Scrum Master II

What you will be doing
Summary:
The Scrum Master-II is a key member of the team who is responsible for applying multiple agile frameworks to allow the company to meet stated objectives. The Scrum Master-II will also leverage technical knowledge, drive best practices and organizational dynamics to motivate teams. The Scrum Master II will be responsible for budget and status reporting when a project manager is not assigned to the effort, mentoring others on Agile and Waterfall methodology while working toward continuous improvements.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Possesses a solid understanding of how agile and waterfall frameworks work to deliver business value and how various practices can and should evolve.
• Cultivates customer focus as the team collaborates to deliver solutions achieving the desired business outcome.
• Helps teams self-organize and self-manage using collaborative engagement techniques.
• Acts as a coach who works within the team to maximize the value created.
• Responsible for the planning and facilitation of standard meetings to include; backlog preparation, iteration planning, retrospectives, iteration reviews and daily stand-ups.
• Facilitates the sizing of stories during the planning sprint, backlog grooming, or sprint planning sessions for the team.
• Utilizes the team "definition of done" to guide the team during their sprint commitments.
• Leverages defined metrics to enable continuous delivery, provide transparency and to optimize the value of iterative and incremental development.
• Effectively facilitates retrospectives to pull actionable changes for the team.
• Works with the product owner and stakeholders to determine staffing requirements.
• Removes impediments, and makes issues and problems visible. Escalates as necessary.

What your background should look like
Experience & Educational Requirements:

• Minimum of 3-7 years of Scrum Master experience
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM or related certification strongly preferred)
• SAFe Agile experience recommended
• 3+ years of information technology experience
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Information Systems or Engineering; or equivalent work experience

Skillsets & Technical Requirements:
Competent Level Understanding of:

• Agile and waterfall methodologies, values, and procedures
• Technically complex projects
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail
• Relevant business software (e.g. Microsoft Office applications, Clarity, MS Project, Team Foundation Server, Jira)
• Possesses the ability to balance a willingness to engage with ideas different from their own, encouragement of others to express divergent perspectives, the capability to influence, conflict management, and teamwork.
• Highly adaptable to changing environment.
• Situational awareness of when to listen and when to be assertive.
• Ability to work well in a face paced Enterprise environment

Schedule
Full time
Salary Range*
$88,700 - 126,940
*This Salary Range reflects a National Average for this job. The actual range may vary based on your locale. Ranges in Colorado/California/Washington/New York/Hawaii/Vermont/Minnesota/Massacusetts/Illinois State-specific locations may be up to 10% lower than the minimum salary range, and 12% higher than the maximum salary range.