Job description:

Description
Scrum Master Job Summary:
Candidate Profile:

• Expert in Agile tools, such as Jira, Confluence, etc.
• 7 years’ experience as a Scrum Master and /or Agile coach
• Agile practitioner mindset with an understanding of common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and iterative development practices
• Minimum 5 years of experience in IT full development life cycle
• CSM certification or equivalent preferred
• Demonstrated track record of successful ability to manage large and complex consulting engagements
• Flexibility to work with teams, individuals and executives and willingness to help with a wide variety of work products and people
• Ability to establish immediate credibility with stakeholders, build consensus, and achieve goals through influence
• Ability to speak in front of large audiences and facilitate large, multi-day ceremonies
• Skilled in conceptualizing creative solutions, documenting them, and presenting/selling them to senior management
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Extremely high level of analytical ability to measure the velocity, capacity, and value of teams’ contributions
• Very high level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with others, motivate employees, and elicit work output in a team environment Core Work Activities:
• Facilitates the work of a squad team on a sprint-by-sprint basis
• Responsible for steering contributors through all the scrum ceremonies including sprint increment planning, demos, reviews
• Drives the squad to continuously improve through the facilitation of Retrospectives quarterly, or more often as needed, to improve backlog management, sprint reviews, or higher-level functions
• Project Leadership
• Functions as escalation point for the squad to resolve issues
• Maintains agile tools and dashboards to track stories, defects, and progress toward commitments Managing Program Increments, Projects and Policies
• Serves as liaison with GBAM stakeholders, development agency and hosting provider
• Directs and coordinates activities to monitor feature(s) and project(s) so that they progress on schedule and within budget
• Establishes standards and procedures for sprint, feature, and project reporting and documentation
• Informs the appropriate team members of feature or project status and related issues and impediments and escalates appropriately

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $55.00 - $65.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Hotel / Hospitality Industry: 3 years (Required)
• Scum Master and/or Agile Coach: 7 years (Required)
• Agile tools, Jira, Confluence, etc.: 1 year (Required)
• Scrum Master / Agile Coach for a Hotel Chain: 1 year (Required)
• PI planning between Quarterly teams and stakeholder meetings: 5 years (Required)
• SAFe and Agile methodology: 5 years (Required)
• Size of Audience during meetings: 30-50 people.: 1 year (Preferred)
• responsible for timeline context: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• Certified Scrum Master (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Bethesda, MD 20814: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bethesda, MD 20814