Senior Scrum Master

Matlen Silver; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Matlen Silver is seeking an experienced Scrum Master to lead a cross-functional agile team across Security, Data and Networking domains as part of a cloud transformation project. You will coach the team, facilitate Scrum and Kanban ceremonies, remove impediments and drive continuous improvement in a large, fast-paced program delivering complex technology for business solutions.

The role requires servant leadership, strong communication, and ability to collaborate with all levels of the

Qualifications

• Proven Scrum Master experience in a complex large-scale enterprise.
• Experience in an agile environment across roles (quality assurance, development, product owner, or as an agile coach).
• Strong knowledge of agile software development methodologies and ceremonies.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to work with all levels.

Responsibilities

• Guide, coach and motivate the team to increase productivity.
• Organize and lead Scrum ceremonies.
• Oversee scope, timeline, quality and deliverables aligned to business goals.
• Remove impediments and guide the team to resolve them.
• Create a trusting environment with constructive conflict resolution.
• Facilitate discussions, decisions and conflict resolution.
• Prepare and present progress reports.
• Coordinate activities with other teams across the program.
• Partner with and support the Product Owner.
• Participate in Scrum of Scrums and collaborate with other Scrum Masters.
• Coach the team to higher maturity and sustainable pace.
• Plan and facilitate release planning, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, demos and retrospectives.
• Ensure adherence to SDLC tenants and internal working agreements.
• Promote collaboration, accountability and visibility.
• Track and communicate team progress and metrics.
• Foster collaboration and creativity.
• Empower the team to commit and self-organize.

Skills

Servant leadership

Coaching

Cross-functional teamwork

Agile methodologies

Facilitation

Communication

Mentoring

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

Contract: 06 months + Potential Extension

Payrate: $65-70/hr on W2

NO C2C, ONLY W2 ***Due to client requirements this role is only open to USC or GC and local candidates***

Job Description:

An experienced servant leader and coach for a cross-functional agile team operating in complex and cross functional work across the Security, Data and Networking domain areas related to transformation to the Cloud. The Scrum Master guides and facilitates a Scrum &/or Kanban team involved in a large fast-paced program implementing complex technology for business-oriented solutions, through effective application of the agile based SDLC (Software Delivery Life Cycle) and associated ceremonies, ensuring the agreed upon agile practice is being followed. Removing impediments and fostering a high performing team with a focus on continuous improvement resulting in quality and timeliness delivery.

Scrum master experience in a complex large-scale enterprise

Experience in an agile environment in other roles; such as quality assurance, development, product owner, or as an agile coach

Proven knowledge and experience with agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures

Demonstrated leadership ability to coach and mentor the team to reach their highest potential. Excellent team player and team builder

Ability to work with all levels of the organization

Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work collaboratively with diverse personality types

Ability to understand technical issues at a high level and communicate agile methodologies within the organization

Must have exceptional communication, organization, and time management skills

Strong ability to manage multiple agile teams and ensure a proper balance between PMO (Project Management office, business and technology teams and management)

Must be self-motivated as well as creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex problems

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Guide, coach and motivate the team with the goal of increasing productivity
• Organize and lead Scrum ceremonies
• Oversee and manage scope, timeline, quality, goals and deliverables that support business goals
• Remove impediments or guide the team to remove impediments
• Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of productive conflict resolution and problem solving
• Facilitate discussions, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Prepare and present reports on the progress and success
• Coordinate activities with other teams across the program
• Partner with and support the Product Owner
• Participate in the Scrum of Scrums and partner with other Scrum Masters
• Coach the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
• Organize and facilitate planning and coordination including release / Potentially Shippable Increments planning, iteration planning, daily stand-ups, iteration review/demos, and retrospectives
• Ensure teams are held accountable to agile SDLC (Software Delivery Life Cycle) tenants and their internal working agreements including use of appropriate tools, standards and best practices
• Promote and demonstrate core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and visibility
• Ensure the team is tracking and communicating team progress and metrics to the appropriate resources.
• Facilitate and enable an environment of collaboration and creativity
• Support and empower the team to make appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.
• Empower the team to self-organize around achieving their commitments
• Identify and remove any impediments/distractions that interfere with the team’s ability to deliver against their commitments
• Challenge and enable the team to continuously improve through intentional and data driven inspect and adapt cycles (retrospectives).