Scrum Master

Insight Global (United States); Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global in Columbus, OH seeks a senior Agile Project Manager to lead cross-functional teams, facilitate Scrum ceremonies, and ensure timely delivery of value streams.

The role will mentor Product Owners, manage backlogs, remove impediments, and align with enterprise release standards while communicating progress to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of Agile experience including Scrum and Lean Six Sigma.
• Strong communication and credibility to represent IT concepts effectively.
• Knowledge of the full Project Management Life-Cycle.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates Agile rituals and provides sprint-level reporting.
• Ensures delivery of product releases meeting quality standards and milestones.
• Mentors and coaches teams (including the Product Owner) in Agile practices.
• Fosters growth mindset and continuous improvement within teams.
• Removes impediments to progress and escalates when needed to resolve.
• Supports and educates product owners in backlog refinement and decision making.

Skills

Agile

Scrum

Lean Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

GHERKIN

Job description

Min 5 yrs of Agile experience - Scrum, Lean Six Sigma

High degree of professional confidence and credibility with the presence and communication skills to represent IT-related concepts effectively.

Knowledge of the full Project Management Life-Cycle

Cycle Times

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, business administration or related discipline with an information technology or equivalent and extensive related IT Technical or Customer Support experience.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
• Experience with Azure DevOps; and GHERKIN knowledgeable.
• Adaptability; self-starter; team player; quality minded; focused; committed; able to work independently.
• Cyber Security Experience in a previous position

Brief Description:

Responsible for a team's collaboration, transparency, and delivering product releases while meeting quality standards and milestones. Identifies and procures all necessary resources to meet project specifications. Facilitates Agile rituals and provides sprint-level reporting.

Detailed Description:

• Facilitates seamless collaboration and maximizes team performance by driving continuous improvement within assigned technical and non-technical teams.
• Ensure rapid and timely delivery of business value streams and achievement of goals.
• Mentors and coaches teams (including the Product Owner) in Agile practices and mindset.
• Fosters a growth mindset and spirit of continuous improvement and learning.
• Removes impediments to team progress whether internal to the team or organizational in nature. When necessary, escalates impediments to facilitate rapid resolution.
• Supports and educates product owners, especially with respect to refining and managing the product backlog and decision making.
• Ensures effective communication within and across teams.
• Influences and facilitates the empowerment of a self-organizing team.
• Schedules and facilitates cross-functional meetings.
• Ensures appropriate progress tools, information radiators, and reports effectively provide transparency on team’s progress and productivity.
• Performs risk, issue, and dependency management for their team.
• Ensures release management practices align to enterprise standards.