Job Tiitle: Scrum Master

Job Description

Primary Responsibilities

#Change agent with a passion for collaborative working

#Coach the Agile squad and the product owner on the Agile process, such as writing useful user stories and managing the backlog

#Work with organizational resources outside the squad to help them interact effectively with the squad, remove impediments and protect them from organizational bureaucracy

#Foster a collaborative culture and ensure the squad regularly celebrates success

#Facilitate retrospectives to improve squad dynamics

#Act as a servant leader for the squad

#May be required to maintain squad administrative functionsQualifications

#2 - 3 years working in an Agile framework, preferably Scrum

##Experience helping Agile teams to establish and adhere to norms and practices

#Transition to Agile best practices

#Effective and articulate communicato

r#Willing and excited to teach, coach, influence and change the way the squad operates

#Continuous improvement mind-set and dedication to finding creative ways of working

#Ability to influence behavior without having formal organizational hierarchy

#Ability to navigate complex, enterprise organizations to manage dependencies, remove blockers & build relationships across teams

#A dedication to cross-function collaboration, communication and breaking down of silos

#Facilitate creativity & empowerment inside the squad

#Encourage self-organization#Nice to Have#Public Cloud experience

# AWS or Azure

#Strong knowledge of KanbanCriteria

#High Demonstrated experience of driving agile adoption (regardless of methodology)

#Broadridge waterfall - onboarding clients on to platform.

Was tough

Agile gave them helpled by breaking down smaller chunks of time to sign things in intervals

# SoS - daily basis; some rep from the squad on the call, brings in blockers between squads in fleet; excel document of blockers and who resolves. If no movement it goes up to senior management

#High At least two demonstrated examples of navigating contentious situations (Emotional intelligence)

High Demonstrated example to learn from a situation (ask for an example where they learned from a situation that didn#t go well)#Rewording - active listening skills

#Fleet setup was driven out of NY; MTL was seen as an outlier, only consulted

#Didn't take his advice on how to scale agile for fleet design, changed foot to influence within squad and start there

#High Demonstrated example of removing a blocker

#Networking

#Client developer -0 ops issues; guide on how they can inform telling the squad how to trouble shott and what is the blocker#Med Articulate, well spoken#Med Familiar with scrum practices (ceremonies, terminology, roles)#Knows practices#Chose harder SM course to be certified in

#Low 2 - 3 years of scrum mastering experience

#1-2 years High = must haveMed = not a disqualifier; but greatly desiredLow = nice to have

Characteristics of Emotional Intelligence (my comments in parentheses)

#Self-awareness. (recognize your mood/focus/emotions; adapt to the situation)

#Self-regulation. (don't lose your temper; stay calm - people take your lead)

#Motivation. (drive yourself; independent; incorporate feedback; energize people)

#Empathy. (servant leader; look out for others as you would yourself; read people's non-verbal communication)

#Social skills. (communicate, active listening, build rapport/relationships)