Scrum Master

Scrum Master / Charlotte, NC / Long term Contract

About DataEdge:

For over two decades, DataEdge Consulting has been helping customers steer clear of the complexities of technology, allowing them to fully concentrate on their core competencies and excel at what they do best.

At DataEdge our vision is to Deliver the Value of Technology to Business and nothing less! Our focus is always on the customer, and every process, model and tenet is engineered to serve this customer-centric philosophy. If you have experience in related tools & technologies described below, please forward your profile.

About our Customer:

Our premium customer, a global Fortune 500 company & a leader in the Food Services industry is looking for Scrum Masters to lead, facilitate, and motivate the Scrum Teams to achieve a high level of performance and quality in delivering agile products that provide exceptional business value to users.

This role will be responsible for serving several concurrent high visibility product teams using the Scrum methodology in a fast-paced environment across many lines of business.

Candidates should have excellent written and oral communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and outstanding analytical and research skills, as well as a passion for agile practices and emerging technologies.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 7 years of experience in IT full development life cycle
• Minimum 2+ years of experience as a Scrum Master
• Ability to apply Scrum methodologies to help solve complex problems
• Agile practitioner mindset with an understanding of common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and iterative development practices
• Demonstrated track record of successful ability to manage large and complex software implementations
• Flexibility to work with teams, individuals and executives and willingness to help with a wide variety of work products and people
• Ability to establish immediate credibility with clients, build consensus, and achieve goals through influence

Responsibilities:

• Serving the Scrum Team by resolving impediments, helping the team to focus on creating value each Sprint and providing continuous coaching on how to apply Scrum methodologies
• Serving the Product Owner by helping to manage the Product Backlog as needed, assisting in clearly communicating goals and work items to the Scrum Team, and facilitating communication between the Scrum Team and its stakeholders when necessary
• Facilitating collaboration cross-team where dependencies exist
• Ensuring the team holds all Scrum Events including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Up, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective in a productive way within the prescribed timebox
• Monitoring key metrics on the team s performance to drive understanding of velocity and increase overall effectiveness
• Ensuring all artifacts are transparent to the organization and stakeholders to promote quick and collaborative decision making
• Helping teams take feedback from the Sprint Retrospective and turn it into process improvement items
• Ensuring teams are adhering to the Definition of Done
• Working in collaboration with the Agile Delivery Manager and other members of agile leadership to promote continued growth and maturity of agile practices within the organization
• Assisting in managing applications and products throughout agile development lifecycle, ensuring business relevance, adoption, and continuous improvement
• Fostering an environment of trust within the Scrum Teams that promotes the values of Scrum

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