Scrum Master

An Alten Company, Cprime is a global consulting firm helping transforming businesses get in sync. Cprime is the partner of choice for Fortune 100 companies looking to achieve value and agility. We help visionary business leaders compose solutions, execute implementations, and exceed against business goals. Our industry-leading software and services work in synergy to deliver transformations for our customers.

Description & Requirements

A Scrum Master helps support the development team and product owner in delivering incremental value each sprint for the products. They are knowledgeable in scrum and are able to educate others on Agile methodologies and practices. They remove impediments and act as a shield from external distractions. They create a safe working environment for the team and are an innovator who constantly seeks continuous improvement and builds higher performing teams.

Build and coach high performing teams.

Lead and manage all scrum related activities for your pods.

Facilitate the daily standup meetings which includes both verbal and email communications to collect and consolidate team updates.

Work across sprints to help facilitate capacity conversations and identify work that may be blocked due staffing/casting challenges.

Help organize, prep, and facilitate planning sessions & estimations for future sprints.

Mentor and develop new Associate Scrum Practitioners added to the group.

Look at key metrics such as sprint velocity, scope, flow and improve the overall pod performance

Flag issues/risks and other key actions that may need to interface with non-agile portions of the company

Manage and activate release plans

Ability to work with relevant engineering teams to ensure DevOps related activities occur as intended

Ensure teams actions are aligned with the project goals / vision.

Ensure Scrum practices are used and improved within and across teams

Identify trade-offs between short- and long-term benefits to drive shared vision between the team and product owner.

Foster a continuous learning environment helping teams to inspect & adapt

Facilitate large group discussions

Who You Are

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent; Masters preferred

4+ years of relevant work experience with Agile and Scrum

Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) or Certified Scrum Coach (CSC) (not required) Knowledge of relevant domains/products/journeys and track record in successful delivery

SAFe 5.0 Certifications are a plus

Design Thinking Certifications are a plus

Ability to promote innovative thinking and self-improvement within the team

Confident and skilled at guiding the team through organizational road-blocks to allow Sprints to be completed on time

Past software development experience would be ideal

Experience with Jira/Confluence is a must, Azure DevOps is optional, Miro or other similar whiteboarding tool is an advantage.

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