Location: New York,NY, USA
For one our long-term multiyear projects, we are looking for an Agile Scrum Master out of New York, NY (Remote till COVID).Responsibilities:- Doing everything possible to ensure delighting customers- Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers- Guiding the team on how to get the most of out self organization- Guiding the team on self organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks- Assessing 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- Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.- Building 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.- Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.- Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution- Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information- Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.- Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example.Required Skills/Experience:- First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I)- Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least one year for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.- 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)Preferred Skills/Experience (Any of these is a plus)- Second level Scrum Master certification (CSP, PSM II)- Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least two years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.- Excellent communication and mentoring skills