Scrum Master

JOB DESCRIPTION:

- Manage the process and ensure that it is followed;
- Shield the team from external interferences and promptly sort out anything that is slowing down the team;
- Work closely with the product backlog team and QA to establish the acceptance criteria for all user stories (a very important task!);
- Work closely with QA to ensure that all user stories are verified before the end of the sprint;
- Ensure that the user stories in the backlog are prioritized and estimated, which includes scheduling and facilitating the planning poker sessions;
- Track the team's velocity, understand the deltas between sprints, and react accordingly;
- In a timely fashion, communicate to other teams and product backlog team decisions made by the team;
- Motivate, inspire, and improve the lives and productivity of the development team;
- Focused, organized and meticulous
- Ensures that the team's actions are always aligned with the acceptance criteria and project goals (vision);
- Team player - Does not shy away of any tasks that could help the team and leads by example Go-getter who rapidly obtains information to solve problems
- Helps the team identify conflicting priorities, then frames and escalates issues that cannot be resolved quickly.
- Trustworthy; Reliable and walks the talk (executes on what they say every time)
- Easy going personality and personable
- Propagates information promptly, clearly, and unambiguously
- Ability to develop and foster teamwork. Able to diagnose, understand, and facilitate team dynamics and drives necessary actions to improve
- Stays calm and composed under stress.