Scrum Master

Kforce Inc; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

401(k) retirement plan

Life & disability insurance

Job summary

Kforce is seeking a Scrum Master in Minneapolis, MN who can lead agile transformation, coach teams, and partner with product teams to design solutions while balancing priorities and demands. The role emphasizes delivering value and fostering a culture of continuous improvement across distributed teams.

The position requires a strong background in Agile delivery, Scrum/Kanban frameworks, and experience guiding multiple teams through events such as planning, refinement, and retrospectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Five or more years of experience in Agile technology delivery.
• Five or more years of experience in Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) teams.
• Understand the various Agile frameworks, events and artifacts (i.e. Scrum, Kanban).
• Ability to utilize Agile methods in a flexible manner with traditional project management.

Responsibilities

• Embrace the Agile mindset and champion Agile across the Technology organization.
• Provide creative solutions to Agile transformation issues and conflicting priorities.
• Manage and facilitate team events including planning, backlog refinement, estimating, release planning, and retrospectives.
• Facilitate and coach to draft, track progress and improve on OKRs.
• Coach teams and leaders in Agile principles, roles, and frameworks.
• Foster a continuous improvement environment to build high-performing Agile teams.

Skills

Agile mindset

Coaching

Scrum Master

Distributed teams

OKRs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Dragonboat

MURAL

Job description

Responsibilities

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Scrum Master in Minneapolis, MN. Overview: You are passionate about leading change, helping shift mindset and influence culture change. Fostering new ways of thinking, new ways of working and building new capabilities that will help unlock new possibilities. You possess strategic vision and tactical mastery and combine it with an entrepreneurial spirit to get it done. You will play a fundamental role in achieving our ambitious objectives and work closely with partners across product teams to design innovative solutions and balance challenging priorities and demands. You are laser-focused on operational excellence and customer satisfaction, and you'll need to wear many hats, so flexibility and a can-do attitude are critical! Primary Responsibility:

• Embrace the Agile mindset, advocate and champion agile across the Technology organization by challenging, coaching, and guiding teams using Agile principles
• Provide creative solutions to Agile transformation issues: resistance to change, limited resources, conflicting priorities, lack of accountability
• Manage and facilitate team events including quarterly product planning, product owner syncs, backlog refinement, estimating and sizing efforts, release planning, sprint planning, standups and retrospectives
• Facilitate and coach to draft, track progress and continuously improve on Objective and Key Results (OKRs)
• Coach teams and leaders in Agile principles and practices, roles and responsibilities, and frameworks
• Foster a continuous improvement environment to build high-performing, Agile teams

Responsibilities

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Scrum Master in Minneapolis, MN. Overview: You are passionate about leading change, helping shift mindset and influence culture change. Fostering new ways of thinking, new ways of working and building new capabilities that will help unlock new possibilities. You possess strategic vision and tactical mastery and combine it with an entrepreneurial spirit to get it done. You will play a fundamental role in achieving our ambitious objectives and work closely with partners across product teams to design innovative solutions and balance challenging priorities and demands. You are laser-focused on operational excellence and customer satisfaction, and you'll need to wear many hats, so flexibility and a can-do attitude are critical! Primary Responsibility:

• Embrace the Agile mindset, advocate and champion agile across the Technology organization by challenging, coaching, and guiding teams using Agile principles
• Provide creative solutions to Agile transformation issues: resistance to change, limited resources, conflicting priorities, lack of accountability
• Manage and facilitate team events including quarterly product planning, product owner syncs, backlog refinement, estimating and sizing efforts, release planning, sprint planning, standups and retrospectives
• Facilitate and coach to draft, track progress and continuously improve on Objective and Key Results (OKRs)
• Coach teams and leaders in Agile principles and practices, roles and responsibilities, and frameworks
• Foster a continuous improvement environment to build high-performing, Agile teams

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
• Five or more years of experience in Agile technology delivery
• Five or more years of experience in Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) teams
• Understand the various Agile frameworks, events and artifacts (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), where they are fit for purpose and how to implement/apply with new and existing teams
• Ability to utilize Agile methods in a flexible manner that often includes traditional project management which can include hard deadlines/fixed dates at times

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification or similar certification a plus
• Experience as an Agilist managing multiple teams simultaneously
• Experience with Agile tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Dragonboat, MURAL
• Experience with distributed teams, in multiple time zones
• Experience with outcomes-based planning and delivery (i.e., OKR)
• Experience successfully delivering solutions on an aggressive schedule
• Understanding fundamentals of iterative and incremental development
• Strong knowledge of Agile values, principles, and practices and Scaled Agile frameworks
• Excellent interpersonal skills (communication, collaboration, leadership, conflict resolution)
• Demonstrated growth mindset
• A passion for mentoring and growing the potential of others
• Positive attitude and ability to inspire the team toward continuous improvement
• Ability to drive delivery and take initiative
• Demonstrated ability to partner and communicate effectively with non-technical team members, resolving contradictory objectives, and unifying teams
• Ability to partner with Product, Tech, UX and other disciplines

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.