Scrum Master I - Technical Project and Program Management

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Organize and facilitate standard meetings, backlog preparation, iteration planning, retrospectives, iteration reviews and daily stand-ups
• Foster continuous improvement and coach the scrum teams to a higher level of self-organizing maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
• Cultivate customer focus as the team collaborates to deliver solutions achieving the desired business outcome
• Facilitate the sizing of stories during the planning sprint, backlog grooming, or sprint planning sessions for the team
• Leverage metrics to assist delivery, enable transparency and optimize the iterative / incremental development process
• Resolve or escalate blocking impediments and known risks through analysis and prioritization
• Manage and negotiate scope, timeline, quality, goals, and deliverables that support business goals and monitor schedule and cost performance throughout the life of the project
• Brainstorm with the team to arrive at solutions to challenges and roadblocks to assigned projects with guidance from more experienced managers
• Work with the product manager and other stakeholders to determine staffing requirements by giving inputs about project workload and expected fulfillment time
• Maintain process documentation and ensure the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility
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Educational Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree
• Certifications:
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) or Safe Scrum Master or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification is required

Work Experience:

• 5 - 7 years of IT experience including prior Scrum Master experience

Educational Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Information Systems or Engineering

Certifications:

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) or any other related certification is required

Work Experience:

• 4 - 6 years of IT experience including prior Scrum Master experience

Skills and Knowledge:

Behavioral Skills:

• Collaborative Approach
• Strong Influencing Skills
• Task Prioritization
• Strategic Thinking
• Planning and Organizational Skills
• Ability to work in Dynamic Environment
• Strong Communication and Presentation Skills
• Analytical and Problem-solving skills
• Ownership and Initiative taking

Technical Skills:

• Technical aptitude to work closely with software engineers
• Competent understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Strong Knowledge of both agile and waterfall methodologies on technically complex projects

Tools Knowledge:

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Applications including MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio
• Knowledge of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps
• Understanding of Project and Portfolio Management tools e.g., Clarity, Open Workbench
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft technology stack (C#, SQL Server)