Scrum Master

  • Totowa
  • Amano Mcgann, Inc.
Scrum Master Job Description:
We are looking for an experienced scrum master to oversee and guide scrum teams. The scrum master's responsibilities include ensuring that development teams follow scrum framework values and agile practices, mentoring and motivating the teams to improve processes, facilitating meetings and decision-making processes, and eliminating team impediments.
To be successful as a scrum master, you should have a firm grasp of agile practices and the ability to effectively manage and mentor development teams. An outstanding scrum master should have excellent interpersonal, project management, and problem-solving skills.
The scrum master manages product and software development teams as a servant leader. They ensure that teams follow agile practices and scrum framework values. They work to increase team efficiency and provide motivation and guidance for process improvement.
Scrum Master duties include managing timelines, resolving problems, and coaching team members on Agile methodologies. As well as coaching teams to become self-organizing, flexible, and fully productive during sprints.
The Scrum Master will often work with Product Management, connecting them to the Scrum team and providing guidance on better cooperation. Their work ensures that every aspect of their work goes as planned.
Scrum Masters oversee project timelines and split up tasks, so team members are not overwhelmed with too many responsibilities at once. They even take notes during meetings to ensure essential information is shared with the right people.
Scrum Master experience and skills:
You should have exceptional knowledge of the scrum framework, with all its artifacts and techniques. You will also need the ability to coordinate people and projects (occasionally facilitating changes)
Scrum Masters have excellent communication and listening skills because they work with people and need to understand the needs of team members. They also must be experts with time management to ensure projects are delivered on time.
Responsibilities:
Using agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions.
Helping software development teams apply the Scrum framework.
Training, mentoring, and supporting scrum teams to follow agile values, principles, and practices.
Determining and managing tasks, issues, risks, and action items.
Monitoring progress and performance and helping teams to make improvements.
Planning and organizing demos and product/system testing.
Ensuring the proper use of collaborative processes and removing impediments for the scrum team.
Tracking project processes, deliverables, and financials.
Preparing and presenting status reports to stakeholders.
Planning deliverables and helping teams monitor performance.
Manage each project’s scope and timeline.
Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings, and daily stand-ups.
Coach team members in Agile frameworks.
Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration.
Work with product owners to manage backlogs and new requests.
Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint.
Help build a productive environment where team members ‘own’ the product and enjoy working on it.
Requirements and skills
3+ years of experience as a scrum master or in a similar role.
Degree in Computer Science, Business, or similar field.
Scrum master certification.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office products and Jira.
Familiarity with software development
Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)
Good knowledge of other Agile frameworks (Crystal, XP etc.)
Leadership and management experience.
Excellent communication and servant leadership skills
Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
Outstanding organizational skills