Scrum Master

Role : Scrum MasterThis position will be responsible for supporting Agile Teams during the planning, developing, testing, and release of value to our customers by employing agile practices and lean principals within a scaled agile framework. The essential functions of this role are as follows:Provide agile and lean coaching to Agile Team and other professionals in ITS with the intent of building a generative culture.Help Agile Teams implement changes in approach processes, policies, and procedures.Mitigate blockers that prohibit development or testing during increments by engaging the correct resource(s) that can resolve blockers.Provide independent voice during planning and refinement to ensure that Agile Team understands work as defined by customer’s acceptance criteria.Ensure that Agile Teams and customer stay within scope as defined in acceptance criteria during increments.Ensure that requests for changes in work during increment are discussed during problem-solving workshop with customer and ITS and the impact to development and testing during the increment is minimized.Lead daily stand-up meetings and other meetings, such as an Inspect & Adapt meeting.Ensuring ITS processes, policies, and procedures are followed.System Thinking: Coaches teams to incorporate system-level quality checks (e.g., security, scalability, performance, etc.) before declaring work “done”. Understands how to identify wasteful processes and proactively applies lean principles to improve processes to eliminate waste. RCA needs to be performed after a problem or incident has occurred.Developing Metrics: Adept at producing team artifacts, such as Burnup/Burndown Charts, Cycle time, Lead Time, Impediment Boards, etc., and radiating them to the organization. Uses structured processes, e.g., team assessments, to help the team continuously improve their processes, quality, and craftsmanship.Change Management: Leverages metrics to determine if team experiments were successful; inspects and adapts accordingly. Understands that change is a catalyst to drive the product and teams forward. Team outcomes reflect this understanding.