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*Job Title: Sr. Scrum Master* *Location: Golden Valley – MN/ Basking Ridge – NJ/ Hartford – CT* *Duration: 6+ Months* *Job Description:* Scrum Master will be responsible for leading the agile transformation and for the successful execution of one or more value streams (Release Trains) to support the delivery of strategic technology products. The Scrum Master is a hybrid role that properly balances agile leadership and program management to help software development teams build and deliver solutions more efficiently. This role will heavily leverage the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to drive agile delivery within the release train. This position requires individuals who have previously been successful Scrum Masters and/or Agile Coaches on highly distributed teams, have led Agile/Scrum adoption in the past, and have experience in software delivery as well as those who can drive and influence change and effectively communicate with all levels of the organization. Applicants should have experience leading teams and people from a human resources and career development perspective as this position has potential for direct reports. *Scrum Master Competencies: * · Assertive: Must be able to ensure Agile/Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, must be able to be a voice of reason and authority, make the tough calls. · Attitude of empowerment: Must be able to lead a release train and multiple teams to self-organization · Attitude of transparency: Must desire to bring disclosure and transparency to both business and IT and grow to grow trust amongst partners · Collaborative: Ability to partner with others to achieve goals at various levels throughout the organization and lead others to do so by example · Communicative and social: Must be able to communicate well with all levels of the organization from Scrum team members to executives · Conflict resolution: Must be able to facilitate discussion at the release train level and facilitate alternatives or different approaches · Continual improvement: Must continually be growing ones craft learning new tools and techniques to manage oneself and a team · Enthusiastic: Must be impassioned and high-energy · Facilitative: Must be able to lead by example and demonstrate value-add principles to agile release trains · Flexible: Ability to shift to the role or tasks needed for each situational transformation. Ability to “get the job done” regardless of role definition. · Quick learner: Must be able to quickly gain a high level understanding of the technical and business domains of the scrum teams · Servant Leader: Must be able to garner respect from team and stakeholders and be willing to get their hands dirty to get the job done · Situational Awareness: Must be the first to notice differences and issues as they arise and elevate them to management · System Thinker: Must be able to analyze the entire software development environment *Key Responsibilities: * · Act as a Execution lead closely partnering with the Product Manager & IT Delivery Owner to guide one agile release train · Establish program level cadence and drive program level ceremonies (e.g. PI Planning, Product Management Council, Scrum of Scrums, release train retrospectives, HIP Sprint) · Work with other program leaders to drive the definition and refinement of the program backlog · Provide leadership, direction, and coaching to scrum teams and Scrum Masters · Ensure cross-value stream coordination and collaboration · Serve as an escalation for impediment removal for the Scrum Masters and scrum teams · Maintain metrics that provide visibility to stakeholders on program-level plans, progress and quality · Facilitate alignment dependencies between the program team and third parties, release managers, or between the team and other Scrum Teams · Foster a team collaborative environment that tears down silos between groups – act in a single voice · Actively contribute to the company’s Agile and Lean Community through participation in the internal Agile Community of Practice and Scrum Master Forums · Develop, coach, and mentor team members to advance their skills and career · Provide real time feedback to the methodology team based on experiences with software delivery teams · Work cross functionally to align strategy, methodology and execution · Be a change agent and foster a “learn by doing” environment *Required Skills: * · 8+ years of IT experience · 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, Product Owner or Agile Coach · 3+ years Project Management experience · 2+ years of leading people from an HR perspective · 2+ years of experience working on large scale, multiple scrum team projects · 2+ years of experience working on mixed methodology program (Scrum interfacing with Waterfall from a dependency perspective) · Experience acting as a Scrum Master for multiple scrum teams · Experience with Agile Management tools (e.g. Rally, JIRA, VersionOne) · Familiarity with common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and better development practices · Knowledge of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) structure and theories · Understanding of basic fundamentals of iterative development · Understanding of fundamentals of software development processes and procedures · Understanding of backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, and task definition · Understanding of incremental delivery and the value of metrics · Excellent English communication skills in written and spoken form · Bachelor's Degree in an IT related field Thanks & Regards, *Sampath | Sr. Recruiter* *IDEXCEL Inc*., 459 Herndon Parkway, Suite 11, Herndon, VA-20170. *Direct: 703-230-2635 | Fax: 703.880.7584* Email: *[email protected] <@idexcel.com>* | *www.idexcel.com <http://www.idexcel.com/>* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "American Vendor--IT Consulting" group. 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