Engagement Type

Contract

Short Description

This is REPLACING: 743884
VSP Scrum Master


*Candidate MUST be comfortable interviewing ON SITE

Complete Description

SCRUM MASTER

• Collaborate with various product owners and teams to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into requirements
• Provide collaboration facilitation leadership and coaching supporting the Scrum Team and the scrum process.
• Coordinate Agile Ceremonies such as Sprint Planning Daily Standups Retrospectives Sprint Demos Story Refinement and Release Planning
• With your team define the vision for the team creating the product road map based on this vision
• Aid the product owner in managing the product backlog and prioritizing based on the changing requirements and project timelines if needed.
• Establish an environment where the teams can be effective and helps removing obstacles.
• Protect the team from outside interruptions and distractions.
• Ensure a good relationship between the team and product owner as well as others outside the team.
• Exemplify a LeanAgile mindset through servant leadership.
• Anticipate challenges identify risks and recommend mitigations and solutions.
• Track and report team velocity and other project metrics.
• Support changes and promote continuous improvement that helps increase productivity of the Scrum Team.
• Collaborate effectively with the product owners and endusers to deliver business value.
• Ensure the teams are practicing core Agile principles and adhering to VSP agile standards.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Thorough understanding of Agile software development life cycle and hands on experience working with development teams.
• 510 years of practical experience serving as Scrum Master with a solid comprehension of Agile values principles methodologies and the development lifecycle.
• Ability to identify crossteam dependencies and align work optimally.
• Ability to work with customers understand their business practices and manage their expectations.
• Ability to set clear performance standards and hold team members accountable while keeping team engaged and on track.
  
  Track progress of team performance utilizing appropriate metrics and foster adoption of a highperforming Agile culture by working closely with the Leadership team.

Strong interpersonal/communication skills/mentoring skills/ servant leadership skills with proven ability to remove impediments from the team.

Ability to foresee potential conflict and bring existing conflicts to positive resolution.

• Ability to balance the competing demands for quality scope and schedule.
• Ability to analyze and document business and system processes.
• CSM Certification required. Pls upload under Reference tab in Vector to be considered. We will bypass your candidate if not uploaded at time of submittal!!
  
  PSM Certification desired

Required/Desired Skills

Skill Required/Desired Amount of Experience Practical experience serving as Scrum Master with a solid comprehension of Agile values principles methodologies and the development Required 10 Years Thorough understanding of Agile software development life cycle and hands on experience working with development teams. Required 7 Years Coordinate Agile Ceremonies such as Sprint Planning Daily Standups Retrospectives Sprint Demos Story Refinement and Release Planning Required 7 Years Track progress of team performance utilizing appropriate metrics and foster adoption of a highperforming Agile culture work closely with leadership Required 5 Years Provide collaboration facilitation leadership and coaching supporting the Scrum Team and the scrum process. Required 10 Years Ability to analyze and document business and system processes Required 7 Years CSM Certification required (pls upload under Reference Tab) Required 0 PSM Certification preferred Desired 0

Questions

Description Question 1 Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement Question 2 Please list candidates email address. Question 3 Can the candidate pass a background check that includes a fingerprint based criminal history check driver check and credit check Question 4 Please list city/state where candidate is located. LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY!!! Question 5 Is your candidate willing to interview AND work ONSITE If not DO NOT SUBMIT!!! Question 6 CSM Cert required. Pls upload a copy of this cert under the Reference tab in Vector for your candidate to be considered. We will not consider them without this!