Scrum Master - Providence Partners, LLC

We are seeking experienced ScrumMasters to work with a company often ranked a best place to work in the area.      Seeking a servant leader with strong background in coaching and developing Agile best practices within their teams.

Job Responsibilities

• Facilitate your team(s) to practice agile values and principles.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of Scrum and best practices in the software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Ensure your product owner(s) and team(s) are using effective techniques to manage the product backlog and story definitions.
• Participate in a continuous improvement feedback cycle with customers and internal partners.
• Organize and facilitate daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, planning, and other agile event related meetings.
• Track and communicate team velocity and progress.
• Remove impediments that may obstruct your team(s) progress toward their delivery goals.
• Share information in a transparent and collaborative manner.
• Foster open and productive discussions to create better understanding and solutions.
• Resolve conflicts to help your team(s) work cohesively.
• Empower your team members.
• Use coaching skills to motivate your team(s) towards a common goal.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in a Scrum Master role for fast moving organization

• Excellent communication skills

• Inspirational and motivational leader

• Servant leadership = able to garner respect from your teams, lead and demonstrate value-add principles, and willing and able to get your hands dirty to get the job done.

Preferred Qualifications
• Scrum master certification
• Exposure to Kanban