Saxon Global is one of the fastest growing Inc 500 Companies in the US, providing enhanced IT consulting, and engineering solution services for the past 16 years. Saxon Global specializes in Business Intelligence, Mobility, Big Data & Cloud and provides IT tools and services to help organizations across industry verticals such as Financial Services, Retail, Telecom, Healthcare, Banking, and Media Entertainment for their continued growth.
Job Description
The ScrumMaster II provides effective collaboration, facilitation, leadership, and coaching skills supporting the agile development process and delivery of our applications. As an agile expert, the ScrumMaster will be responsible for enforcing the agile tenants as interpreted by our team, removing impediments, and promoting transparency. This position requires a commitment to exceptional results, a strong desire for continuous improvement, and the ability to build a collaborative culture within our team.
Responsibilities include facilitating daily stand-ups and ensuring the integrity of the agile process by capturing velocity and removing obstacles to drive projects to successful release. In this highly visible role, you will have significant interaction with product owners and regular contact with senior management.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities :
- Organize and facilitate daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings
- Work collaboratively with Product Owners, cross-functional development teams, and Project Managers to support development and software delivery
- Assist the Product Owner in user story creation / prioritization and product Backlog grooming via emergent requirement elicitation while supporting overall organizational goals
- Track and report Scrum team velocity and manage Sprint capacity
- Manage high-level budgeting and time tracking
- Resolve or escalate blocking impediments as necessary
- Coordinate dependencies between teams with other Scrum Masters
- Work with Development managers to manage team capacity
- Ensure development team is working efficiently towards Sprint goals
- Coach the development team and stakeholders on how to use Agile / Scrum practices
- Ensure the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility
- Ensure cross-functional coordination (analysts, developers, and testers) is occurring early and often
- Recommend improvements and assist in changes to best practice
- Adapt approach based on cultural shifts and regulatory requirements
- Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
- Create an environment that empowers and energizes team members, with a focus on accountability, adaptability, and collaboration
Qualifications :
Certified Scrum Master with 2+ years Scrum Master experience6+ years of information technology experienceThorough understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and proceduresExperience working with an agile methodology on large scale, technically complex projectsAbility to deal with multiple projects and deadlinesThorough understanding of the software development lifecycleDemonstrated experience working in and leading teams that leverage Test Driven Development and Continuous Integration processesMust be self-motivated as well as creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problemsData-driven analysis skills for measuring and managing deliveryExperience with relevant business software e.g. Microsoft Office applications, Team Foundation ServerExperience using Microsoft Team Foundation Server Agile or Scrum templatesExcellent team player with the ability to influence and negotiateAbility to understand and communicate technical issuesHighly adaptable to changing environmentExcellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse teamsDemonstrated knowledge of test-driven development and virtues of coded unit testsSM needs to have situational awareness with an understanding of when to listen and when to be assertiveStrong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detailAbility to hold team members accountable, set clear sprint performance standards, resolve sprint performance issues, keep team engaged and on taskPrevious technical experience with the Microsoft technology stack (C#, SQL Server) is desiredBachelor's degree in Business, Management, Information Systems, or Engineering; or equivalent work experienceAdditional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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