Scrum MasterThe Delivery Enablement & Business Operations team within the Global Cybersecurity organization is looking to add a Scrum Master to help fill the gap for another on temporary assignment. This candidate will operate as the Scrum Master for the Global Cybersecurity Data & Analytics teams (GDA) that are responsible for providing cyber data analytics and protection services for all of client. These teams play a critical role in monitoring, assessing, and improving the security landscape by providing real-time measures, identifying risks, and empowering teams with data insights. The team is responsible for being the single source of truth for cybersecurity data needs across the enterprise. The team will host and provide access to data for authorized individuals to answer key business questions that reduce cybersecurity risk. In this role, the Scrum Master will enable the teams’ effectiveness of delivery, cultivate an environment that supports agility, and drive action to enable effective data insight solutions with the team. The Scrum Master coaches, mentors and teaches team members, proactively seeking to eliminate or minimize impact of barriers, and address challenges to delivery. The successful candidate’s contributions in this role will be an important element of client service delivery practice, helping us realize client vision to continuously improve the way client works.Facilitate stand-up meetings, planning sessions, and retrospectives to ensure full team engagement with a focus on growing the capabilities by all team members. Manage interdependencies between teams. Collaborate with the Product Owner and People Leaders to support short and long-term planning and assist in keeping the work backlog healthy and prepared for execution. Shield the teams from interference to enable optimal functionality and productivity. Anticipate and address impediments to team delivery. Collaborate with teams to discover their needs; plan and deliver instruction and coaching on growth mindset and maturing current Agile adoption while ensuring alignment with the organizational strategy. Champion continuous improvement activities to increase productivity; coach squads to conduct continuous improvement. Anticipate and address impediments to team and help manage interdependencies between teams. Provide guidance and insight into various organizational positions (directors, managers, product owners, and team members). Use data, observation and analytical skills to proactively identify opportunities for continuous improvement in team health and delivery, develop proposed solutions, and share knowledge and best practices across teams. Focus on increasing the skill and understanding of delivery practices and client values across all interactions. Observe and provide consistent, impactful feedback for team development. Embrace the concept of continuous learning and instill the same in the teams. Actively seek coaching and mentoring from more experienced SMs and coaches.The ideal candidate brings substantial experience fostering agile maturity within teams, including skillfully navigating the complexities and dynamics that often arise during transformation and either exposure or a working knowledge of cybersecurity data and/or operations. Solid experience and knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) practices and Agile project management concepts, practices, and techniques. Demonstrates the ability to thoughtfully adapt Agile practices to fit the unique needs of the team while ensuring alignment with organizational standards and business objectives. Display strong communication, organizational, analytical, critical thinking, and team building skills. Advanced presentation, influencing, and relationship management skills. Bachelor degree in technology or a related discipline and at least 8, typically 10 or more years related experience as a project team member, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience. Agile certifications are preferred. Solid time management skills, with the ability to multitask and manage multiple efforts in a cross-functional environment.Strong communication skills to facilitate meetings.
Experienced with Scrum and Scrumban. Ability to manage 2 to 3 teams. Expert level experience with Jira and Service Now.