Responsibilities
- Coach the Scrum Team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the teams and organization
- Build a trusting and safe environment where raising problems and issues are welcome
- Adapt leadership style to team maturity
- Empower the team to be self-organized and to experiment continuously how to improve their working processes
- Engage multiple roles and stakeholders to facilitate technical discussions, decision making, and conflict resolution
- Chase continuously to have a valuable increment
- Diligently persuade the Product Owner and the Team to adhere to Scrum principles
- Collaborate with the Product Owner to provide a clear vision and requirements to the team that describes where the Product or Service is headed
- Communicate project status and release progress to stakeholders, including risk management, dependencies, impediments and improvements
- Report to On-Site Manager and Delivery Manager
Skills
Must have
- Scrum Master experience in a software development environment for at least 3 years
- People management experience
- Experience in software domain (Dev, QA, Business Analyst)
Nice to have
- Agile/Scrum certifications (SAFe experience is a plus)
- Experience in managing moderately complex projects (multiple vendors, multiple suppliers, multiple stakeholders, unclear expectations, tight dependencies)
- Experience in a multicultural working environment
- Experience with distributed teams
- Excellent communication skills on an individual and group basis
- Proactive style of work
- Capacity to understand the big picture and also to pay attention to details
- Willingness to continuously improve existing skills
- Good Team Spirit
- Well organized
