The scrum master will be primarily responsible for supporting Software development, upgrade projects, enterprise enhancements, security initiatives, and implementation, using agile methodology.
Job Responsibilities

• Organize Sprint Planning meetings, which includes reviewing the Product Backlog and collaborating with the Product Owner and the Core Team to identify user stories to be included in the next Sprint
• Conduct Sprint Review Meetings to review the scope and functionality delivered successfully in the previous Sprint
• Organize Sprint Retrospectives with the Scrum Team to improve process & techniques continuously
• Ensure the team abides by the SCRUM rules and guidelines
• Hold Daily SCRUM meetings to allow the Scrum Team to synchronize their work and communicate issues and road-blocks to the Product Owner
• Empower the Scrum Team, and shield the Scrum Team from outside influences and distractions
• Assist the Product Owner in maintaining the Product Backlog
• Work effectively as part of the Scrum Team to accomplish tasks and meet deadlines
• Establishing a sense of urgency to complete tasks in a timely, cost-effective manner with top quality
• Maintaining an exceptional level of customer focus centered on integrity and transparency

Required Skills

• Recent, significant experience as scrum master in an agile or Kanban environment on enterprise projects with different business owners
• Familiar with enterprise infrastructure and/or access management/security projects
• Experience working with dynamic, highly collaborative teams, requiring close consultation and coordination
• Experience within finance, insurance, or other highly-regulated systems environment
• Demonstrated ‘servant’ leadership skills
• Experience using leading Scrum/Agile/Kanban tools

Preferred Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems
• Certified SCRUM Master and/or PMP

Competencies

• Comfortable with leading meetings, focusing the team members on the task at hand and facilitating groups to reach consensus in a timely manner
• Can detect where a process is having trouble, draft impact analysis, propose resolution, review and implement in reasonable time period
• By listening to the customers, responds to their needs in a manner that provides added value and generates significant customer satisfaction
• Is dedicated to providing the highest quality services which meet the needs and requirements of internal and external customers
• Is committed to continuous improvement through empowerment and servant leadership
• Sees ahead clearly, can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately, has broad knowledge and perspective, and is future-oriented

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