Scrum Master

If you're looking for a career that will provide a challenging work environment and many opportunities to learn, our company is the place for you. Join our team and become part of a company full of exciting opportunities. We help employees achieve their personal best by offering many opportunities that develop and enhance their skills for career advancement.

Duties

• Serve as a servant leader and Agile coach for one or two cross-functional teams.
• Facilitate Scrum and Kanban ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, and backlog refinement sessions.
• Guide teams in adopting Agile values, principles, and best practices to improve delivery, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Monitor team progress and proactively identify, track, and help resolve risks, dependencies, and impediments.
• Foster a culture of self-organization, accountability, innovation, and high performance.
• Coach individuals, teams, and stakeholders to advance Agile maturity and organizational agility.
• Collaborate with Product Owners to maintain and refine product backlogs and prioritize work.
• Maintain and update Azure DevOps (ADO) release plans and Agile planning artifacts.
• Perform monthly budgeting and forecasting activities.
• Update project management plans and timesheet task assignments.
• Prepare and deliver project status updates, metrics, and presentations to leadership and stakeholders.
• Support effective communication and coordination across business and technology teams.
  
  

Skills

• Advanced knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, and Agile methodologies.
• Strong understanding of Agile values, principles, frameworks, and delivery practices.
• Experience facilitating backlog refinement and Agile planning activities.
• Proven ability to coach and develop high-performing teams using servant leadership techniques.
• Strong facilitation, conflict resolution, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to build trust and foster effective working relationships with team members and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC), IT processes, and project delivery methodologies.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps (ADO) or similar Agile management tools preferred.
• Strong organizational, budgeting, forecasting, and project coordination skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Adaptability, business acumen, and political awareness.
• Business Analysis experience and utility industry knowledge are preferred.
  
  

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field required.
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or equivalent Agile certification preferred.
• Additional Agile, Project Management, or Business Analysis certifications are a plus.
• An equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience may be considered.
  
  

Additional Info

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet . We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories . Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra . We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.

We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years !

FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused .

We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest . Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.

Benefits

Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match
  
  

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.

FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!

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AI & Hiring Disclosure

We use AI tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications and identifying potential matches. These tools are designed to promote efficiency, consistency, and fairness, and they are always used under human oversight.

All personal data collected is used solely for recruitment purposes, and you have the right to know, access, or request deletion of your data at any time, subject to legal limits.

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