Senior Scrum Master/Agile Coach Job

SENIOR SCRUM MASTER/AGILE COACH needed for a CONTRACT opportunity with Yoh's client located in McLean, VA.

THE BIG PICTURE - TOP SKILLS YOU SHOULD POSSESS:

- Service to the Team
- Service to the Product Owner
- Service to the Organization

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

SERVICE TO THE TEAM

- Coaching the team in self-organization and cross-functionality
- Removing impediments to the team's progress to its sprint commitments
- Facilitating scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups
- Enacting change & continuous improvement to increase the productivity of the team and quality of deliverables
- Coaching the team in organizational environments in which scrum is not yet fully adopted and understood
- Ensure team execution and delivery to committed sprint work
- Protect team from over-commitment

SERVICE TO THE PRODUCT OWNER

- Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management
- Creates forum for communicating vision, goals, and Product Backlog items to the team
- Teaching the team to create clear and concise Backlog items
- Understanding long-term product planning

SERVICE TO THE ORGANIZATION

- Leading and coaching the organization in its scrum adoption
- Planning scrum implementations within the organization
- Helping associates and stakeholders understand and enact scrum in their lines of business
- Identify, manage, help mitigate project issues and risks
- Working with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of scrum in the organization
- Compliance with clients policies for project delivery

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING TO THE TABLE:

- Skills Required-
- Experience in capabilities delivery with a focus on one or more platform's systems and operations
- Experience with agile software development methods, including scrum and Kanban
- Strong communication & facilitation Skills
- Preferred Required-
- Experience on an agile delivery team
- Technical/development background or education
- Business Domain Knowledge

GET HIRED, APPLY NOW!

RECRUITER: Alycia Gotthold

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V. Contact us if you are an individual with a disability and require accommodation in the application process.

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