Genesis10 is currently seeking an Agile Scrum Master - Lead Consultant with our client in the transportation industry in their Atlanta, GA location. This is a 12 month contract position.

Description:
Seeking an Agile Scrum Master - Lead Consultant
Our client is on a journey to becoming the best IT organization in the airline industry, a journey of transformation. They are changing the way we do business from top to bottom as we strive to create meaningful and innovative solutions and are looking for team members to help us realize our vision

Responsibilities:

• Guides and coaches the Scrum Team on how to use Agile practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services to our customers
• Gets team to a high performing level by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques
• Responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines
• Helps employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical product development
• Coaches the Scrum team in self-organization, cross-functional skillset, domain knowledge and communicates effectively, both internally and externally working within the Scrum team
• Works with Scrum Team, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making and support organizational project or product teams
• Resolves team impediments with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization
• Works with Agile coaches and other Scrum Masters to grow within the role
• Contributes to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization
• Recommends change that increases the productivity of the Scrum Team
• Ensures the Product Owner knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value
• Facilitates and supports all scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective
• Acts as a leader who coaches and supports Agile teams assigned to mainly Business as Usual (BAU) work and to a lesser degree, important department initiatives and applicable portions of corporate projects and initiatives

Requirements:

• Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles
• At least one Scrum Certification from Scrum Alliance or SAFe
• Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
• Knowledge of an agile framework or method (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), or understanding of software development life cycle models as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices
• Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques
• Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams

Desired skills:

• Bachelor's degree and 4 years of product or project development experience, or 3 years of project development experience on an Agile Team or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings at multiple levels of an organization and an understanding of facilitation techniques
• Intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, and Excel)
• Strong ability to anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate, and make trade-offs, and balance business needs versus constraints
• Ability to influence partners, customers, and vendors in support of the project plan and assigned resources
• Experience working with technical and business teams to engage and educate both sides on the concept of Business Value and Technical Value, while striving to achieve sweet spot
• Experience leading IT projects, especially infrastructure within a very large environment

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

About Genesis10:
Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:
Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20 years.
The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
Behavioral Health Platform
Medical, Dental, Vision
Health Savings Account
Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
Voluntary Term Life Insurance
401K
Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF)
Remote opportunities available

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.