Scrum Master

Role & responsibilities

• Leads cross-functional teams to provide agile-based project deliverables and facilitates the team's work to accelerate delivery of business value by ensuring adherence to Scrum methodologies and processes.
• Facilitates internal and external communication, removes impediments, and serves as the intermediary between multiple product owners, managers, and team members.
• Using strong communication, facilitates the project team through the Scrum process of Release Planning, Sprint Planning for multiple product owners, Daily Scrums, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives in a fast paced environment with competing priorities.
• Sets the example for Agile methods based upon the designated principles and ensures they are understood and exercised consistently within the team.

Preferred candidate profile

• Skills / Knowledge - Having wide-ranging experience, uses professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways. Some barriers to entry exist at this level (e.g., dept./peer review). 
• Job Complexity - Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Networks with key contacts outside own area of expertise. 
• Supervision - Determines methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of other personnel (Team Lead). 
• Communication- Has expert communication, collaboration and facilitation skills. 
• Managing Multiple Priorities- Has expert time management skills to effectively manage competing priorities. Highly adaptable to changing environment and priorities. 
• Issue Resolution- Has expert negotiation and conflict management skills to resolve unusual and complex issues within and external to the team.