Scrum Master

Our client is seeking a dedicated Scrum Master for a 12-month contract-to-hire position based onsite in downtown Indianapolis, IN. As a Scrum Master, you will serve as a mentor and facilitator for development teams, championing agile principles and fostering a culture of collaboration, transparency, psychological safety, and continuous improvement. You will play a pivotal role in nurturing an agile culture, driving teams toward excellence, and ensuring our products are delivered efficiently and with maximum value to our customers. This role requires a full-time, onsite presence with a five-day in-office work schedule and core hours typically between 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., aligned with Agile team needs., * Facilitate all scrum ceremonies, including daily standups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring they occur in cadence with the Software Development Life Cycle.

• Mentor and coach development teams on scrum practices and agile principles to foster an agile mindset, psychological security, and continuous improvement.
• Promote effective communication, collaboration, and psychological safety within teams to drive alignment, trust, and high performance.
• Facilitate improvements in how information is exchanged and contribute feedback at the individual, team, and organizational levels, offering guidance, training, and coaching on scrum practices.
• Hold teams accountable to development policies, procedures, processes, and metrics that reflect best practices and business objectives.
• Identify, manage, and help remove impediments and project risks, proactively escalating to stakeholders as needed and raising awareness of dependencies.
• Cultivate a culture of trust, respect, and open communication within teams, promoting collaboration and innovation essential for high performance and problem solving.
• Support and collaborate with Product Owners in managing the product backlog to ensure teams are working on the most valuable work items.
• Promote continuous improvement by encouraging teams to reflect on their processes and performance, identifying areas for better ways of working and delivering value to customers.
• Develop and optimize processes and workflows to enhance team performance, control costs, and ensure quality deliverables.
• Utilize key performance indicators (KPIs) and other metrics to track progress, identify areas for improvement, and report to management.
• Provide feedback and guidance to team members and stakeholders on work item progress, quality, and team productivity.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members, including Product Owners, Developers, and Quality Analysts, to achieve project goals and reporting requirements.

• Scrum Master Certificate and/or a deep understanding of the Scrum framework and its application to software development projects.

• Experience in Agile project management and development methodologies.

• Ability to develop and implement best practices and resolve conflict.

• Ability to track team member progress to ensure projects stay on track.

• Ability to create and report metrics to department and division management.

• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.

• Exceptional troubleshooting skills and ability to quickly assess complex problems.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.

• This role requires a five-day in-office work schedule in downtown Indianapolis, with core hours typically between 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., aligned with Agile team collaboration needs.

• Nice to Have:

• BS/BA degree in a technical, business, or related field (preferred, but not required).

• Minimum 5 years of expertise in software development (preferred).

• Minimum 2 years as a product/project manager or equivalent (preferred).

• Azure DevOps experience (preferred).

• Experience working with multiple tech stacks or types of applications (e.g., legacy, mobile, cloud, web) (preferred).

Eight Eleven Group offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee's needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc.

Disclaimer: Brooksource, Medasource, and Calculated Hire are part of the Eight Eleven Group family of companies and operate under Eight Eleven Group, LLC. All employees receive the same benefits, policies, and terms of employment.