We are currently sourcing a Scrum Master to work at one of our clients' locations in Smithfield RI or Merrimack NH or Covington KY.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
You are a proven change agent capable of coaching agile practices to teams and individuals from across distinct functions, experiences, and geographies as they work through new and unfamiliar situations.
You are an effective facilitator and can brainstorm with the team to generate solutions that address challenges and roadblocks to accelerating value delivery.
You are intellectually curious and enthusiastic about learning new skills, and model a culture of continuous learning, mentoring, and coaching.
Working collaboratively with Workplace Investing product partners and chapter leaders to enable delivery of the squad's mission through well-executed sprints.
Accelerating overall squad performance, efficiency and value delivered by engaging within and across squads to find opportunities to improve agile maturity and metrics, and providing coaching, training, and resources.
Maintaining and updating squad performance metrics (e.g., burn-down charts) and artifacts to ensure accurate and clear feedback to the squad members and transparency to other partners.
Managing, coordinating coordination for, and participating in agile events (e.g., backlog prioritization, sprint planning, daily meetings, retrospectives and as appropriate, scrum of scrum masters)
Supporting adoption, and consistent use of enabling tools (e.g., Jira, Mural, MS Teams)
Organizing and presenting ideas and information logically and concisely to a variety of audiences, including both technical and non-technical individuals
Collaborating closely with the squad leader to plan and execute on the highest priority work as per the product roadmap.
Coaching and mentoring complex squads, regardless of size.
Participating in a community of practice and providing scrum knowledge to members of your product area and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement within the product area.