Scrum Master

at Teksystems in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

TEKsystems is looking in the Chicago area for a strong Scrum Master candidate to work for one of our top customers! This role offers a fun, fast-paced environment and eligible candidates must be able to work on a TEKsystems W-2.

Description:

Looking for a strong Project Management Professional who has held a scrum master position in the past. Would like for them to have release management experience as well.

Position Summary

Guide and coach one or more teams on Scrum practices and develop their understanding of Agile principles.

? Facilitate Scrum ceremonies (for example, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Demos/Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives).

? In a Scaled Agile model, facilitate scaled planning for the team (for example, Pre-Planning/ Preparation and PI Planning Events) and represent the team in Scrum of Scrums/ART Syncs.

Good knowledge of JIRA filtering, queries, dashboards, and reports.

? Help the team define norms/agreements, like a Definition of Ready and Definition of Done, and enforce the agreements.

? Ensure the team has a healthy product and Sprint backlog (in collaboration with the PO).

? Facilitate dependency management/risk management/impediment removal for the team.

? Promote/facilitate communication and collaboration within the Agile team to support value delivery and Sprint commitments.

? Provide visibility into the Agile team’s delivery plans and progress against plan to stakeholders.

? Enable the team to become high performing through collaboration and a relentless focus on continuous improvement including cross-skilling across the team.

? Measure team delivery, maturity, and performance and review the metrics with the team to identify improvement opportunities.

Primary Skill

Non-Technical Skills

Tertiary Skill

Agile tools (Jira)

Required Skills

Strong Certified Scrum Master with good Project Management & Coaching skills

Very good experience in delivering software development projects

Prior experience in Scrum Master role in Agile projects

Experience with Agile methodology/frameworks

Experience in Scaled Agile (SAFe) framework a plus

Excellent communication, relationship building, and team player skills

3-4 Years of relevant experience is required.

Project Management (PMP) certification a plus

Skills:

Scrum, Agile, Jira, pmp certification, pmo, financial services, Project management, Agile methodology

We’re partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That’s the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.