Key Responsibilities:
- Establish, support and facilitate team level cadence and ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand up, retrospectives, backlog refinement, etc.
- Ensure the team adheres to Scrum practices and principles.
- Provide coaching and guidance to the team to support adoption of agile values, principles and practices.
- Provide coaching and support to Product Owner in maintaining and refining product backlog
- Support Product Owner in prioritization and forecasting of roadmap based on team velocity and stakeholder requests
- Support the team in establishing realistic and achievable delivery commitments while operating at a sustainable pace
- Remove impediments and protect the team from external distractions. Escalate in a timely manner as necessary
- Facilitate / support management of dependencies to ensure alignment of delivery
- Facilitate, encourage and support cross-team coordination and collaboration
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and high performance within the team.
- Act as a change agent and help to build and support a learning environment for continual growth/improvement
- Maintain metrics and data necessary to provide visibility/assessment on team maturity, progress, quality and value to stakeholders
- Participate in and contribute to internal agile communities of practices and/or Scrum Master Forums
Required Experience / Qualifications:
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent certification.
- Proven experience as a Scrum Master in an Agile environment.
- Strong knowledge of Scrum practices and principles.
- Experience with SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) and understanding of its principles and practices.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and conflict resolution skills.
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
- Detail-oriented, with strong organizational skills, able to work under deadlines in a changing environment, and ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to interact with executives, managers, subject matter experts, and product owners in matrix structure of product management team.
- Solid conflict management skills
- Extensive knowledge of IT concepts, strategies, methodologies, architectures and technical standards.
