Scrum Master

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Scrum Master for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Financial Services clients in San Francisco, CA, Salt Lake City, UT, Los Angeles, CA, Seattle, WA, or Portland, OR.

Responsibilities:

Facilitates and is accountable for leading the team through the agile ceremonies, including:

Daily scrums

Sprint demos

Retrospectives

Backlog Grooming

Sprint Planning

PI Planning

Guides the team to follow Agile/Scrum practices and daily activities to actively promote prioritization, team readiness, and commitment for each Sprint and Program Increment.

Coach the team to address any issues with the Agile/scrum process. Instill an "Inspect & Adapt" culture within the team.

Proactively removes impediments to team agility and guides the team(s) on methods to escalate when needed to prevent challenges from becoming blockers.

Protects the team from disturbances and conflicting priorities.

Manages team workload, reaches out to their managers or Product Management when needed to negotiate time.

Manages dependencies across other Agile teams, regularly working with the other scrum masters and Program Manager/RTE.

Works closely with the Product Owner, Product Analysts, and Solutions Lead in ensuring sprints are healthy and work is effectively delivered on by the team.

Owns the Jira project and handles the management of all issues in Jira for the team. Uses metrics in Jira, including burnup/down charts, release burndowns, and team velocity to assess team health and identify improvement opportunities. Uses Jira to tracks team and team-members' capacity based on tangible metrics.

Required Skills:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field or equivalent work experience

1 year's minimum experience as a Scrum Master in an IT or software development setting

Proficiency using Jira (managing scrum boards and generating metrics)

Demonstrated ability to coach individuals in a scrum team.

Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of explaining technical and project related information to stakeholders.

Proven ability to balance competing priorities.

Requires PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent certification.

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