Scrum Master

Title – SR. Scrum Master
Location – Alpharetta, Georgia, GA, 30022
Duration – Contract

Job Description:

Qualifications:
Must Have:
– Work with organizational resources outside the squad to help them interact
effectively with the squad, remove impediments and protect them from
organizational bureaucracy.
– Influence and leadership skills.
– Ability to drive results and take command in a meeting or mediate in
contentious situations; ability to foster an environment that promotes teamwork.
– Analytical and detail oriented.
– Makes an effort to and is capable of understanding the subject matter and
situations pertaining to each project, process, issue, etc.
– Enthusiasm and curiosity.
– Shows enthusiasm and drive to learn and ask questions both indirectly and
directly related to the project.
– Strategic thinker.
– Ability to see things big picture and not just focus on the day-to-day tasks.

Scrum Master Responsibilities:
The Scrum Master promotes and supports the agile process within and outside
the squad. This includes:
– Work with organizational resources outside the squad to help them interact
effectively with the squad, remove impediments and protect them from
organizational bureaucracy.
– The Scrum Master coaches the Agile squad and the product owner on the Agile
process, such as writing useful user stories and managing the backlog.
– They foster a collaborative culture and ensure the squad regularly
celebrates success.
– The scrum master acts as a servant leader to the squad, they are not the
boss.
– For a newly formed squad the scrum master role may be a full-time activity.
As the squad matures the scrum master can start to contribute some time to
squad deliveries.
– Manage blockers, obstacles and dependencies.
– Bring together stakeholders for alignment meeting.
– Organize training.
– Report on squad improvements.
– Facilitate retrospective to improve squad dynamics.
– Facilitate creation and maintenance of squad artefacts such as backlog,
definitions and norms etc.

Projects:
– Projects in support of or directly related to Customer Identity Management.
– Fraud related projects in the digital technology space.

Mandatory Qualifications:
– Good understanding of software development lifecycle, waterfall and agile
development principles.
– Minimum 5 years of experience working in a financial institution, technology
firm or project management department of a mid to large size corporation.
– Experience within software development delivery from ideation to production,
with frequent production releases.
– Background and knowledge of banking and/or digital products.
– Extraordinary judgment and composure in high-pressure situations.
– Excellent communication skills.
– Meticulous attention to detail.
– Proficient in Microsoft tools: Excel, Visio, MS Projects, PowerPoint.
– Extensive hands-on experience with JIRA on agile projects.
– PMP certification preferred but not mandatory.
– CSM certification or Agile experience ( min 3 years).

Additional Skills/Competencies:
– Influence and leadership skills.
– Ability to drive results and take command in a meeting or mediate in
contentious situations; ability to foster an environment that is promotes
teamwork.
– Analytical and detail oriented- makes an effort to and is capable of
understanding the subject matter and situations pertaining to each project,
process, issue, etc.
– Enthusiasm and curiosity.
– Shows enthusiasm and drive to learn and ask questions both indirectly and
directly related to the project.
– Strategic thinker.
– Ability to see things big picture and not just focus on the day-to-day tasks.
– Innovative.
– Has shown ways that he/she has gone beyond status quo to find innovative
solutions to solve problems or to improve processes.

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