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Please find below job description and do share me matched resumes to *sh...@saligrams.com <sh...@saligrams.com>* *Role: Scrum Master Iteration Manager* *Location: Columbus, OH* *Duration: 6+ Months* *Position is for a ScrumMaster on a standing team in Columbus on the Broadcasters team..Seeking someone with strong resource, project and financial planning skills. Exp with agile and scrum required. Understanding of Kanban and Lean (AM) preferred* Must have a solid understanding of Agile and Lean concepts. Leads and coaches an Agile standing team through all facets of the software delivery cycle. Facilitates SCRUMceremonies. Provides capacity and demand analysis. Coaches team on Agile and Lean concepts. Protects team from tasks that take away from delivery focus. Strong relationship builder. ********************************************************************************************************************************* An Iteration Manager leads standing development teams to deliver high quality working software through adoption of innovative best practices. The Iteration Manager works in partnership with project teams to deliver project objectives through structured planning and leverages appropriate delivery methods (agile, iterative, etc.). To improve quality and increase software delivery velocity, the Iteration Manager collaborates with various stakeholders, user communities and project teams to learn and implement best practices. They also perform peer-to-peer coaching, training and mentoring to improve process competencies across multiple standing teams. *Role accountabilities* 1. Continuously monitors team throughput and/or velocity to achieve iteration goals and commitments; leads the team to deliver high-quality software 2. Uses technical and functional knowledge to remove roadblocks within the standing team and identify any technical risks that might have an impact on the delivery (risks with architecture, design, patterns, performance, security, etc.); communicates obstacles requiring outside resolution to the Project Manager 3. Facilitates effort or design estimates with the team to support iteration, release and project delivery within the Business Solution Area (BSA) 4. Collaborates with the line leads to provide guidance to the team in the areas of analysis, design, development and testing, and ensures that best practices are leveraged 5. Helps to drive skill uplift through the coaching of team members 6. Ensures the team is ready to accept the work by inspecting the quality of functional requirements for release or iteration planning (business requirements use cases, stories, etc.) 7. Leads iteration planning collaboratively, works with the Business Application Owner or Business Lead to build and maintain a prioritized product backlog 8. Facilitates retrospective, daily standups and show-and-tell meetings — to encourage collaboration, communication and feedback within the team; promotes a learning culture in the team 9. Collaborates with the project team to create transparency into the standing team's activities and progress by supporting program/project risk, issue and change management, and status reporting 10. Drives team performance to deliver high-quality software by eliminating waste and fostering an environment of continuous improvement, including facilitating decision making, conflict management and protecting the team from outside forces and distractions 11. Continuously improves iteration management capabilities by identifying best practices, adopting consistent, standard work and coaching/pairing across teams *Recommended experiences* Undergraduate studies (bachelor’s degree or equivalent preferred) in business, management information systems, computer science or a related field. Technical work experience in the IT field. Understanding of Agile concepts, practices and values • At least eight years of technical work experience in the information technology field • Two or more years of experience working within an iterative software development environment • Two or more years experience collaboratively leading an agile software development team while possessing a solid understanding of Agile concepts, practices and values • Experience using tools like IBM Rational Team Concert, Clarity, etc. *Performance expectations for this role* *Agile management - * • Ensures that high-quality, secure working software is delivered with every iteration • Prepares and facilitates all iteration planning meetings • Removes internal roadblocks that prevent the team from reaching full velocity and escalates external blockers to the project team and stakeholders • Ensures that regular reflection of processes and practices occur via Retrospectives *Continuous improvement - * • Works with Application Development Leaders to establish clear team goals • Actively supports all retrospectives • Coaches team or secures coaching for the team to support continuous improvement activities • Demonstrates an understanding of Agile practices and works to evolve them • Shares best practices with peers (e.g., one-on-one, at best practice lunch and learns or via written publication) • Actively participates in a learning culture by allocating time to give back through continued learning and teaching • Contributes positively to continuously improving working software delivery *Delivery & execution - * • Coordinates and ensures the delivery of high-quality, secure code – on time, every time and with near-zero defects • Delivers according to project constraints and commitments • Advocates appropriate use of software delivery methods/practices within the team • Uses technical and functional knowledge to remove roadblocks (e.g., integration dependencies), identify technical risks (e.g., architecture, design, patterns, performance), drive working software, and understand and manage estimates • Uses technical and functional knowledge to facilitate the team decision making process and elicit decisions *Lean management - * *• *Continuously monitors team throughput and velocity, driving performance and continuous improvement waste elimination • Secures coaching, training and/or tools needed for the team to deliver on time • Leads or actively participates in Lean activities with the team • Manages skills at levels equal to, or greater than, those required for the • role • Quality metrics, analysis & tools • Coordinates the use of established standardized metrics and tools to support delivery models and capability improvement items • Identifies more efficient approaches to delivering working software through team enablement, execution, visibility or other means • Develops and improves usefulness and visibility of team’s competency measurements *Partner relationships -* *• *Establishes strong working relationships with leadership and collaborates with Business Lead/Product Owner Proxy • Communicates effectively with business customers about technology issues and topics • Provides proactive insight into delivery risks and issues to project team and stakeholders • Advocates for the appropriate use of methodologies and practices within business solution areas *Risk management - * *• *Identifies team and delivery risks proactively in real time; tracks and identifies timely solutions to resolve issues or escalates them, as appropriate *Thought leadership - * *• *Promotes an environment of sharing, exploration and collaboration among the practitioner community members and within the supported BSA • Leads or contributes to quality or waste elimination initiatives within a specific area (BSA, Nationwide IT, etc.) • Leads or contributes to the ability to deliver • Engages in activities to promote reusable processes and work products and build a common understanding across the practitioner community • Participates in assignments to build out common methods and drive consistency across the organization • Represents Nationwide positively when participating in industry activities • IT profession/leadership team involvement • Engages in and supports profession strategies and initiatives *Thanks,* *Shyamsundar,* *Saligram Systems Inc* *sh...@saligrams.com <sh...@saligrams.com>* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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