IT Project Manager 3

INTELLISWIFT INC; North East; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A cloud data services company is seeking a Senior Scrum Master/Agile Coach to lead Agile teams in developing innovative data solutions. The ideal candidate has over 7 years of experience in Agile coaching, extensive remote team management skills, and expertise in Scrum methodologies. You'll facilitate team communication, optimize performance, and ensure adherence to Agile best practices. This position requires excellent communication skills and a strong understanding of Agile principles, along with hands-on experience with tools like Jira and Confluence.

Qualifications

• 7+ years' experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach.
• Experience leading remote and distributed agile teams across time zones.
• Strong knowledge of Agile principles and practices.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate communication and collaboration between multiple Agile teams.
• Guide teams on Agile principles and mindset.
• Measure team progress against delivery plans.

Skills

Scrum methodologies

Agile coaching

Excellent communication

Facilitation skills

Remote team management

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Senior Scrum Master/Agile Coach

In a world full of generalists, Client is a specialist. We are focused on one thing, helping the world's leading organizations get the most out of their data. Client brings enterprise-grade data services into the cloud, and the simple flexibility of cloud into the data center. Our industry-leading solutions work across diverse customer environments and the world's biggest public clouds.

The Astra Trident team at Client is seeking a Senior Scrum Master/Agile Coach to lead the development of an innovative and unique solution that solves the challenges of persistent data consumption for container technologies. Check out https://github.com/Client/Trident and https://Client.io/persistent-storage-provisioner-for-kubernetes/ to find out more about the innovative solutions of which you could be a part.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate communication, collaboration, and dependencies between multiple Agile teams to support sprint commitments and delivery.
• Evaluate team metrics and make recommendations to continuously optimize and improve performance of teams.
• Facilitate getting work done without coercion and dictating.
• Facilitate impediment resolution in a timely manner so that the team can focus on delivery.
• Guide and coach multiple scrum teams on Agile principles and mindset while empowering the teams to become self-managing.
• Lead and facilitate team ceremonies including daily scrum, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
• Help the team define, agree, and adhere to agile/scrum best practices to successfully deliver high-quality product on time.
• Help identify and mitigate risks to meet sprint goals.
• Support the Product Owner and Engineering teams to prioritize and refine the product backlog.
• Measure team progress against delivery plans and make reports visible to scrum teams and stakeholders.

Core Qualifications

• 7+ years' experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach.
• Extensive experience leading remote and distributed agile teams across time zones.
• Hands-on experience with multiple agile development methodologies and frameworks (Scrum, Kanban etc.)
• Strong knowledge of Agile principles and practices. Ability to assess team maturity, identify gaps and coach teams on agile best practices.
• Excellent communication and social skills with ability to positively influence others.
• Strong organization and facilitation skills, including the ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Experience working with team members in different time zones.
• Advanced Jira and Confluence experience.
• Thorough understanding of ways to measure and report team progress against delivery plans/timelines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or similar certifications.
• Experience with Scaled Agile methodologies and frameworks (SAFe, LeSS etc.)
• Experience working on projects developed using system-level languages (C/C++/Go etc.)
• Experience working on cloud-native storage applications or applications developed for data management.