Role: Scrum Master

Location: Fort Worth TX (Only Local)

Project description

The customer is looking for a Scrum Master

Responsibilities

• Optimize the flow of value from idea generation to release.
• Coach your team(s) to create high-value items, while eliminating or reducing rework and waste in the process.
• Promote transparency on barriers to change and progress; remove or seek assistance in addressing impediments and opportunities.
• Enable your team(s) to practice Professional Scrum and other frameworks/techniques that drive agility.
• Cultivate a habit of continuous learning (from prior increments, retrospectives, etc.),
• continuous experimentation, and continuous improvement to reach a high-performing state.
• Coach your team(s) to understand the "why" and practice new ways of working.
• Serve as internal trainers contributing to the learning and development of one or more team(s).
• Coach Engineering and Product team with techniques for establishing empirical product
• planning, maintaining a healthy Product Backlog, and gathering complete product
• requirements to ensure no gaps exist.
• Maintain, share, and promote information radiators that enable inspection and adaptation.
• Coach teams to self-organize and facilitate events, as necessary.
• Provide delivery leadership by ensuring proper execution of work items, proactively removing
• roadblocks, and collaborating with stakeholders to meet commitments.

Skills Must have

• Top 3 Mandatory Skills and Experience:
• Agile Coaching & Facilitation
• Ability to promote transparency within the team and stakeholders.
• Skilled at enabling and coaching teams to adopt new ways of working, fostering autonomy and self-organization.
• Delivery Leadership and Process Optimization
• Strong project management skills to ensure proper delivery of work items, including leading the team, gathering detailed information, and proactively removing roadblocks.
• Expertise in reducing rework and waste through continuous improvement practices.
• Product Ownership Support
• Experience coaching and assisting Product Owners in creating product increment plans and maintaining a healthy backlog.
• Ability to help Product Owners gather product requirements, validate completeness, and identify gaps early to prevent issues downstream.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 6+ years of relevant work experience in an agile environment.
• Experience coaching agile methodologies to team and stakeholders.
• Skills and knowledge of servant leadership, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
• Proven ability to promote a team environment and collaborate cross-functionally.
• Experience driving adoption of Agile methodologies, processes, and tools in a cross-functional organization.
• Superior analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience with continuous integration/delivery.
• Participation in scaled agile frameworks.
• Scrum Master Expertise: Hold a recognized Scrum certification (e.g., CSM, PSM, or SSM) and demonstrate strong experience in using Agile frameworks to manage work queues and adapt to unpredictable tasks.