Scrum Master for Marketing Systems - Upwork

Upwork has partnered with an American worldwide employment-related search engine. They strive to put job seekers first, giving them free access to search for jobs, post resumes, and research companies. To continue with this mission, they are looking for a Scrum Master for Marketing systems to support our enterprise client.

As a Scrum Master, your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

- Enable the scrum team to see the big picture
- Keep the team organized, on track, and focused on what matters
- Act as a bridge between product management and development teams
- Coordinate execution dependencies with other project managers / Scrum masters
- Drive the collaboration, coordination, execution and delivery of multifunctional projects
- Clear obstacles and protect the team from distractions
- Own project setup (Charter, Plan, Team Structure, Wiki, Jira boards etc.)
- Mentor others on Agile standard methodologies and ensure scrum teams enthusiastically apply core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, accountability and visibility
- Collaborate with other managers on internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
- Partner with stakeholders, product managers, business analysts, engineering managers to plan releases and manage a healthy backlog
- Endorse and present appropriate metrics to sustain continuous improvement and drive scrum team excellence.
- Report on team progress, team status, risks and issues
- Work towards trusting and safe space where problems can be raised without fear of blame with an emphasis of healing and problem solving
- Coach teams and organization on how to use Agile practices and values
- Coach and empower teams on self organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks
- Purposefully advance your maturity as an Agile coach

 

Requirements:

- 5 years experience in Agile and/or Scrum methodology
- Experience running scrum ceremonies:
- Backlog Refinement
- Sprint Planning
- Daily Stand ups
- Sprint Review
- Sprint Retrospective
- Establish backlog
- Define pointing system
- Increase velocity or maintain an optimal velocity
- Managing day to day roadblocks
- Organize the individual scrum backlogs
- Embed with the co-development teams
- Enable transparency to stakeholders
- Jira experience highly preferred
- Traditional project frameworks
- Technically competent with various software programs, including but not limited to Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), Microsoft Projects, ServiceNow, SmartSheet and LucidChart
- Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products
- Excellent communication, documentation, planning, and collaboration skills
- Ability to perform in self directed role
- Experience with working in a support environment
- Experience working with agile teams using scrum or similar framework
- Strong verbal and written communication skills

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.