Scrum Master/Flow Master (on-site)

Nanosoft Consulting Talent Page; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in North Carolina is looking for a Scrum Master/Flow Master for an 11-month contract. Your role will involve coaching teams on Agile practices like Scrum and Kanban, facilitating events, and aiding in the transformation to Agile methodologies. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Agile values and practices, JIRA, and managing multiple projects effectively. This on-site position requires strong leadership and communication skills to foster a collaborative environment and ensure quick problem resolution.

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience in Agile methodologies (Kanban, Scrum).
• Hands-on experience with JIRA for monitoring progress.
• Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe events for Agile practices.
• Facilitate team collaboration to remove impediments.
• Gather requirements and assist with application design.

Skills

Agile values and principles

JIRA

Facilitation skills

Conflict resolution

Communication skills

Education

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Certified SPC or SAFe Agilist

Tools

MS Project

MS Excel

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

SharePoint

Job description

About the job Scrum Master/Flow Master (on-site)

This is an 11 month contract

We are seeking the services of an experienced Scrum/Flow Master to work in various Agile methods such as Scrum and Kanban, to move NC FAST towards approaches and frameworks such as SAFe. The Scrum Master or Kanban Flow Master coaches and advises the teams as well as leadership on desired agile processes, procedures, values, and interactions as well as opportunities for continuous improvement. This role aims to enable teams to become self-organizing, cross-functional, and accountable while assisting them to achieve their plans by facilitating Scrum/Kanban/SAFe events, removing impediments, and resolving issues outside of the team\'s control.

This resource will lead the planning and execution of development and delivery of efforts for one or more products to a high standard. Candidate must be coachable, and know how to work with Product Owners, Scrum/Flow Masters, Developers, and Stakeholders to execute and follow the Agile transformation strategies laid out by the Agile Transformation Coach and transformation team, work as a good team player to enable understanding, learning and behaviors in an Agile way that drives customer and business value while creating a healthy Agile team culture. This position will be responsible for managing and assisting with requirements gathering, design, development, and implementation of the Cúram (as well as Java) software application on n-tier infrastructure, interfacing with various internal and external applications on a variety of platforms.

This position will use Agile (Scrum, Kanban) principles to understand and execute the resolution of backlog items by working closely with the Product Owner(s) and the project team(s), ensuring deliverables reflect requirements, are effective solutions and are delivered with quality. This position plays a key role in resolving business and team conflicts with active involvement in technical matters, finding gaps and ensuring Product Owner involvement in business decisions and description of the business flow. This role must demonstrate a high level of expertise in understanding and estimating work effort, collaborating to refine prioritized backlogs, facilitating Scrum ceremonies or Kanban events, and related aspects of Agile methodology.

Responsibilities include turning complex business needs into user scenarios, flows, and diagrams, and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver value.

• Lead Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe events; coach teams and leadership on agile processes and continuous improvement.
• Facilitate team collaboration, remove impediments, and resolve issues outside the team’s control.
• Plan and execute development and delivery for one or more products to a high standard.
• Gather requirements, assist with design and implementation of the Cúram (and Java) application on n-tier infrastructure; interface with various internal and external applications.
• Work with Product Owners, Developers, and Stakeholders to execute Agile transformation strategies and foster an Agile culture that delivers customer and business value.
• Manage and assist with backlog items, ensure deliverables reflect requirements, and maintain quality.
• Resolve business and team conflicts, involve Product Owners in business decisions, and document business flows.
• Estimate work, refine backlogs, facilitate Scrum or Kanban ceremonies, and manage related Agile activities.
• Demonstrate strong facilitation and communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Apply risk and business impact analysis and reporting.
• Gain buy-in from stakeholders and manage data to derive insights about the portfolio.
• Demonstrate leadership, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills; practice just-in-time planning to move projects forward.

Experience and qualifications

• 7 years of experience in Agile values, principles, and practices (Kanban, Scrum) aligned with team maturity.
• 7 years of experience with JIRA to create/enhance dashboards, monitor sprint/workflow progress, and provide timely statuses.
• 7 years of hands-on experience with MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
• 7 years of experience working on multiple priorities and projects simultaneously without impacting quality of work.
• Experience working with stakeholders for backlog item prioritization, grooming, and understanding of epics/stories/tasks.
• Experience with work breakdown and estimation, sprint planning, monitoring progress, and removing impediments to deliver solutions for business needs.
• Strong experience using facilitation and communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong experience using risk and business impact analysis and reporting skills.
• Experience gaining buy-in and support from stakeholders.
• Experience managing, maintaining, and analyzing data to derive meaningful and actionable insights about the portfolio.
• Demonstrated leadership, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills.
• Experience with planning just enough, just in time to start moving forward.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or related certification.
• Certified SPC or SAFe Agilist in SAFe transformation (required).
• Knowledge of DevOps practices (highly desired).