Location: New York,NY, USA
Scrum + MAO 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 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 Client on 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 on grooming and maintaining the product backlog. - Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example. Skills/Experience: - Understanding of project execution lifecycle - One to two years experience in Scrum Master role for a software development team, 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 various Scrum approach techniques for filling in the intentional gaps - Applicable knowledge of retail commerce data technologies and Jira tool - Awareness and familiarity with Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Retrospective formats, Jira management, backlog grooming - Excellent communication and coaching skills.