Scrum Master - Hybrid

Vxforward; Minnesota; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech consulting firm is seeking an experienced Scrum Master to manage Agile teams and facilitate effective collaboration. Responsibilities include coaching team members on Agile practices, managing the product backlog in collaboration with Product Owners, and ensuring successful delivery of projects. Strong experience with Jira and leadership experience are required. This role is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota on a contract basis.

Qualifications

• Experience with Jira.
• Strong understanding of story estimation.
• Strong leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage one or more Agile teams by providing effective collaboration and coaching.
• Provide leadership and conflict resolution for Agile team members.
• Coach Product Owners to manage and groom the product backlog.
• Work with business partners and vendors to develop Agile charter.
• Analyze team processes and coach best practices for efficiency.

Skills

Jira

Story estimation

Leadership

Job description

Overview

minneapolis , Minnesota Contract Apr 16, 2023

VXForward has a great opportunity for a Scrum Master with one of our clients.

Responsibilities

• Manage one or more Agile teams by providing effective collaboration, facilitation, leadership, and coaching to support the teams with the agile development process and the delivery of product teams. Organize and facilitate Backlog Grooming, Collaboration Charter, Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, Release planning, and Retrospectives.
• Provide leadership and conflict resolution for Agile team members and cross commit partners to ensure business product deliverables are met. Help coach team members on best Agile practices and problem-solving using Agile principles. Remove impediments and identify potential process improvements to help the team deliver at a higher level.
• Coach Product Owners to develop, manage, and continuously groom the team’s product backlog. Partner with Product Owner to pull information for team velocity and sprint/release progress on initiatives, so that informed decisions can be made around prioritization of backlog. Assist Product Owner with reporting for how the initiatives are going pertaining to the product roadmap.
• Work effectively with business partners, vendors, technology, and Scrum Master peers to develop Agile charter and ensure agreement/adoption of product/project working agreements and goals for the team. Utilize all members to help identify potential work for the product backlog for the project/product team.
• Analyze team processes and utilize team retros to coach best practices, so teams can be more efficient and effective. Look for potential improvement to help the team move faster.

Qualifications

• Experience with Jira
• Strong understanding of story estimation
• Experience managing project budget and finances
• Strong leadership experience
• Pega experience (preferred)
• Banking/Financial institution experience (preferred)