Sr Scrum Master

About the role

The AES Group is a premier technology staffing and services company with over 20 years of experience in delivering innovative technology solutions. We help enterprises, including Fortune 500 organizations, enhance customer engagement, empower employees, and transform operations through cloud, data, AI, and emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develops a clear understanding of projects within the program portfolio, leading scrum teams with a clear understanding of business and IT context, and developing an understanding of cross-program portfolio synergies and dependencies.
• Drives the Agile-driven segments of complex, cross-functional, enterprise projects, leading multiple high performing, and often globally distributed teams.
• Runs multiple scrum teams simultaneously.
• Mentors/coaches scrum teams on user story sizing and acceptance criteria definition, facilitates the definition of minimal viable product, and leads continuous refinement and prioritization of the product backlog.
• Establishes the scrum framework for the project and secures scrum team and management team working agreements.
• Drives development of the release and sprint roadmaps.
• Led sprint planning and task definition, sprint execution, impediment removal and tracking, sprint review, and retrospectives.
• Partners with project and release managers in production deployment activities.
• Ensures that Agile-related project reporting, such as burndowns and status updates, are relevant, transparent, and add value.

Requirements

• Minimum of eight years experience as a scrum master in an IT or software development setting.
• Scrum Master Certification required.
• Experience leading Agile scrum teams on complex, integrated platforms preferred.
• Bachelor's Degree required; Master's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, or Management preferred.
• Product Owner and SAFe Certifications are a plus.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of Agile scrum and other Agile methodologies.
• Proven success and experience with transitioning teams from waterfall to scrum in an enterprise IT environment.
• Clear understanding of IT program and portfolio management practices.
• Advanced skills in the MS Office Product Suite, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Skills

• Excellent leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to read the room and navigate strategic planning discussions and scrum ceremonies efficiently and effectively.
• Strong facilitation skills; ability to adapt approach to different types of engagements.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

Remote work option available.

Pay

Competitive compensation package based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

Full-time, remote position.