Scrum Master

SkySlope; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

PTO 120 hours

401(k) Match

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

SkySlope in the United States is seeking a passionate Scrum Master to lead agile practices across engineering and product teams.

You will champion agile, facilitate sprints, coordinate with stakeholders, mentor teams, and ensure on-time delivery. You will work with leadership to advance the agile practice, promote continuous improvement, and drive measurable outcomes.

The role emphasizes collaboration, process improvement, and data-driven ceremonies with clear accountability.

Qualifications

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) required.
• PMP certification preferred.
• Experience leading agile/scrum in web engineering and product launches.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to mentor teams.

Responsibilities

• Be the Agile champion and guide teams in adopting agile/scrum principles.
• Monitor team activity and guide workload commitments.
• Remove ambiguity by connecting with external teams to keep sprint progress on schedule.
• Shield the team from external interferences jeopardizing sprint goals.
• Keep team members engaged, informed and accountable.
• Maintain data integrity in team tools for tracking work.
• Lead effective stand-ups, grooming, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
• Promote collective ownership of story completion and sprint goals.
• Ensure teams understand and commit to sprint goals and follow through.
• Provide status updates to senior management and escalate impediments.
• Manage project for the engineering team and coordinate cross-functional meetings.

Skills

Scrum Master

Agile leadership

Mentor teams

Strong communication

JIRA

Education

CSM or CSP

PMP preferred

Tools

JIRA

Job description

OUR ORIGIN STORY

In 2011 SkySlope started as an idea born at the kitchen table of our CEO, with just him and two others. Headquartered in Sacramento, California, we have since grown out of our previous 3 offices and many of our close to 150 employees are spread all across the United States. Those 150 employees support close to 300,000 users across 5,000 offices nationwide and now in Canada as well. Included in that is 8 out of the 15 largest Real Estate Brokerages in the nation.

But, despite being happy with what we’ve achieved we know that as industry leaders in our space there’s a lot of work left to be done. All of the growth and success that has happened is a result of us obsessing over building cutting edge software that makes the Real Estate world a better place. We know this only happens by hiring people who don’t just come up with out of the box ideas but hiring people who actually see those ideas through and bring them to life. As we’ve grown, we’ve been fortunate enough to hire plenty of people who possess that quality and realize it’s equally important to hire people who can pair that skill with empathy, collaboration, and a keen sense of urgency. If you’re looking to join a company where you can have real impact and surround yourself with an incredible team of people then look no further.

SKYSLOPE’S CORE VALUES

These are the principles that helped us get to where we are and they are the principles that will guide us to where we want to go in the future. You can apply them to your professional life, your personal life, to any business and any situation. In no specific hierarchy, our core values are: Awareness | Execution | Obsession | Ownership | Humility | Radical Candor | Urgency | Greatness | Inches I Fun

PURPOSE

A scrum master is passionate about technology and agile practices. You will lead the agile/scrum practice, leading sprint teams into successful completion of sprints. You will also work with product owners and leadership to facilitate conversations within and outside of the sprint teams.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Be the Agile champion and guide one or more teams in adoption of agile/scrum principles
• Monitor team activity and guides workload commitments
• Remove ambiguity by connecting with external teams or individuals so sprint progresses on schedule
• Shield the team from external interferences that can jeopardize sprint goals
• Keep team members engaged, involved and informed
• Maintain data integrity, completeness, and accuracy in team tools for work tracking and reporting
• Ensures effective and efficient meetings such as stand-ups, grooming, sprint planning, release planning and retrospectives
• Promotes collective ownership of story completion and sprint goals
• Ensure team understands and commits to specific sprint goals and follows through accordingly
• Provide consistent and periodic project status to senior management
• Escalate impediments that cannot be resolved by the sprint team
• Manage project for the engineering team
• Coordinate cross-functional meetings to create project plans, release plans and other artifacts as needed

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

MEASURABLES

• Velocity
• Work completed
• Impediment hours

QUALIFICATIONS

• Scrum Master experience within web engineering and familiar with product launch cycles
• Highly motivated, self-driven and passionate about delivering great experiences
• Structured and efficient in planning and coordination of projects and sprints
• Ability to be the agile leader for the sprint and extended team, focusing on best-practices and principles
• Mentor sprint teams and external members on agile/scrum principles
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Expertise with various agile and software development tools (e.g. JIRA)
• Demonstrable history of leading various agile/scrum projects for cross-functional and highly matrixed organizations
• Able to influence and coach senior leadership on continually growing the agile practice

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Certified Scrum Professional(CSP) required
• PMP certification, preferred

BENEFITS & COMPENSATION

• Medical Insurance – Company pays flat dollar amount towards premium
• There are 3 plan options
• Our Medical Insurance plans are provided through United Healthcare
• The United Healthcare HMO is only offered to California residents
• Eligibility begins 1st of the month following date of hire
• Per Paycheck (24 pay periods a year)
• Employee costs per tier are as follows:
• UHC HDHP/HSA
• Employee Only $58.92
• Employee + Child $147.30
• Employee + Spouse $175.78
• Employee + Family $259.24
• UHC PPO
• Employee Only $104.10
• Employee + Child $244.63
• Employee + Spouse $289.91
• Employee + Family $422.63
• UHC HMO (CA residents only)
• Employee Only $84.56
• Employee + Child $198.71
• Employee + Spouse $235.49
• Employee + Family $343.29
• Dental Insurance – Company pays 75% of monthly premium only on Base Plan
• This PPO plan is administered through Principal
• Eligibility begins 1st of the month following date of hire
• Principal Dental Base Plan
• Employee Only $4.19
• Employee + Child $11.73
• Employee + Spouse $8.50
• Employee + Family $17.20
• Principal Dental Buy-Up Plan
• Employee Only $6.65
• Employee + Child $19.53
• Employee + Spouse $13.51
• Employee + Family $28.35
• Vision Insurance – Company pays 100% of monthly premium
• This plan is administered through Principal (VSP choice network)
• Eligibility begins 1st of the month following date of hire
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance (with additional Voluntary Plans available) – Company paid plan with a guarantee issue amount of $25,000.
• Plan is administered through Principal
• Eligibility begins 1st of the month following date of hire
• Pricing varies for additional coverage, based upon age, coverage and dependent classification
• Voluntary Short & Long Term Disability Insurance Plans – Optional plans to help protect your financial well-being.
• Plan is administered through Principal
• Eligibility begins 1st of the month following date of hire
• Pricing varies, based upon age
• Voluntary Accident insurance- Optional plans available to purchase that pays you a cash benefit to help with your expenses if you or a covered family member is injured due to an accident.
• Employee Only $4.39
• Employee + Spouse $6.73
• Employee + Child(ren) $7.49
• Employee + Family $11.50
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity- Optional plans available to purchase that pays you a cash benefit to help with your expenses if you or a covered family member is admitted to the hospital
• Employee Only $6.85
• Employee + Spouse $17.43
• Employee + Child(ren) $11.41
• Employee + Family $22.84
• Voluntary Critical Illness- Optional plans available to purchase to help with your expenses if you or a covered family member is diagnosed with a covered critical illness.
• Pricing varies, based upon age
• Flexible Spending Account – A tax savings account you put money into that you use to pay for certain out-of-pocket health care and dependent care costs.
• Plan is administered through Discovery Benefits
• Eligibility begins 1st of the month following date of hire, if you sign up by the 25th of the month
• Health Savings Account (HSA)– A tax savings account for employees enrolled in a High Deductible Health Plan. You can put money into this account to pay for certain out-of-pocket health care costs
• Plan is administered through Discovery Benefits
• Eligibility begins 1st of the month following date of hire, if you sign up by the 25th of the month
• Must be enrolled in the UHC HDHP/HSA medical plan with SkySlope to be eligible
• SkySlope contributes $300 to an individual HSA and $600 to a family HSA
• 401(k) Plan – Company will match $0.50 on each $1.00 contributed up to the first 6% of eligible earnings
• Plan is administered through Principal
• Eligibility begins first pay date after 90 days of employment
• Auto-enrollment after eligibility at 3% of gross annual earnings
• Defer between 1% and 40% of eligible contribution
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan - Company match equal to 33.3333% of dollars contributed to the plan, based upon the average purchase price for the quarter.
• Plan administered through Fidelity
• Eligibility begins first pay date after 90 days of employment
• May contribute after-tax dollars from 3% to 15% of base earnings
• Paid Time Off (PTO) – Company provides 120 hours (equivalent of 15 days) of PTO for new hires
• PTO accrual begins after 90 days of employment
• 16 Paid Holidays
• 11 observed, 5 floating (used for personal holidays)
• List of observed holidays published annually
• Eligibility begins on your first day of employment
• Bereavement Leave – Company will provide you with the following off to grieve the loss of a loved one.
• 5 paid days of leave for an immediate family member. This is a spouse, child, parent, grandparent.
• 1 paid day of leave for a close non-family member.
• Discounts through Fidelity - Purchasing discounts for wireless, car rentals, hotels and more…
• Pet Insurance through Nationwide- 50%, 70% reimbursement plans available through Nationwide with options for wellness. SkySlope contributes $20 a month, per pet, up to 2 pets towards the cost of the plan
• Paid Parental Leave - All full-time regular employees are eligible for SkySlope’s Paid Parental Leave program, which provides employees with up to six (6) weeks of pay following the birth or placement of a new child. Paid Parental Leave must be taken within the first 6 months of the birth or placement of a new child. Employees will be paid at their regular rate of pay based upon their normal work schedule, up to a maximum of forty (40) hours per week.
• Dayforce Wallet- All full-time regular employees will have access to sign up for Dayforce Wallet. Dayforce Wallet is a program provided by our payroll provider that allows employees to access their pay on-demand as soon as it is earned, without waiting for their standard payday.
• Waldorf University discounts and perks- 10% off tuition for employees and their families, free text books, and scholarship opportunities available
• Child Literacy Assistance Program discount- Discounted annual membership to Luminous Minds, an online resource center created to help with child literacy struggles. $85 for 1 year membership as a SkySlope Employee.
• $1,000 Employee Referral bonuses- SkySlope will give every referrer $1,000 (post-tax) after a referee passes their 90 day mark.
• In addition to the above you also receive other perks like our Annual Employee Appreciation Day and additional internal company events.

EEO STATEMENT

SkySlope, is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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