Scrum Master

You will:

• Strongly serve and support the Product Owner and Development Team in their quest to do everything possible to delight customers
• Provide all support to the team using a servant leadership style and leading by example. This person should personify Scrum and Agile.
• Guide and Coach the Scrum Team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers
• Guide and Coach both the Scrum Team and the Development team on how to get the most out of self organization
• Guide and Coach both the Scrum Team and the Development team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks
• Assess the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
• Remove impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
• Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.
• Facilitate getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
• Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
• Support and educate the Product Owner, especially with respect to refining(aka grooming) and managing the product backlog.

You should have:

• First level Scrum Master certification (PSM I, CSM )
• Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least one year for a Scrum Team
• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
• Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach(example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc)
• The ability to distinguish between what "is Scrum" what is "not Scrum"
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills

Nice to have:

• Experience being on multiple Scrum teams in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes, different organizations, different cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc)
• Track record of continued and recent education in Scrum, including training, conferences, user groups, self study, etc.
• Knowledge of other approaches discussed in the Agile space: XP, Kanban, Nexus, LeSS, SAFe, Crystal, FDD, etc
• Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
• Experience applying a wide variety of well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach(example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs,etc)

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