Location: Richmond,VA, USA
Short Description: This is REPLACING: 743884 VSP - Scrum Master MAX VENDOR RATE: *** *Candidate MUST be comfortable interviewing ON SITE Complete Description: SCRUM MASTER - Collaborate with various product owners and teams to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into requirements - Provide collaboration, facilitation, leadership and coaching, supporting the Scrum Team and the scrum process. - Coordinate Agile Ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Refinement, and Release Planning - With your team, define the vision for the team, creating the product road map based on this vision - Aid the product owner in managing the product backlog and prioritizing based on the changing requirements and project timelines if needed. - Establish an environment where the teams can be effective and helps removing obstacles. - Protect the team from outside interruptions and distractions. - Ensure a good relationship between the team and product owner as well as others outside the team. - Exemplify a Lean-Agile mindset through servant leadership. - Anticipate challenges, identify risks, and recommend mitigations and solutions. - Track and report team velocity and other project metrics. - Support changes and promote continuous improvement that helps increase productivity of the Scrum Team. - Collaborate effectively with the product owners and end-users to deliver business value. - Ensure the teams are practicing core Agile principles and adhering to VSP agile standards. Required Knowledge and Skills: - Thorough understanding of Agile software development life cycle and hands on experience working with development teams. - 5-10 years of practical experience serving as Scrum Master with a solid comprehension of Agile values, principles, methodologies, and the development lifecycle. - Ability to identify cross-team dependencies and align work optimally. - Ability to work with customers, understand their business practices and manage their expectations. - Ability to set clear performance standards and hold team members accountable, while keeping team engaged and on track. Track progress of team performance utilizing appropriate metrics and foster adoption of a high-performing Agile culture by working closely with the Leadership team. • Strong interpersonal/communication skills/mentoring skills/ servant leadership skills with proven ability to remove impediments from the team. • Ability to foresee potential conflict and bring existing conflicts to positive resolution. - Ability to balance the competing demands for quality, scope and schedule. - Ability to analyze and document business and system processes. - CSM Certification required. Pls upload under Reference tab in Vector to be considered. We will bypass your candidate if not uploaded at time of submittal!! PSM Certification desired