Scrum Master

• Owns execution and dependency management within and across teams, proactively escalating and motivating the team to resolve blockers.
• Collaborates with Product Owners, Architects, and Project Managers to align on priorities and delivery risks.
• Analyzes bottlenecks using tools like Value Stream Mapping, Cumulative Flow Diagrams, and Dependency Management to improve throughput.
• Has decision rights to raise and address team capacity constraints to ensure sustainable delivery.

Steward’s Iteration Execution

• Drives consistent and prioritised work intake aligned with team capacity and PI objectives.
• Ensures all work is visible in ADO with high data quality, clear acceptance criteria, and traceability by holding team accountable.
• Owns Agile ceremony outcomes (daily stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Reviews, Retrospectives) and team engagement.
• Provides timely and insightful status updates to stakeholders, promoting transparency and trust.

Champions Continuous Improvement

• Encourages the team to own implementation of retrospective action items and tracks their impact.
• Proactively interprets delivery metrics to identify flow improvement opportunities and owns their implementation.

Builds a High-Performing Agile Team

• Strengthens relationships with stakeholders, including Product Owners, Project Managers, and Architects, to align on goals and execution.
• Promotes psychological safety and fosters a collaborative, inclusive team culture.
• Coaches the team in Agile mindset, principles, and practices, tailored to their maturity level.
• Conducts skills and maturity assessments to ensure team is equipped to deliver on demand.

Leads PI Planning Preparation and Execution

• Has sufficient domain knowledge to guide accurate work estimation and planning.
• Ensures dependencies and risks are understood, identified, incorporated, and managed throughout the PI cycle.
• Collaborates with RTEs, Product Owners, and Project Managers in PI planning events to align across teams and projects.

Operational Excellence and Role Stewardship

• Maintains team tools and artifact storage (e.g., SharePoint, Compass, ADO) and encourages the team to create and update artifacts as needed to support visibility and governance.
• Ensures that core ADO fields are completed, and the backlog is groomed regularly to support technical excellence measured through quality metrics.
• Leads & coordinates incident management & operational change management.
• Participates in Communities of Practice and mentoring programs to share knowledge and grow expertise.
• Stays current with continuing education in the P&P Job Family and contributes to role evolution.

ScrumMaster, ScrumMaster, Team Lead/Manager, Project/Program Management, Analysis Skills, Value Stream Mapping, Establish Priorities, Traceability, Data Quality, Microsoft ADO (ActiveX Data Object), * Solid knowledge of Agile processes, working proficiency with ADO, and familiarity with ServiceNow

• Assertive and able to provide constructive feedback and/or redirection to individuals when needed
• Shows initiative to improve team efficiency and metrics