RESPONSIBILITIES:

Kforce has a client in Hillsboro, OR that is seeking a Scrum Master.

Responsibilities:

• The Scrum Master operates as a team-based servant leader in service to the team's needs
• Ensures the team is practicing Agile principles
• Partners with, coaches, and supports Product Owner in managing the backlog to ensure it is properly prioritized and appropriately sized
• Facilitates all Scrum ceremonies (backlog grooming, planning meetings, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, demos)
• Establishes, tracks and communicates agile metrics (such as team velocity and sprint progress/burn down chart) to team, management, and any impacted stakeholders
• In this role, the Scrum Master facilitates alignment and assists Product Owner and Delivery Team with making appropriate commitments
• Identifies, removes and/or escalates risks, roadblocks, and cross team dependencies that are unresolvable by the team and interfere with the team's ability to deliver commitments
• Accountable for promoting continuous improvement by coaching the team to use metrics to identify and measure progress
• Participates with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization and cross-scrum collaboration on delivery execution
• Continuously learns new approaches to facilitation, agile best practices and how to improve team dynamics
• Scrum Master helps the Team to focus on delivery of high quality stories on a predictable, sustainable cadence