HIRING - Scrum Master I - Chicago IL

Job Title: Scrum Master I
Location: Chicago IL
Duration: Long-Term Contract

Rate: $70-75/Hour on C2C - Slightly Negotiable

Additional Skills: Scrum Master, Agile Coaching, Jira, Tfs

Role Proficiency:

• Partner with two to three business and technology teams to plan and execute their tactical and strategic work; delivering the vision of the business.
• Coach mentor and train multiple teams to deliver quality products and services. Work experience with scale.

Outcomes:

• Collaborate with Product Owners and multiple product teams with varying levels of Agile maturity to define product goals backlogs and roadmaps
• Team coordination: Ensure teams operate with agreed team cadence. Provide support to help teams reflect learn and improve on their Agile practice
• Dependency coordination: Work with teams to identify and manage interactive dependencies within a complex systems environment
• Track and manage team Visual Management Boards: Help teams to maintain their team data and collateral; keeping relevant over time to changing needs of the business
• Continuous improvement: Provide mentoring support to Product Owners and team members to refine their understanding of Agile practices
• Support Product Owners in each team to engage inform influence and negotiate with stakeholders; using product backlogs (prioritized based on value) as the basis for discussions.
• Act as a role model for Scrum Masters and Agile champion. Contribute to expanding the understanding and practice of Agile principles and values throughout the entire organization
• Work with the teams to identify and mitigate impediments and risks to the program
• Lead the teams through Agile training and enablement sessions.
• Experience working at scale as a Scrum Master for squads that operate following scaling operating models (programs tribes portfolios release trains etc..)

Measures of Outcomes:

• Percent of increase in Agile maturity as defined by the maturity tools i.e. adoption of Agile practices and participation within the team
• Percent of achievement in OKRs or KPIs as defined for project / program
• Number of contributions to Scrum Master guilds to improve Agile adoption; creating sustainability

Outputs Expected:
Change Agent:

• Facilitate team events to drive Agile practices (e.g. daily stand up sprint planning sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives).
• Conduct regular check-ins with all team members to provide performance feedback and offer coaching and mentoring
• Create and maintain team metrics to monitor and measure teams performance (e.g. Velocity Burndown CFD’s cycle time etc)
• Coach the team the product owner and business stakeholders on Agile practices and processes (e.g. methodology acceptance criteria user stories estimation etc.)
• Provide training to the team on Agile concepts various practices and frameworks as required
• Effectively use a variety of collaboration tools (e.g. Mural Miro MS Teams Zoom etc) to stimulate collaboration and transparency
• Work closely with all teams in prioritization and planning new improvements initiatives.
• Apply quantitative management skills (e.g. using metrics to perform root-cause analysis while implementing action items for continuous improvement)
• Coach mentor and train junior Scrum Masters and new Product Owners.
• Schedule and deliver Agile related training to the organization.

Skill Examples:

• Understand the business requirements and interact with SMEs at various stages of development
• Understand the customer's technology landscape and requirements
• Identify improvements for the release management process release schedule and plan
• Understand RACI Matrix and Governance Framework for related projects
• Promote continuous knowledge management
• The ability to cut through unnecessary work and focus only on the essentials
• Exhibits sound judgment under pressure with the ability to remain calm under stress
• Possesses motivation and coaching skills; guiding and supporting teams throughout a project
• The ability to think and make decisions quickly in rapidly changing circumstances
• A true Servant leader with the relevant skills and competencies
• The ability to work with challenging clients and stakeholders
• Demonstrate conflict resolution skills to effectively facilitate the team business stakeholders and project delivery.

Thanks & Regards,

Karthick Ashok Recruitment Executive Phone:  +1 (405)-920-1668; Email: karthick@xyant.com Website:  www.xyant.com