Updated: 2023-09-12

Scrum Master - Schaumburg, IL

Schaumburg, IL

  • Published 3 years ago
  • English
  • Expected start date: ASAP

Assignment Details

PROJECT:

 Scrum master role for clinical and reporting portfolio. We have teams that need a scrum master that handle front end/back end developers. Some of our teams are working with cloud technologies. The teams are onshore/offshore mix.

IDEAL BACKGROUND

Role is more of a coordination and facilitation role. Healthcare knowledge is a plus, but not required.

TOP REQUIREMENTS:

  • Agile knowledge
  • Communication skills
  • Working independently

 Knowledge of Agile tool used within Rally.

Essential Duties:

  • Doing everything possible to ensure delighting customers
  • Guiding the team(s) and the organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers
  • Guiding the team(s) on how to get the most out of self-organization
  • Guiding the team(s) on self-organizing to fully realize the potential of Agile/Scrum frameworks
  • Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team(s) and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
  • Removing impediments or guiding the team(s) to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
  • Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.
  • Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
  • Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
  • Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
  • Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
  • Providing all support to the team(s) using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example
  • Perform as an evangelist for internal implementation of SAFe (SAFe + PLM)
  • Helping the department and mature out of legacy processes
  • Mentor junior Scrum Masters towards improvement

Required Skills/Experience:

  • First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I, SAFe Agilest or Practitioner)
  • 5 years of experience in a Scrum Master role for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
  • Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
  • Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for eliciting change in team behavior (example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.)

Preferred Skills/Experience (Any of these is a plus):

  • Second level Scrum Master certification (CSP, PSM II, SPCT 4++)
  • Knowledge of other agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc.
  • Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
  • Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team (.Net, Java, or other web development languages)
  • Previous experience as a development team lead
  • Excellent communication and mentoring skills
  • Contributions to the public around agile practices

Responsibilities:

  • Doing everything possible to ensure delighting customers
  • Guiding the team(s) and the organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers
  • Guiding the team(s) on how to get the most out of self-organization
  • Guiding the team(s) on self-organizing to fully realize the potential of Agile/Scrum frameworks
  • Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team(s) and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
  • Removing impediments or guiding the team(s) to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
  • Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.
  • Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
  • Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
  • Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
  • Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
  • Providing all support to the team(s) using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example
  • Perform as an evangelist for internal implementation of SAFe (SAFe + PLM)
  • Helping the department and mature out of legacy processes
  • Mentor junior Scrum Masters towards improvement

Qualifications:

  • Experience level: Experienced
  • Minimum 5 years of experience
  • Education: No Degree Required

Skills:

  • Scrum Master Certification Preferred
  • scrum practices
  • kanban
  • Java
  • .NET
  • Scrum Master (CSM)
  • Automated Testing

Overview

Location Schaumburg, IL
Workload 40 Hours/Week , 100% Onsite
Expected start date ASAP
Expected end date Open
Necessary languages English
Necessary skills Agile, Experience, Kanban, Scrum, frameworks

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