Certified Scrum Master

Role : Certified Scrum Master

Location : Okemos, MI | Hybrid (minimum of 3 days a week in Okemos)

Duration : 12 months+

Primary Job Responsibilities :

1. Performs as a Scrum Master for 2-4 more teams.

2. Performs assessments at the team or train level.

3. Leads, develops or improves internal training courses.

4. Enables cross communication between agile teams by participating in, organizing, and facilitating the coach sync meetings.

5. Maintains and creates relevant metrics to gauge team progress.

6. Contributes to writing SM CoP yearly objectives.

7. Demonstrates mastery of servant leadership (Facilitation, Coaching, Continuous Improvement).

8. Focuses on improving team dynamics and performance. Helps the team manage interpersonal conflicts, challenges, and opportunities for growth. Escalates problems to management where necessary, but only after internal team processes have failed to resolve the issue; helps individuals and teams through personnel changes.

9. Facilitates the scrum ceremonies, removes impediments, acts as a buffer for the team from all outside distractions, and ensures that scrum rules are followed. Assists the team in staying accountable to their commitments consistently.

10. Prepares the team(s) for PI Planning events by calculating capacity and coaching best practices for WSJF (weighted shortest job first).

Minimum Qualifications :

• Five years of experience leading projects / developing or leading teams, three of those years must have been as a Scrum Master.
• SP, SSM / CSM, SPC, and SASM certification preferred.
• Position requires a bachelor's degree in computer science or information systems and five years of information technology experience.