Scrum Master

Agile Coach

Duration: 6 Month contract with possibility to extend

Work Mode: 100% Remote

Location: Local to Portsmouth, NH preferred

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate team ceremonies such as daily scrums, sprint planning, and retrospectives to ensure full team engagement.
• Collaborate with the Product Owner(s) and teams to support short and long-term planning and maintain a healthy backlog.
• Shield the teams from interference to enable optimal functionality and productivity.
• Collaborate with teams to understand their needs; plan and deliver instruction and coaching while ensuring alignment with the organizational strategy.
• Focus on increasing the skill and understanding of Agile practices and values by actively coaching team members on growth mindset and maturing current Agile adoption.
• Champion continuous improvement activities to increase productivity; coach squads to conduct continuous improvement.
• Anticipate and address impediments to team and help manage interdependencies between agile teams.
• Regularly assess Agile maturity and actively coach to higher levels of growth, partnering with peers to help impact portfolio maturity.
• 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.
• Collaborate with the Senior Scrum Master to design and execute the path for the teams' agile maturity.
• Actively seek coaching and mentoring from more experienced Scrum Masters and coaches on Lean-Agile techniques and mindset.

Requirements:

• Strong coaching skills to guide teams with strong personalities.
• Agile experience to help teams move forward.
• Ability to be present, active listening, being caring, and forward-thinking.
• Experience with Agile Transformation and working with non-traditional teams.
• Experience with Jira & Confluence preferred.

Preferred Skills:

• Considerable experience guiding agile teams through the ebb and flow of agile transformation.
• Experience implementing cross-team program level initiatives with tightly coupled dependencies across functions.
• Strong communication, organizational, analytical, critical thinking, and team building skills.
• Proficient skills in presentation, influence, and relationship management.
• Previous experience as a Scrum Master is required.
• Agile certification preferred.
• Project management skills, excellent time management skills, and the ability to multitask in a cross-functional environment is preferred.