*Title: Scrum Master* *Location: Cincinnati, OH*
*Length: 6 Months+* Provide servant-leadership and mentorship to a cross-functional agile team. This position will guide and serve teams that deliver technology solutions, through effective application of the Lean/Agile principles and frameworks including Scrum, Kanban Method, and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Role model and demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety of others. Facilitate team organization and ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily scrums/stand-ups, sprint/iteration reviews/demos, retrospectives. Coach team members on the Agile values and principles such as collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and transparency. Identify and remove any impediments/distractions that interfere with the team’s ability to deliver against their commitments. Facilitate the creation and adoption of working agreements and definitions of done, including use of appropriate tools, standards and best practices. Ensure the team is tracking and communicating team progress and metrics to the appropriate audiences. 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. Challenge and enable the team to continuously improve through intentional Lean and data driven inspect and adapt cycles (retrospectives). Recommend improvements and assist in changes to best practices where appropriate. Ensure that the Kroger Application Lifecycle Management tools accurately reflect progress, knowledge, and the state of efforts of the team Provide reports and metrics as needed about team performance and productivity Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation. *Behaviors/Skills:* Some of the Behaviors needed to successfully perform this position are: Leadership Behaviors: Puts the Customer First - Anticipates customer needs, champions for the customer, acts with customers in mind, exceeds customers’ expectations, gains customers’ trust and respect. Communicates effectively and candidly - Communicates clearly and directly, approachable, relates well to others, engages people and helps them understand change, provides and seeks feedback, articulates clearly, actively listens Achieves results through teamwork – Is open to diverse ideas, works inclusively and collaboratively, holds self and others accountable, involves others to accomplish individual and team goals. Leads through positive influence – Demonstrates strong character; builds partnerships; models a conscious balance between work and personal life; takes personal responsibility for own development; role models leadership qualities such as motivation, inspiration, passion and trust. Coaches and develops others - Develops and cares about associates, builds effective teams, helps people be their best, values and manages diversity, provides candid and constructive feedback. Leads change and innovation - Challenges the status quo, embraces technology, puts forward creative ideas, champions and implements process improvements, gathers the ideas of others, demonstrates good judgment about which ideas will work. Executes with excellence - Is action oriented, drives for results, sets clear expectations and milestones, reviews progress, acts decisively, solves problems, can be counted on to consistently meet or exceed goals. Provides clear and strategic direction - Plans and organizes well, sets a clear and simple course of action, stays focused on the most important priorities, has the ability to visualize and plan for the future, understands the industry and marketplace. Safety Awareness -Identifying and correcting conditions that affect employee safety; upholding safety standards. *Minimum Position Qualifications:* Must have 10 years serving as an active Scrum Master. 3 years’ experience in a software development organization. Proven knowledge and practical experience of agile software development methodologies, values, principles, and practices Demonstrated leadership ability to coach and empower the team to reach their highest potential. Excellent team player and team builder. Ability to communicate and collaborate with personnel at all levels of the organization and with diverse personality types. Ability to work with minimal supervision in a very dynamic and time sensitive work environment. Ability to understand technical issues at a high level Must have exceptional communication, organization, and time management skills Must be "self-motivated" as well as creative and effective in empowering team members to propose solutions to complex problems Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a high attention to detail Ability to travel independently when required. Agile Certification (CSM, PSM) Thanks & Regards, Ramesh Kumar *Global **Associates Inc/ **Evoke Technologies* *||* 7106 Corporate Way* ||* Dayton, OH 45459 *||* *||*Phone: 937-877-5870 * ||* Fax: 937-312-1205 *||* || ram...@gassociates.com || rame...@evoketechnologies.com || || https://www.gassociates.com || https://www.evoketechnologies.com || -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "java-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to java-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/java-core/CAOxQX9K%2Bk907a5Lys4PzfaBCWSjoXadMxTFFHBGOz2RQTpYeKg%40mail.gmail.com.
