile Lifecycle Management tools,
particularly JIRA.
· Communicative and social — excellent interpersonal and group
facilitation skills including the ability to work with diverse stakeholders
and personality types.
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