Job Description

Title: Scrum Master

Location: Blue Ash, Ohio (Initial Remote) || Locals only

Duration: Long term

Note: Must be located in Cincinnati- No in office requirements at this time, but it could be 2-3 days in office in the future

Required Skills

3+ years' experience as a Scrum master in a complex large-scale enterprise

Job Description

Immediate need for a Scrum Master with a strong track record of supporting eCommerce payment and/or accounting teams.


Ideal Candidates will have:

• 3+ years' experience as a Scrum master in a complex large-scale enterprise
• 3+ years' experience in an Agile environment in other roles, such as quality assurance, development, product owner, etc.
• Ability to coach and mentor the team to reach their highest potential; experience facilitating Scrum events and coaching on agile methodology
• Cross-functional experience supporting Agile teams operating in complex and cross-functional work across the payment's domain areas.
• Ability to work with all levels of the organization
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage milestones, looking for someone who is self-motivated and detail oriented.
• Ability to understand technical issues at a high level and communicate agile methodologies within the organization
• Strong ability to manage multiple agile teams
• 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
  
  

**Must be local to the Cincinnati area. **

This person will guide and facilitate a Scrum and/or Kanban team involved in a large fast-paced environment implementing complex technology for customer-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 timely delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Guide, coach and motivate the team with the goal of increasing productivity
• Passionate about Scrum, Kanban, Lean Thinking, Lean Startup, eXtreme Programming, SAFe, LeSS, etc.
• 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
• Coordinates activities with other teams across the domain and enterprise
• Partner with and support the Product Manager
• Participate in the Scrum of Scrums if applicable and partner with other Scrum Masters
• Coaching 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)

Thanks,

Kata Bala Nihar

US IT Recruiter

Cerebra Consulting Inc , 270 Lancaster Ave, Suite-D2, Malvern, PA 19355

Email balanihar.kata@cerebra-consulting.com

Phone| 8784256216, EXT:187

Website|

PARTNERS| Oracle | Amazon | Salesforce | Hortonworks | Cloudera | MapR

AWARDS| Philadelphia 100 | INC5000 | CIO Top 10 Oracle Providers 2018

Job Tags

Similar Jobs