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Role: SCRUM MASTER

Location: Richmond, VA 23235 (Hybrid)

Duration:  12+ Months Contract

In Person Interview

Should be CSM Certified

• Collaborate with various product owners and teams to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into requirements
• Provide collaboration, facilitation, leadership and coaching, supporting the Scrum Team and the scrum process.
• Coordinate Agile Ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Refinement, and Release Planning
• With your team, define the vision for the team, creating the product road map based on this vision
• Aid the product owner in managing  the product backlog and prioritizing  based on the changing requirements and project timelines if needed. 
• Establish an environment where the teams can be effective and helps removing obstacles.
• Protect the team from outside interruptions and distractions.
• Ensure a good relationship between the team and product owner as well as others outside the team.
• Exemplify a Lean-Agile mindset through servant leadership.
• Anticipate challenges, identify risks, and recommend mitigations and solutions.
• Track and report team velocity and other project metrics.
• Support changes and promote continuous improvement that helps increase productivity of the Scrum Team.
• Collaborate effectively with the product owners and end-users to deliver business value.
• Ensure the teams are practicing core Agile principles and adhering to VSP agile standards.

Required Knowledge and Skills: 

• Thorough understanding of Agile software development life cycle and hands on experience working with development teams.
• 5-10 years of practical experience serving as Scrum Master with a solid comprehension of Agile values, principles, methodologies, and the development lifecycle.
• Ability to identify cross-team dependencies and align work optimally.
• Ability to work with customers, understand their business practices and manage their expectations.
• Ability to set clear performance standards and hold team members accountable, while keeping team engaged and on track.

  Track progress of team performance utilizing appropriate metrics and foster adoption of a high-performing Agile culture by working closely with the Leadership team.

·  Strong interpersonal/communication skills/mentoring skills/ servant leadership skills with proven ability to remove impediments from the team.

·  Ability to foresee potential conflict and bring existing conflicts to positive resolution.

• Ability to balance the competing demands for quality, scope and schedule.
• Ability to analyze and document business and system processes.
• CSM Certification required. Pls upload under Reference tab in Vector to be considered. We will bypass your candidate if not uploaded at time of submittal!!

  PSM Certification desired