Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description:
Scrum Master
6-month contract (potentially longer)
Los Angeles, CA (after covid)
Local to Los Angeles candidates only
PI planning to occur in LA which will consist of 5 sprints
Possible Extension based on performance, budget and business needs
As a servant leader and coach, facilitate all scrum ceremonies for two scrum teams.
Guide and coach scrum teams on best use of agile practices with the goal of delighting customers with high quality software and delighting business partners with timely delivery.
Foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and relentless improvement.
Solve impediments for the team or report unsolvable impediments to the Release Train Engineer or other managers who can help with resolution.
Guide scrum teams through PI planning. Facilitate breakout sessions. Help the team sequence their work for an upcoming product increment and arrange their features on the program board. Coach the team to identify risks. Represent scrum teams for draft and final plan reviews.
Coach scrum teams to self-organize, lean in, and foster a culture of ownership.
Protect the team from being pressured to commit to unreasonable goals and from outside distractions.
Foster a transparent and safe team environment where team members can communicate openly and without fear.
Ensure the team creates and maintains Jira issues that accurately describe features and stories, includes acceptance criteria, and are up to date with proper status and all information that might be useful to both the team and program.
Accepts feedback (from coaches, managers, scrum masters or the team) as a gift that will enable them and their team to take one more step down the road of continuous improvement.
Work with RTE, POs and others to ensure team is meeting PI objectives.
Skills:
Minimum of 5 years of Scrum master experience for software development teams
Experience working in an agile environment using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) or other scaled agile model (if no experience, then a certification for one of the scaled agile frameworks)
Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
Experience leading distributed/virtual teams
Understanding of software development life cycle models as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices
Jira or similar tool agile tools.
Growth mindset, learning mindset, strategic thinking
Education:
Bachelor degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
Any SAFe certification, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) or Certified Product Owner (CSPO) a plus
Required Skills:
JIRA
RTE
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Contact: skhan@judge.com