Scrum Master

Scrum Master - 5 open contracts!
DETAILS
Type: Contract
Location: Montvale, NJ 07645
Rate/Conversion Salary: Contract W2

We are looking for individuals who are enthusiastic about driving change and helping teams change their process effectively.  Ideally you will have served as a Scrum Master in their past experience, if you have PSM 1 certification even better (but not necessary).

ROLE:
    Act as Scrum Master for one-to-two scrum teams with a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work
    Facilitate sprint planning, retrospective and sprint demos
    Assist the product owner with keeping the backlog groomed
    Ensure cross-team coordination
    Reach out to the larger company network for impediment removal
    Maintain relevant metrics that help the team see how they are doing
    Coach and mentor other scrum masters on your product team - ensure that the ways of working are consistent across the teams
    Liaise between the developers, testers and User Experience/Visual Designers and foster better communication between the disciplines
    Act as a project manager when necessary and take responsibility for managing dependencies between your team and third parties or between your team and other Scrum teams
    Strengthen the presence of your team as an Agile centre of excellence
    Actively contribute to the company's Agile and Lean Community
    Keep the rest of the company network aware of your activities

REQUIRED:
    Knowledge of the software development life cycle/SDLC
    Certified Scrum Master/Scrum Practitioner
    At least three years experience working in an Agile environment, preferably in a variety of situations
    Communicative and social - Must be able to communicate well with teams
    Facilitative - Must be able to lead and demonstrate value-add principles to a team
    Assertive - Must be able to ensure Agile/Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, must be able to be a voice of reason and authority, make the tough calls
    Enthusiastic - Must be high-energy
    Conflict resolution - Must be able to facilitate discussion and facilitate alternatives or different approaches
    Attitude of empowerment - Must be able to lead a team to self-organization
    Attitude of transparency - Must desire to bring disclosure and transparency to the business about development and grow business trust
*Agile is already in place