What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scrum Master position at Bay Systems Consulting Inc.?
Title: SCRUM MASTER
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, CA)
1 year contract - Extension/Conversion possibility depending on performance
Division Department: Scientific Networking
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead multiple Scrum teams with Agile methodologies in sprint or Kanban environments
- Own and facilitate all Scrum meetings such as the daily stand-up, sprint planning, backlog refinement, demo, and retrospective
- Coach the organization to adhere to Scrum practices and focus strictly on delivering real value for real users
- Provide support within planning and reporting tools such as Jira
- Help teams achieve higher levels of Scrum maturity and self-organization capability
- Help build an environment of accountability where team members feel a true ownership of the product
- Support the Product Owners with backlog management, scope management, handling stakeholder requests, and defining priorities
- Build and maintain reports for velocity, burndown, project planning, and capacity in order to provide ongoing insights and recommendations to the team
- Conduct other activities such as story point estimation, adjusting roadmaps, supporting quarterly planning, and facilitating cross-functional collaboration
- Accelerate teams by resolving conflicts, removing impediments, and reducing context switching
- Curate a team culture that encourages commitment, focus, openness, respect, and courage, while upholding the pillars of transparency, inspection, and adaptation
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s or Advanced Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
- Scrum Master certification
- 5 year’s experience in a Scrum Master or Product Owner role in a software development environment
- Experience with Jira
- Experience coaching teams new to Agile and Scrum
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Excellent communication, active listening, and servant leadership skills
- Excellent knowledge of Scrum elements and artifacts (user stories, sprints, kanban boards, backlog refinement, scope, velocity, definition of done, and more)
- Ability to analyze and think quickly to resolve conflicts
- Ability to work with and lead a team
- Outstanding organizational skills
- Ability to be highly flexible and adaptable within a rapidly changing environment
- Ability to coach, understand, and empathize with team members while putting people first
- Ability to lead agile transformation efforts while leaving space for team culture, norms, and values
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