Scrum Master Project Manager

360 IT Professionals; Eden Prairie (MN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative IT solutions provider in Eden Prairie is seeking an experienced Scrum Master to guide their software development teams. You will coach teams to effectively use Agile/Scrum practices, facilitate discussions, and remove impediments, ensuring that the teams reach higher levels of maturity. A minimum of two years of experience in a similar role and strong communication skills are essential. This opportunity lasts over 6 months and demands a passionate leader to drive team success.

Qualifications

• 2+ years as a Scrum Master for software development.
• Experience in applying Scrum principles effectively.
• Strong knowledge of various Agile practices.

Responsibilities

• Ensure delighting customers.
• Coach the team in Agile/Scrum practices.
• Facilitate decision making and conflict resolution.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Servant leadership

Conflict resolution

Facilitation

Communication skills

Education

First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I)

Tools

Rally

Job description

360 IT Professionals is a Software Development Company based in Fremont, California that offers complete technology services in Mobile development, Web development, Cloud computing and IT staffing. Merging Information Technology skills in all its services and operations, the company caters to its globally positioned clients by providing dynamic feasible IT solutions. 360 IT Professionals work along with its clients to deliver high-performance results, based exclusively on the one of a kind requirement.

Our services are vast and we produce software and web products. We specialize in Mobile development, i.e. iPhone and Android apps. We use Objective C and Swift programming languages to create native applications for iPhone, whereas we use Android Code to develop native applications for Android devices. To create applications that work on cross-platforms, we use a number of frameworks such as Titanium, PhoneGap and JQuery mobile.

Furthermore, we build web products and offer services such as web designing, layouts, responsive designing, graphic designing, web application development using frameworks based on model view controller architecture and content management system. Our services also extend to the domain of Cloud Computing, where we provide Salesforce CRM to effectively manage one’s business and ease out all the operations by giving an easy platform. Apart from this, we also provide IT Staffing services that can help your organization to a great extent as you can hire highly skilled personnel’s through us.

We make sure that we deliver performance driven products that are optimally developed as per your organization’s needs. Take a shot at us for your IT requirements and experience a radical change.

Job Description

Duration: 6 + months

Responsibilities

• Doing everything possible to ensure delighting customers
• Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers
• Guiding the team on how to get the most of out self organization
• Guiding the team on self organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks
• Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
• Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment
• Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving
• Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
• Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog
• Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example

What software tools/skills are needed to perform these daily responsibilities?

• Rally

Must Have

• Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least two years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory
• First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I)
• Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least one year for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory
• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
• Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach(example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc)
• Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc
• Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
• Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team
• Experience applying a wide variety of well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach(example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc)
• Previous experience as a team lead
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills

Nice to Have

Please list preferred Health Care Company facility, if other please specify i.e. remote work, rural, etc.

Additional Information

Unfeigned Regards,

Harmanpreet Singh Walia | Sr. Talent & Client Acquisition Specialist - TAG US | 360 IT Professionals Inc.