Scrum Master

• Coaching: Working with teams to institute, practice, and adopt Scrum and Agile techniques. Identify and introduce opportunities for the team to improve through coaching and questioning.
• Mentoring: Serve as a mentor to Scrum Masters, Product Managers and other Agile leaders with an aim to make Agile techniques successful, resilient and permanent.
• Training: Collaborate to develop Agile training materials, newsletters, and support communities as they relate to Agile practices. Provide Agile and role-specific training (group and one-on-one) for management, team members, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters.
• Observing / Assessments: Observe program and team activities (e.g., sprint, release, and roadmap planning) and provide constructive feedback to teams and leads. Critical impediments and non-adherence to the Agile core principles should be brought to leadership attention immediately.
• Process Adherence: Work with the teams to ensure adherence to the defined Scrum processes and framework (status reporting, compliance, estimation).
• Tool Adherence: Work with the teams to ensure the appropriate tools are being leveraged and enterprise practices are being followed to enable consistency and metrics where needed.
• Culture: Work with management and teams to strengthen our Agile culture.

Skills/Requirements:
• Experience in delivering Agile training and coaching in a transforming organization
• 5+ years of experience working in an Agile environment and experience with Agile development methodologies (i.e. Scrum, XP, Kanban, Lean, etc.)
• One or more Expert-level Agile certification(s) - PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), or other Agile related certifications a plus
• Knowledge and experience in Waterfall project management
• Experience implementing and continually improving Agile principles and practices, and coaching the customer on the recommended approach
• Strong written and verbal communications skills, including the ability to communicate solutions effectively to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Technical background with a deep understanding of modern DevOps practices preferred • Innovative thinking – ability to learn new tools and techniques and apply them to the program
• Experienced in Agile Thought Leadership