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**Scrum Master****Summary**At the IS SSC, the primary purpose of the **IS Scrum Master **role is to facilitate and champion the agile software development process by coaching and mentoring development teams, identifying and eliminating impediments, and promoting the use of standards and best practices.
The **IS Scrum Master **ensures smooth operation of agile processes and activities, and is responsible for leading daily stand-ups, backlog prioritization meetings, and retrospectives.
**Responsibilities****_Agile Practices_**- Organize and facilitate agile activities and ceremonies including daily stand-up meetings, sprint reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, and product backlog refinement sessions.- Ensure that all meetings are positive, productive, stay on topic, and are kept within the timebox.- Collaborate closely with the product lead to manage the backlog.- Effectively manage user story estimation and forecasting.- Champion and facilitate adoption of agile standards, tools, and best practices.- Coach team on established IT and corporate standards (e.G., security, quality, and architecture)- Proactively identify and resolve impediments to team progress.- Communicate with leaders across the organization to ensure transparency into delivery progress, challenges, and risks.- Utilize team feedback and metrics (e.G., quality, delivery, cadence, etc.)
to identify areas of opportunity and work with team to continuously improve.- Coach the team to improve collaboration and self-management, promoting healthy interactions both within the team and with external stakeholders.- Represent the team at broader planning and coordination sessions (e.G., Scrum of Scrums).- Support the team in using agile planning and development tools (Azure Devops, Rally).- Experiment with new practices and frameworks to improve team outcomes.- Actively participate in learning opportunities such as communities of practice or conferences to improve skills and better support the team.- Contribute to the advancement and improvement of agile practices within the organization**_Portfolio Management_**- Produces reports as appropriate for portfolio governance**_PMO Governance_**- Collaborate on building and establishing the PMO Governance for IS International.
**Skills & Competencies**:- Deep knowledge of agile practices, frameworks, and techniques.- Excellent people and project management skills.- Coaching skills and ability to motivate teams.- Strong communication and presentation skills.- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.- Experience with agile planning and development tools (Azure Devops, Jira, Rally or similar).- Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing.
**Education**Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Business Administration, or similar.
**Experience**- 3+ years of experience with agile development