SCRUM Master - Senior

Company: The Judge Group
Location: Austin
Posted on: January 12, 2021

Job Description:

Location: Austin, TXDescription: Our client is currently seeking a SCRUM Master - Senior responsible for overseeing all task activities assigned to the Scrum team are performed in a timely manner with minimal technical debt, while maintaining the highest quality of performance. This job will have the following responsibilities: * Will interface with client personnel and use oral and written communications skills to develop great working relationships with stakeholders. * Will lead a Scrum team to perform planning, development and testing on a large software development, implementation and integration project. * Conduct all Scrum related activities, including sprint planning, daily scrum meetings, sprint retrospective and client demos. * Interface with product owners on an active basis to manage product backlog and sprint activities. * Remove obstacles and manage risks to enable team efficiency and effectiveness. * Ensure all scrum activities are tracked and kept up-to-date and reported on a daily basis.Qualifications & Requirements: * Must have experience managing software development projects, preferable managing or performing software development projects using an Agile Scrum approach. PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) or Scrum Master (CSM) certification preferred. * Ability to apply scrum estimation techniques to software development efforts, strong leadership and organizational skills with excellent communication (written and verbal), time management, project planning, people and team building skills. * 6+ years as a Scrum Master * 3+ years of technology experience * Experience with both Kanban and Scrum methodologies * Experience in leading teams new to Agile Strong team leader with the ability to influence and negotiate * Understanding of software development: JAVA, C#, .NET, SQL a plus * Experience using the Atlassian Suite of tools * Experience with teams performing new development while simultaneously supporting Production issues * Experience with communicating status and providing updates to executive level management * Experience with negotiating prioritization between Product Owners and Technical leadership * Experience working with Agile methodology on large scale, complex technical projects for a large enterprise * Highly adaptable to a constantly changing environment Work independently, seeking guidance from leadership when needed * Must have exceptional communication, organization, and time management skills * Good interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse and a geographically dispersed team Self-motivated, creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems * Collaboration skills when driving decisions and able to deal with all levels of management and partners.nal Requirements]Contact: vgaetano@judge.comThis job and many more are available through The Judge Group. Find us on the web at www.judge.com

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