Senior Agile Scrum Master

Denken Solutions
Atlanta, GA, United States
13 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary to permanent
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Agile Methodology JIRA Scrum Methodology Extreme Programming

Job description

  • The Scrum Master serves as a servant leader and Agile coach responsible for helping Agile teams consistently deliver value.
  • The focus is on:
  • Agile coaching
  • Sprint execution
  • Delivery planning
  • Team collaboration
  • Removing impediments
  • Continuous improvement
  • Jira administration and reporting

Primary Responsibilities: Delivery Management:

  • Partner closely with Project Managers
  • Align sprint execution with project milestones
  • Support forecasting and delivery planning
  • Identify delivery risks
  • Track dependencies
  • Improve delivery predictability
  • Balance quality, flow, and execution

Agile Coaching: Coach teams on:

  • Self-management
  • Accountability
  • Agile best practices
  • Continuous improvement
  • Ownership
  • Collaboration
  • Outcome-focused delivery

Work closely with:

  • Product Owners
  • Project Managers
  • Business stakeholders
  • Scrum Facilitation:
  • Lead all Scrum ceremonies including:
  • Sprint Planning
  • Daily Standups
  • Sprint Reviews
  • Sprint Retrospectives

Also responsible for:

  • Removing blockers
  • Resolving impediments
  • Driving measurable process improvements

Jira Ownership:

  • Must be the team’s Jira expert.
  • Responsibilities include:
  • Jira boards
  • Workflows
  • Backlog management
  • Sprint tracking
  • Reporting
  • Dashboards
  • Delivery metrics
  • Dependency visibility, * Jira
  • Jira Boards
  • Jira Workflows
  • Jira Dashboards
  • Jira Reporting
  • Backlog Management
  • Sprint Metrics
  • Delivery Metrics
  • Project Management:
  • Project Manager
  • Delivery Planning
  • Forecasting
  • Risk Management
  • Dependency Management
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Requirements

  • 5+ years as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach
  • Strong Agile and Scrum experience
  • Experience partnering with Project Managers
  • Advanced Jira experience
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Strong facilitation skills
  • Ability to influence teams without direct authority

Agile:

  • Scrum
  • Agile
  • SAFe
  • Kanban
  • Sprint Planning
  • Sprint Execution
  • Retrospectives
  • Standups
  • Product Owner, * Coaching
  • Servant Leadership
  • Facilitation
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Cross-functional Teams
  • Communication
  • Collaboration
  • Influence

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