Scrum Master

About the role

This job is a servant leader who enables teams to deliver the highest business value to their customers as effectively and efficiently as possible. They accomplish this by coaching and advising the teams as well as leadership on desired Scrum processes, procedures, values an, and interactions a, as well as opportunities for continuous improvement. The incumbent strives to enable teams to become self-organizing, cross-functional an, and accountable while assisting them to achieve their Sprint plan by facilitating Scrum events, removing impediments an, and resolving issues outside of the team's control.

This job is a servant leader who enables teams to deliver the highest business value to their customer as effectively and efficiently as possible. They accomplish this by coaching and advising the teams as well as leadership on desired Scrum processes, procedures, values an, and interactions a, as well as opportunities for continuous improvement. The incumbent strives to enable teams to become self-organizing, cross-functional and accountable while assisting them to achieve their Sprint plan by facilitating Scrum events, removing impediments a, nd resolving issues outside of the team's control.

Responsibilities

• Provide Agile coaching for Scrum teams to ensure the adoption and improvement of Scrum practices, processes, and desired outcomes;
• Establish a culture of self-organizing, cross-functional a, nd accountable teams;
• Help those outside the Scrum teams understand which of their interactions with the Scrum teams are helpful and which ones are not.
• Assist teams to identify, communicate a,nd resolve or escalate impediments and issues;
• Run interference for non-critical unplanned work that may prevent the team from completing their planned Sprint goal Schedulee and facilitate Scrum meetings including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum and Sprint Reviews to enable teams to plan and complete tasks based on the highest priority and the teams' available capacity.
• Utilize appropriate tools, metrics, and techniques to successfully guide the team's progress against the Sprint Plan
• Drive continuous improvement through the facilitation of team and leadership retrospectives, ensuring teams effectively prioritize, plan, and execute on improvement ideas.