Scrum Master - Cincinnati, United States - Insight Global

Description

Position: Scrum Master

Location: Cincinnati

Duration: 12-month contract to hire

Work Auth: EAD/GC/USC

Pay Rate: $50-70/hr (Flexible)

Must Haves:

• 2-5+ years' experience as a Scrum Master at a complex enterprise level company
• Flexible and adaptable with great communication skills
• Participated in Scrum of Scrums and managing multiple scrum teams
• Experience in an agile environment in other roles; such as quality assurance, development, product owner, business analysis or as an agile coach

Day to Day:

An employer is looking for a Scrum Master for a contract to possible hire opportunity.

An experienced servant leader and coach for a cross-functional agile team operating in complex and cross functional work across the In Stock program specifically focused on the Vendor delivery and Search spaces. The Scrum Master guides and facilitates a Scrum &/or Kanban team involved in a large fast-paced program implementing complex technology for business-oriented solutions, through effective application of the agile based SDLC (Software Delivery Life Cycle) and associated ceremonies, ensuring the agreed upon agile practice is being followed. Removing impediments and fostering a high performing team with a focus on continuous improvement resulting in quality and timeliness delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Guide, coach and motivate the team with the goal of increasing productivity

• Organize and lead Scrum ceremonies

• Oversee and manage scope, timeline, quality, goals and deliverables that support business goals

• Remove impediments or guide the team to remove impediments

• Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of productive conflict resolution and problem solving

• Facilitate discussions, decision making, and conflict resolution

• Prepare and present reports on the progress and success

• Coordinate activities with other teams across the program

• Partner with and support the Product Owner

• Participate in the Scrum of Scrums and partner with other Scrum Masters

• Coach the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization

• Organize and facilitate planning and coordination including release / Potentially Shippable Increments planning, iteration planning, daily stand-ups, iteration review/demos, and retrospectives

• Ensure teams are held accountable to agile SDLC (Software Delivery Life Cycle) tenants and their internal working agreements including use of appropriate tools, standards and best practices

• Promote and demonstrate core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and visibility

• Ensure the team is tracking and communicating team progress and metrics to the appropriate resources.

• Facilitate and enable an environment of collaboration and creativity

• Support and empower the team to make appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.

• Empower the team to self-organize around achieving their commitments

• Identify and remove any impediments/distractions that interfere with the team's ability to deliver against their commitments

• Challenge and enable the team to continuously improve through intentional and data driven inspect and adapt cycles (retrospectives)