Scrum Master

Position Details:

Location

• Wilmington, DE
• 19801 (Hybrid) Title
• Scrum Master Pay range
• $60•68/hr Top 3 skills:

Agile Coaching:

Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile Agile Tooling:

Jira, Miro, Confluence, PowerBI, excel

Coaching Competences:

Communication, dependency management & risk management, coaching efficiency

OVERVIEW

Provides servant mentorship to multiple cross-functional agile teams through effective application of Agile principles and frameworks including Scrum, Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP). Strengthens understanding of effective practices, theories and techniques to support continuous improvement. Educates and coaches teams to create an environment that fosters self-organization, cross-functionality, collaboration, conflict resolution, transparency and continuous improvement. Visualizes, communicates and radiates team information to keep their work and impediments visible to stakeholders.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Utilize a broad knowledge base of agile practices including user stories, retrospectives, story mapping, Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD), continuous integration, pairing, information radiators, etc., to help create high performing teams. Encourage a continuous improvement culture for individuals within the agile teams, constantly discovering better ways of working, through transparency, collaboration, and retrospectives. Curate team-level coaching content used to guide teams regarding agile practices. Facilitate meetings with the teams for purposes of idea generation, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, problem-solving and alignment. Help the teams gain transparency into their workflow through appropriate use of information radiators. Address blocking issues that are beyond the teams authority, or require support from other teams, so the teams remain focused on achieving their goals. Work with other Agile memebers to increase the effectiveness of the application of Agile within the organization. Provide mentorship to less experienced Scrum Masters. Seek and host a variety of individual and team learning opportunities, such as communities of practice, conferences, meetups and classroom training. Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management. Design, implement, maintain and enhance internal controls to mitigate risk on an ongoing basis. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.

SUPERVISORY/MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

While not having direct management responsibility, the position manages activities through influence, accountability and ownership, functioning in an agile environment.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Bachelors degree and a minimum of 4 years experience as a member of an agile team, including a minimum of 2 years Scrum Master experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 8 years higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 4 years experience as a member of an agile team, including a minimum of 2 years Scrum Master experience.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE PREFERRED

Depth of knowledge in at least two technology team roles (project manager, user experience, business analyst, developer, testing, deployment). Prior experience fostering team self-organization and continuous improvement. Knowledge of Agile and Lean principles and practices. Experience developing/managing digital capabilities. Understanding of Design Thinking principles. Strong verbal and written communication skill The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, and paid holidays annually

• as applicable.