REMOTE - Senior Scrum Master
Company: Analysts
Location: Aurora
Posted on: March 17, 2023
Job Description:
Innova Solutions is immediately hiring for a Sr. Scrum
MasterPosition type: Full-time/ContractDuration: 12+ Month
Location: Aurora, CO (Fully Remote)As a Sr. Scrum Master, you
will:Overview: we are looking for a contract SM position for our
BOSS project. Remote possible, 1-year with additional 1 or 2 years
after that. The Senior Scrum Master ensures the success of business
outcomes and priorities. Supports multiple scrum teams and acts as
a buffer between the scrum teams and their product owner to ensure
the goals of the sprint are effectively executed and accomplished.
Champions the value that their scrum teams add to the business and
advocates for processes that encourages cross functional
collaboration. In addition, will act as the agile coach for the
program, to ensure industry best practices are enforced and
maintained. Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assists with Agile process questions, clearing blockers,
reinforcing transparency, and encouraging self-organization
- Facilitate the identification of relevant metrics and define
the measurement system
- Cultivates an Agile mindset in problem solving and applying
system thinking to uncover bottlenecks
- Encourages engagement between teams and stakeholders
- Ensures that the project risks and blockers are escalated and
highlighted appropriately
- Empowers managers to partner with business stakeholders and
make more strategic decisions
- Ensures the team understands agile methodology values,
principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver
solutions.
- Scheduling and facilitating scrum ceremonies, meetings, and
decision-making processes.
- Monitors scrum team progress and performance to encourage team
improvements.
- Assisting the Program Manager with preparing and presenting
status reports to stakeholders
- Maintains Platform-wide awareness and focus to assist with
resource allocation and ensuring collaboration
- Contributing to and where required Leading Scrum of Scrums in
addition to facilitating their own individual scrum teams
- Able to write effective user stories on behalf of the team and
the Product Owner/Manager
- Where necessary can act as a delegate to the product owner to
accept user stories
- Ensures the team is maintaining a regular burndown of stories
acceptance during the sprints
- Has an extremely solid understanding of the tool JIRA for
tracking and reporting and is able to build and distribute
dashboards and reports from within the toolThe ideal candidate will
have: Basic Qualifications
- 7+ years of relevant experience with significant experience
using agile principles.
- CSM, CPO, and/or PMP (or related) qualifications not required
but are an added bonus.Preferred Qualifications
- Experience coaching teams in agile principles and practices at
scale
- Excellent relationship building and collaboration skills
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication
skills
- Facilitation skills, including ability to facilitate
decision-making and broker agreements amongst diverse, differing,
and/or conflicting perspectives/priorities
- Ability to take initiative and work independently with minimal
supervision in an ever-changing environment
- Experience partnering with business executives and senior
leaders
- Experience effectively leading through influence in a matrixed
environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including those related to
conflict resolution
- Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical
audience.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Teams,
Word and Excel), and applicable business software
applications.
- Knowledge of the Atlassian suite
- Work is expected to be remote for the course of this engagement
with occasional requests for in-office and in-person meetings
(likely once a month or less) if localQualified candidates should
APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! Please hit APPLY to provide
the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as
possible.We are currently interviewing to fill this and other
similar positions. If this role is not a fit for you, we do offer a
referral bonus program for referrals that we successfully place
with our clients, subject to program guidelines. ASK ME HOW.Thank
you!Amanda Bazurto-SmithRecruiter PAY RANGE AND BENEFITS:Pay
Range*: $65-$80 per hour*Pay range offered to a successful
candidate will be based on several factors, including the
candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job
duties, certifications, etc. Benefits: Innova Solutions offers
benefits( based on eligibility) that include the following: Medical
& pharmacy coverage, Dental/vision insurance, 401(k), Health saving
account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA), Life Insurance,
Pet Insurance, Short term and Long term Disability, Accident &
Critical illness coverage, Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection,
Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law),
Employee Assistance Program (EAP).ABOUT INNOVA SOLUTIONS: Founded
in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions
employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an
annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery
centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver
strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our
clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their
fields.Website: Innova Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer
and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment.
Innova Solutions is committed to the principle of equal employment
opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a
work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis
of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship,
social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability,
veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual
orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules,
and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an
individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to
assist with your job search or application for employment, please
contact us at or (770) 493-5588. Please indicate the specifics of
the assistance needed. Innova Solutions encourages all interested
and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities.
Innova Solutions (HireGenics/Volt) does not discriminate against
applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or
national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. - 1324b.
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