Job Description

Job Responsibilities

• Drive effective scrum ceremonies including daily standup, backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
• Track and distribute relevant metrics and report periodically to show team progress and velocity
• Identify, understand, and track impediments; help remove them and drive improvements to optimize how the team works
• Help the Product Owner manage customer expectations and stakeholder communications
• Act as a liaison between the team and everyone else to minimize interruptions to the sprint, keeping the team focused on delivering a quality product on time
• Build a safe and trusting team environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or judgement, with an emphasis on problem solving
• Represents the team in the Scrum of Scrum and the ART Sync
• Helps the team prepare for PI Planning and guide the team during the event to complete all of their tasks
• Demonstrates a growth mindset by coaching the team and Product Owner on how to improve their practices to excel at scale

Preference for a candidate local to OC/LA/SD.  If local, expectation is to be in office on Thursdays.

If remote, candidate needs to be in Pacific or Mountain Time Zone ( as long as they work Pacific hours).  Once a quarter, they will need to be in the office for 3 days a week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday)

Temp to Perm opportunity. 

• 5 years of using Scrum agile methodology
• Must be a Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• Experience training and managing Scrum teams
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills
• Adaptable and flexible in a cross-functional environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to lead retrospectives, document outcomes, and guide team members in best practices
• Scaled Agile Framework ( SAFe ) experience or certifications a plus
• Experience working on API teams a plus

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Information Technology, or related fields

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