Scrum Master

Company Overview

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Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world's most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society.

Zayo's 141,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers.

Zayo's communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access.

Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.

Job Overview

We are looking for an experienced Scrum Master to oversee and guide Scrum teams. The Scrum Master's responsibilities include ensuring that development teams follow Scrum framework values and agile practices, mentoring and motivating the teams to improve processes, facilitating meetings and decision-making processes, and eliminating team impediments.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile Ceremonies : Lead and facilitate Scrum events, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives, fostering open communication and collaboration among team members.
• Coach and Mentor Teams : Provide guidance to development teams on Agile principles and Scrum practices, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and adaptability.
• Remove Impediments : Identify and eliminate impediments to the team's progress, ensuring a smooth and efficient development process.
• Collaborate with Stakeholders : Work closely with product owners to understand and prioritize requirements, ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives.
• Promote Agile Mindset : Encourage and promote an Agile mindset throughout the organization, emphasizing the importance of agility, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Metrics and Reporting : Track and report key Agile metrics, such as velocity and burndown charts, to monitor team progress and identify areas for improvement.

Qualifications

• Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles.
• Scrum Master Certification from Scaled Agile Inc., Scrum Alliance, Scrum.org, IC Agile or similar. Experience working in a Scaled Agile Enterprise (SAFe) preferred.
• Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills.
• Knowledge of an agile framework or method (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), or understanding of software development life cycle models as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices.
• Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques.
• Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams.
• Bachelor's degree and 4 years of product or project development experience, or 3 years of project development experience on an Agile Team or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings at multiple levels of an organization and an understanding of facilitation techniques.

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Salary and Benefits

The Base Salary Range : $78,500 - 103,000, commensurate with experience.

Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan, fitness membership discounts, and generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave.

Zayo provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.

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