Job title:
Senior Scrum Master
Company
TEKsystems
Job description
Description:The client is looking for a Senior Scrum Master with experience to manage the execution of initiatives supporting our Digital Enablement initiatives across our portfolio. The assignment for this role is to support Enterprise Mobile Application plus additional non-Mobile team responsibilities. We are seeking a highly motivated, results oriented individual with strong Agile, technical and leadership skills. Desired location of candidate is in Hartford, CT. area.Responsibilities Include:
- Manage day-to-day operations of 2 (minimum) Digital Enablement development teams supporting new capabilities, maintenance, technical upgrades, etc.
- Educate and coach the team in Agile Methodology, ensuring that the agreed Lean-Agile process is being followed and aligns with Enterprise Business Delivery Model. Acts as a role model for servant leadership.
- Role requires ability to influence and work effectively with key stakeholders and business sponsors in a timely manner
- Organizes and facilitates ceremonies, identifies improvement opportunities to optimize velocity and quality while mitigating risk, supports and manages backlog health, and plans for future milestone releases. Tracks and communicates the overall team progress providing visibility to stakeholders (Daily Stand-ups, Retrospectives, Sprint Planning, Quarterly Planning, etc.)
- Leads team maturity effort through continuous improvement mindset
- Serves as a filter to remove impediments to progress as identified by the team. Protects the team from outside influences to ensure the team remains focused on Scrum Team priorities
- Partners with the Product Owner and Product Manager to ensure the backlog items are prioritized based on business value and ready for the team; supports teams KPI’s
- Drive continuous improvement mindset
- Partner with integrating LOB application Teams and application Production Support/Reliability Engineering teams
- Partner with and manage vendor implementation partner and 3rd party vendor integrations
- Manage and oversee resource planning and financial management for application Team
- Foundational understanding of application technology framework to guide and support team in delivery; demonstrated ability and desire to learn new technologies
- Matrixed reporting, provides coaching/feedback to ensure team success
Qualifications:
- 3-5+ years’ experience working and managing Agile team structures (Scrum/Kanban). Experience with SAFe is a plus.
- Strong knowledge of Agile methodology, rules, and practices
- Strong knowledge of software development processes and procedures to understand team needs includes fundamentals of iterative and incremental development
- Strong Knowledge about Agile techniques: User Stories, Continuous Integration, Test Driven Development, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Burn Down Metrics, Velocity etc.
- Resource Management Skills- ability to determine supply and demand and obtain necessary resources across a matrixed organization to complete the work successfully
- Agile Mindset: Embody Agile core values of openness, courage, respect, focus, and commitment. Infuse Agile principles, practices and methodologies to achieve team success.
- Superior organization skills with the ability to simultaneously handle multiple initiatives and priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to present confidently before a large audience
- Effective organizational and planning skills Excellent analytical, problem solving and interpersonal skills
- Property & Casualty insurance industry experience preferred
Skills:Scrum, Agile, Rally, Jira, Agile methodology, SDLC, Software Development, Technologist, Digital, Kanban, Scaled agile framework, Integrated planningTop Skills Details:Scrum, Agile, Rally, Jira, Agile methodology, SDLC, Software Development, Technologist, Digital, Kanban Scaled agile framework, Integrated planningAdditional Skills & Qualifications:
- Superior organization skills with the ability to simultaneously handle multiple initiatives and priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to present confidently before a large audience
- Effective organizational and planning skills Excellent analytical, problem solving and interpersonal skills
About TEKsystems:We’re partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That’s the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
Expected salary
Location
Hartford, CT
Job date
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 08:47:18 GMT
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