Scrum Master

Hello, Hope you are doing well. Job Title: Scrum Master Duration: 6 Months Location: Charlotte, NC Job Description: Responsibilities: - Know the Scrum Guide and apply its principles appropriately for your team to maximize their efficiency. - Observe the team’s Agile/Scrum maturity and identify needs for Agile/Scrum training. - Coach the Product Owner and team to create and estimate the Product Backlog. - Facilitate discussions between the Product Owner and the team on priorities and dependencies. - Review and update the daily Sprint and Release burndowns to measure velocity and predict release completion. - Continue to update and analyze capacity, velocity, and scope and maintain a Project Burndown. - Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning, Grooming, Sprint Reviews/Demos, and Sprint Retrospectives. - Skillfully facilitate discussions and know when to allow a deeper discussion to continue, when to cut the discussion off, or redirect the discussion to a parking lot for discussion with a smaller group. - Provide data such as the release burndown to the Product Owner and relevant levels of management to help them engage in data-driven decision making. - Ability to present to multiple levels of management and articulate the status of the project. - Keep an eye on team morale, and coach when necessary - Coach the team through adoption of the Agile Scrum process with positive and negative feedback. - Facilitate story development workshops. - Engage with management as appropriate to assist in removing organizational and systemic impediments. - Answer Agile Scrum process questions. - Determining communication plans and methods. - Cultivate a Scrum Master and Agile Scrum network. Experience: - 5 years as a Scrum Master  - Scrum Master Certification preferred - Experience guiding teams in leveraging Agile/Scrum practices - Proven ability to remove impediments  - Understanding of the basic fundamentals of iterative development - Strong business acumen, strategic thinking, and analytical skills. - Excellent spoken and written communication as well as receptive listening skills, with ability to present complex business ideas in a clear, concise fashion. - Outstanding organizational, interpersonal, relationship building skills conducive to team development. - Good relationship-building skills; ability to grow and nurture relationships with stakeholders. - High energy and passion for the job. - Ability to adapt, to be flexible, and to learn quickly in a dynamic environment. - Experience and familiarity with common Agile practices, including an understanding of ceremonies, product backlogs, burndown metric and velocity - Proven mentoring and coaching skills - Enhanced facilitation skills with the ability to lead and demonstrate value, as well as to resolve conflict  All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.