Scrum Master

Job description : Essential Duties :

Essential Duties :

Serving and supporting the Product Owner and Development Team in their quest to do everything possible to delight customers

Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style and leading by example. This person should personify Scrum and Agile values and principles

Guiding and Coaching the Scrum Team and organization on how to use Agile / Scrum practices and values to delight customers

Guiding and Coaching both the Scrum Team and the Development team on how to get the most out of self-organization

Guiding and Coaching both the Scrum Team and the Development team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile / Scrum frameworks

Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization

Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment

Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving

Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work

Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information

Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to refining and managing the product backlog

Required Skills / Experience

3-5 years of experience in a Scrum Master role

Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency

Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example : numerous burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.)

The ability to distinguish between what "is Scrum" what is "not Scrum"

Preferred Skills / Experience

Experience being on multiple Scrum teams in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes, different organizations, different cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc.)

Track record of continued and recent education in Scrum, including training, conferences, user groups, self-study, etc.

Knowledge of other approaches discussed in the Agile space : XP, Kanban, Nexus, LeSS, etc.

Knowledge and / or experience with widely successful complementary Agile techniques and practices such as User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games

Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team

Excellent communication and mentoring skills

Nice to have :

Upstream Oil & Gas experience

Education : Bachelors Degree

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