Scrum Master (Agile,Data Migration)

Seven Seven Global Services, Inc.; Taguig; Hybrid; PHP 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Seven Seven Global Services, Inc. is seeking a Scrum Master to implement Agile ceremonies, coach squads, and maintain Agile artifacts. The role focuses on facilitating sprint events, removing impediments, and fostering collaboration and continuous improvement across teams.

You will work with Product Owners and stakeholders to ensure the backlog is well-groomed and aligned with the product roadmap, while promoting transparency and high-quality delivery.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in a Scrum Master/Agile role.
• Data background or data-related experience is preferred.
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills are required.
• Experience with Data Migration is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support evaluation of squad Scrum maturity and prepare teams for advanced stages of maturity.
• Lead and coach the team on Agile and Scrum implementation and practices.
• Enable process activities by inspiring teams to self-align their iterations.
• Support internal and external communication, improving transparency and radiating information.
• Program and enable consistent team retrospective meetings per the Scrum framework.
• Assist sprint-planning, sprint reviews, and ensure velocity is understood to meet sprint goals.
• Identify and remove blockers, maintain an escalation process for changes impacting iterations.
• Foster a safe, blame-free atmosphere and promote continuous improvement.
• Coordinate with Product Owner to groom and maintain the product backlog.

Skills

Data background

Communication

Mentoring skills

Job description

About the role

This is a Scrum Master role responsible for implementing Agile ceremonies and principles, managing Agile teams, collaborating with Product Owners, and maintaining Agile artifacts. The role involves coaching teams on Scrum practices, facilitating sprint events, removing impediments, and fostering a culture of collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities

• Support evaluation of squad Scrum maturity and prepare teams for advanced stages of maturity

• Lead and coach the team on Agile and Scrum implementation and practices

• Enable process activities by inspiring teams to self-align their iterations

• Support internal and external communication, improving transparency and radiating information

• Program and enable consistent team retrospective meetings per the Scrum framework

• Program, design and assist team work including daily stand-ups, iteration reviews and sprint planning meetings with the team, Product Owner, and stakeholders

• Assist sprint-planning gatherings and sprint reviews, confirming teams understand their velocity to meet sprint promises

• Identify and remove blockers, adhere to agile process, and ensure a well-run escalation process for changes impacting iterations

• Build a trusting and safe atmosphere where problems can be raised without fear of blame or judgment

• Improve people through coaching and by adopting a positive work culture

• Offer support to the squad using a servant leadership style and leading by example

• Ensure the team is providing software within recognized quality standards by facilitating a working definition of done for Agile stories

• Remove obstacles or guide the team to remove obstacles by finding the right personnel

• Simplify discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

• Remove blockades to team efficiency

• Guard the team from external tasks, scope growth or disturbances during the sprint

• Challenge the self-organized team to apply team operational improvements and encourage process developments

• Support team members to develop and deliver individual obligations to their squad

• Detect and resolve conflicts

• Function as communication link among the squad, Product Owner, and Stakeholders

• Work with the Product Owner to ensure the product backlog is in place and groomed to the suitable level

• Support Product Owner to find approaches for effective Product Backlog mentoring

• Help the Product Owner in conserving a product roadmap, holding competitive and market positioning

• Make definition of done and definition of ready clear to stakeholders

• Help them to plan sprint releases

• Ensure that recognized agile software progress matrices (burndown charts, velocity, and defect metrics) are in place

• Track team capacity and velocity metrics for planning purposes

• Be active in the Agile Office and consult with other Scrum Masters and teams

• Track and monitor overall status of demands within delivery teams and provide updates regularly

• Coordinate and align with Release Train Engineer on release schedule and monitor status of sprint releases

• Manage and clear impediments with the Delivery team and ensure callouts are raised in a timely manner

• Manage daily huddle with the team to address callouts on the sprint

• Ensure that all Scrum events are productive, done within the timebox, and attended by correct participants

• Coach delivery team to apply Agile and Scrum practices and promote team empowerment and self-management

• Foster a culture of inspection, collaboration, transparency, and improvement in the delivery team

• Monitor delivery team utilization and ensure the delivery team works with their capacity to deliver sprint commitments with highest quality

• Monitor resources within delivery team and raise resource related concerns including performance, issues, or capacity

• Ensure technical operations readiness by proper coordination with other teams such as operations and support teams

• Ensure timely delivery and deployment of features as aligned with Product Owner in release schedule

• Monitor work tasks and activities of the delivery team through Daily Stand-up, JIRA status, and JIRA burndown reports

• Ensure progress of demands being handled by delivery teams from other tribes are coordinated accordingly

• Coordinate and align with vendor providers on sprint releases and update on progress regularly

• Coordinate with partners in terms of deliverables they need to work on for each sprint and ensure completion as scheduled

• Attend regular meetings specific for the Scrum Master role including SM Cadences, Retrospectives, Springboards and Pre-Springboards

• Perform other functions within the group when needed including guild specific initiatives, facilitating meetings, and brown bag sessions

About you

• At least 3 years of experience

• Data background or data related experience

• Experience with Data Migration

• Excellent communication and mentoring skills