Scrum Master

We are a technology services company that puts people before technology. Yes, we have deep experience consulting, implementing solutions, providing managed services and staffing engagements. But we believe that, by focusing on relationships, we are better able to improve people’s experiences and lives through technology.

Technology is at its best when it complements our natural abilities and enhances our interactions. Which is why we say that, at Prosum, we make technology human.

Responsibilities include:

• Act as a servant leader to the scrum team

• Removing impediments for the scrum team to ensure maximum productivity

• Effectively organizing and running scrum ceremonies including daily standup, sprint planning, sprint review, retrospective, and backlog refinement

• Coaching teams in Agile principles and practices

• Becoming an active participant in Agile communities of practice by sharing Agile expertise and best practices

• Tracking and articulating organizational impediments to program leaders

• Building a solid working relationship with the product owner team

• Identifying, managing and (when appropriate) escalating cross-team dependencies, challenges and issues

• Tracking sprint and scrum team progress through burn-down charts, Kanban and other metrics

• Facilitating retrospective sessions and introduce new and different retrospective techniques to keep team members engaged

• Managing workflow and updates in Jira

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, business or related field

• 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master

• Extensive knowledge of technology concepts, strategies, methodologies, architectures and technical standards

• Experience with Agile at scale in large enterprise organizations

• Scrum Alliance or Scrum.org certifications

• Superior mentoring, analytical, problem solving, and communication skills

• Experience with Jira and Agile Craft a plus

• Experience with SAFe, certification a plus

• Experience working with distributed teams a plus

Additional Information

This is a long term contract opportunity