Job Description
Scrum Master
You must live in or near Charlotte, NC
No C2C's, please
Overview
We are seeking an experienced servant leader and coach to guide a cross-functional agile team in a dynamic, large-scale enterprise environment. The Scrum Master will facilitate a Scrum and/or Kanban team within a fast-paced program, delivering complex technology solutions for data integrations and engineering initiatives. This role drives the effective application of agile-based Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) practices, ensures adherence to agreed-upon agile methodologies, removes impediments, and fosters a high-performing team focused on continuous improvement, quality, and timely delivery.
Qualifications
- Proven Scrum Master experience in a complex, large-scale enterprise environment.
- Experience in agile environments in roles such as quality assurance, development, product owner, or agile coach.
- Deep knowledge of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures.
- Demonstrated leadership in coaching and mentoring teams to reach their highest potential, with strong team-building skills.
- Ability to engage with all organizational levels, from technical teams to leadership.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, collaborating effectively with diverse personality types.
- High-level understanding of technical issues and ability to communicate agile methodologies across the organization.
- Outstanding communication, organization, and time management skills.
- Proven ability to manage multiple agile teams, balancing priorities between project management, business, technology, and leadership stakeholders.
- Self-motivated, creative, and efficient in proposing solutions to complex problems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail.
Key Responsibilities
- Guide, coach, and motivate the team to enhance productivity and achieve business goals.
- Organize and lead Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, iteration planning, reviews/demos, and retrospectives.
- Manage scope, timeline, quality, goals, and deliverables to support enterprise objectives.
- Identify and remove impediments, or guide the team to resolve them independently.
- Foster a trusting, safe environment for raising issues without fear of blame, emphasizing productive conflict resolution.
- Facilitate discussions, decision-making, and conflict resolution to drive team alignment.
- Prepare and present progress and success reports to relevant stakeholders.
- Coordinate activities with other teams across the program, ensuring seamless integration.
- Partner with the Product Owner to support prioritization and backlog management.
- Participate in Scrum of Scrums, collaborating with other Scrum Masters to align efforts.
- Coach the team toward higher maturity at a sustainable pace, tailored to team and organizational needs.
- Organize and facilitate planning activities, including release planning, Potentially Shippable Increments, and iteration planning.
- Ensure adherence to agile SDLC principles, internal working agreements, and appropriate tools, standards, and best practices.
- Promote core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, accountability, and visibility.
- Track and communicate team progress and metrics to relevant stakeholders.
- Cultivate an environment of collaboration and creativity, empowering the team to self-organize and make appropriate commitments.
- Identify and eliminate distractions or impediments to ensure delivery against commitments.
- Challenge and enable continuous improvement through intentional, data-driven inspect-and-adapt cycles (retrospectives).
About the Role
This is an opportunity to join a leading enterprise as a Scrum Master, driving impactful technology solutions in a complex data integrations and engineering program. The role demands a proactive leader who thrives in fostering team collaboration, ensuring agile excellence, and delivering high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
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