Overview: As a Mid-level Scrum Master, you'll play a pivotal role in fostering high-performing software teams and driving the effective implementation of Scrum methodology within the organization. Your responsibilities will include coaching, addressing impediments, facilitating Scrum ceremonies, and contributing to the continuous improvement of Agile practices.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Facilitate all the scrum ceremonies including Sprint planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint review, Sprint retrospective and refinement meeting as well.
- Ensure the ticket meets the definition of ready and definition of done.
- Assist the product owner with measuring the team’s velocity and other sprint metrics
- Provide guidance on metrics gathering and coordinate metrics sharing with leadership.
- Support the advancement of Agile practices within the organization.
- Ensure adherence to Scrum best practices, and guidelines.
- Help the team members to remove blockers that are preventing them to meet the sprint commitments.
Required Skills:
- Experience: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Technology or related field.
- 3 to 5 years of experience in a Scrum role within software development teams. Strong leadership capabilities with the ability to influence team outcomes.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and development tracking software (e.g., Jira).
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to understand and convey technical information effectively.
- Experience in conducting Scrum ceremonies.
- Experience in working with distributed or remote teams.
- Report the team’s performance metrics and ensure continuous improvement in the delivery
Preferred Skills:
- Experience in coaching and mentoring team members.
- Knowledge of additional Agile frameworks such as Kanban or Lean.
- Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
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