Scrum Master

This is a long term contract with potential to convert full time after 6 months.
 Help improve the consistency and velocity of the development organization for this rapidly growing education company committed to making classrooms better for teachers and students. We are seeking an experienced Scrum Master to lead 2 scrum teams. These teams have been running as scrum teams for years, but without a dedicated scrum master. They will benefit from the fresh perspective of an experienced and dedicated scrum master. They are building large-scale java platforms to support multi-tenant web applications. The role requires a proven track record of professional excellence and a passion to be the driving force behind developing great software with a laudable purpose.

The impact you’ll have:

• Facilitate and moderate sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint demo and sprint retrospective meetings
• Remove obstacles to team and sprint success
• Encourage self-organization by facilitating the appropriate delegation of tasks and responsibilities to appropriate team members
• Coordinate across co-dependent scrum teams in multi-scrum team environment
• Utilize and improve usage of JIRA as a tool to monitor and manage sprint success

What we’re looking for:

• A deep understanding and the ability to apply both the theoretical and practical aspects of agile development
• Proven experience with AGILE software development methodologies
• At least 1 year’s experience using JIRA to track and manage agile development
• Someone who has the ability to:
  • Influence and lead development, quality, and product professionals
  • Foster and maintain a collaborative team dynamic
  • Solve problems and think critically
  • Plan and organize (and re-organize) in an environment of shifting priorities
  • Communicate clearly, both by speaking directly and writing concisely
  • Negotiate and manage conflict
  • Learn quickly and adapt to the environment
• A Certified Scrum Master (CSM) with a minimum of 2 years experience as a scrum master in more than one organization, for multiple teams simultaneously
• A Bachelor's Degree, preferably in a computer science, information technology, or an equally technical discipline

We’d also love to see:

• Experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Experience in education technology