Contract Hybrid Senior Scrum Master at Nuware Technologies
Piscataway, NJ 08854
About the Job
The client is not sponsoring visa
seeking a Senior Scrum Master.IT’s a transformation from a waterfall to a product-oriented delivery model. The Senior Scrum Master will play a key role in implementing the long-term strategy across the business units, helping product teams deliver better products faster and more efficiently.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with the Product Owner and key stakeholders to ensure transparency in product delivery progress, challenges, and risks.
- Represent the team at broader planning and coordination sessions (e.g., Scrum of Scrums or similar forums).
- Independently lead the scrum team to improve collaboration and promote healthy interactions within the team and with external stakeholders.
- Provide mentorship to junior Scrum Masters and occasionally serve as an Agile Coach for low to medium-complexity Scrum teams.
- Champion the use of metrics and other objective measures by the team.
- Undertake daily follow-ups with individual team members to ensure the goals are being met.
- Maintain objectivity regarding issues and how to troubleshoot them by applying agile principles.
- Support team in determining resource allocations to maintain agile practices and ensure smooth value delivery.
Required Experience:
- Minimum of 7 years of experience as a Scrum Master.
- Proven track record of implementing agile techniques in different work cultures and environments.
- Experience leading product-based delivery teams of varying size and complexity, including in a scaled Agile organization.
- Strong skills for leading, educating, and coaching.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to lead and facilitate Scrum ceremonies.
- Proficient with Jira & Confluence.
- Experience working on teams with vendor resources is highly desirable.
Education & Certifications
- Certification as scrum master or higher. Scaled Agile certification is highly desirable.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, MIS, or similar degree.