Scrum Master

• Collaborate with various product owners and teams to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into requirements
• Provide collaboration, facilitation, leadership and coaching, supporting the Scrum Team and the scrum process
• Coordinate Agile Ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Refinement, and Release Planning
• With your team, define the vision for the team, creating the product road map based on this vision
• Aid the product owner in managing the product backlog and prioritizing based on the changing requirements and project timelines if needed
• Establish an environment where the teams can be effective and helps removing obstacles
• Protect the team from outside interruptions and distractions
• Ensure a good relationship between the team and product owner as well as others outside the team
• Exemplify a Lean-Agile mindset through servant leadership
• Anticipate challenges, identify risks, and recommend mitigations and solutions
• Track and report team velocity and other project metrics
• Support changes and promote continuous improvement that helps increase productivity of the Scrum Team
• Collaborate effectively with the product owners and end-users to deliver business value
• Ensure the teams are practicing core Agile principles and adhering to VSP agile standards

• Thorough understanding of Agile software development life cycle and hands on experience working with development teams
• 5-10 years of practical experience serving as Scrum Master with a solid comprehension of Agile values, principles, methodologies, and the development lifecycle
• Ability to identify cross-team dependencies and align work optimally
• Ability to work with customers, understand their business practices and manage their expectations
• Ability to set clear performance standards and hold team members accountable, while keeping team engaged and on track
• Track progress of team performance utilizing appropriate metrics and foster adoption of a high-performing Agile culture by working closely with the Leadership team
• Strong interpersonal/communication skills/mentoring skills/ servant leadership skills with proven ability to remove impediments from the team
• Ability to foresee potential conflict and bring existing conflicts to positive resolution
• Ability to balance the competing demands for quality, scope and schedule
• Ability to analyze and document business and system processes
• CSM Certification required

PSM Certification desired