Sr Scrum Master - Local to Atlanta GA

Location: Atlanta GA HYRBID LOCAL

Duration : 6 to 12 Months Contract

Need USC & GC Only

Experience: 10 years

Top 5 Must Haves: standing up new teams combining Agile with structured process use of Rally dependency management
Target Years of Exp: 10 Years of candidates

Job Description
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Lean/Agile Events Facilitation

• Facilitate contextual adoption of the Scrum Framework including daily scrum sprint planning backlog refinement sprint reviews & retrospectives and other related team and intrateam meetings
• Facilitate contextual adoption of Lean Thinking including visualization and continuous optimization of delivery flow using the Kanban Method
• Facilitate and participate in scaled events including crossteam planning delivery synchronization and systemslevel inspect & adapt
• Sustain and promote usage of information radiators for the immediate and dependent teams and broader organization

Planning

• Prepare and facilitate quarterly release and sprint planning with the product owner and the team
• Guide Feature and Storylevel refinement to the Definition of Ready in preparation for the next quarter and upcoming sprints
• Work with the team and Product Owner/Managers to maintain a healthy backlog and rolling short and midterm planning for upcoming releases
• Proactively track and facilitate feature and story level dependencies with other teams and trains

Team Support

• Able to put ego to the side and the desire to control the team by teaching and mentoring increasing levels of selforganizing behavior
• Engage the organization to remove impediments to the teams ability to perform by working closely with the team and stakeholders including product owners/managers leadership and other teams
• Support communication of delivery progress gaps and obstacles with a wide variety of stakeholders; coach product owners/managers to play an active role in stakeholder engagement
• Facilitate crossteam orchestration tracking and following up with internal and external dependencies
• Act as a buffer between external distractions and the focused environment the team needs to be effective. Where beneficial protect the team and minimize disruptions
• Forms and guides teams to high performance by helping the team navigate interpersonal conflicts challenges and opportunities for improvement and growth. Create and sustain an environment of psychological safety and trust among team members and between the team and the larger organization
• Works with team to cocreate and refine team working agreement definition of ready and definition of done
• Collect and share transparent team metrics with teams recommend new metrics for the teams context and foster continuous improvement conversations using metrics
• Encourages brainstorming creative thinking open minds equal voice and perspective sharing. Encourages the team to be confident and courageous thinking outside the box.

Advice and Guidance

• Coaches the team on Lean Agile and Scrum principles with a goal of continuous improvement. Able to subtly observe team dynamics recognize strengths and growth opportunities of individual team members and her/himself and invite team members into coaching conversations to inspire learning and growth.
• Promote teamwork to enable Lean flow of value and achieving sprint goals
• Participate in scaling Lean/Agile adoption throughout adjacent areas of the organization.

Job Requirements

• Candidates are ideally based in the metro Atlanta GA area
• 5 years experience applying both the Scrum Framework and Kanban Method in growing high performing teams as a fulltime practitioner
• Experience as a Scrum Master and/or Kanban Coach at an organization that is committed to LeanAgile as its core approach for delivering business value
• Experience and core values are our top selection criteria; however certifications help represent ones desire to build knowledge. Some certifications to be considered include LeanKanban Unversitys TKP Scrum.orgs PSM Scrum Alliances CSM
• Experience guiding Lean/Agile team journeys in the context of Enterprise Risk and Security services risk mitigation strategies
• Willing and able to receive constructive feedback and advice with a growth mindset
• Excellent written verbal and interpersonal communication skills particularly in a virtual video environment over Microsoft Teams
• Manages time extremely well can quickly sense when an issue needs to be discussed or triaged
• Ability to dive into the details when applicable ask probing questions with curiosity and sense when and how to take action to enable the teams growth