Role Summary

Ensure Squad alignment to process efficiency, and continuous improvement processes are being implemented, leveraging metrics/reporting and tooling (Jira) according to the methodology

Lead and/or facilitate Scrum and/or other Agile practices, facilitating gradual team adoption and independence

Support a culture that promotes transparency, inspection, and adaptation

Coach Squad members, and other individuals in effective Agile practices

Responsibilities

•Increase overall Agile maturity

•Nurture adherence to Agile, practices, and principles

•Elevate Squad performance

•Teach, mentor, role-model, and improve Agile across the organization

•Foster self-organization and growth within Squads and Domains

•Facilitate communication and collaboration inside and outside of the Squad and Domains

•Encourage the Squads to drive to results by routinely assessing achievement against OKRs and KPI’s

•Evolve mindsets and behaviors

•Coach Squads and organizations on how to build a trusting and safe environment

•Build, and lead by example, a culture that promotes transparency, inspection, and adaptation

Functional Competencies

•Brings a high-energy and passionate outlook to the job and can influence those around her/him

•Able to build a sense of trust and rapport that creates a comfortable & effective workplace, and enables conflict resolution

•Effective communicator including listening to understand, and using the appropriate communication channels to achieve business results

Education & Knowledge

•Understanding of business, software, or operations

OR

•Scrum Master certification (CSM, Agile Scrum Master, PSM)

•Successfully delivered projects using Scrum Methodology

•Oversee Delivery Execution (2-3 Squads)

•Clarity setup, Jira onboarding, risk mitigation/issue mgt, resource onboarding/transition planning

•Sprint Planning, Refinement Retrospectives and Daily Stand-ups

•Use data to assess and manage Squads adherence to KPI’s

•Align squad sprint execution to the release schedule

•Financial , resource and SOW tracking including reviewing financial spend reports (Clarity)

•Program Manager to raise and remove impediments quickly

Technical Competencies

•Understanding of Agile Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), with specific Scrum Master (or similar) experience preferred

•Knowledge of Agile software development process (e.g. XP, Kanban, Scrum, etc.)

•Knowledge and/or experience with Agile techniques: User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Automated Testing

•Leadership skills including integrity, effective communicator, motivation, responsibility and time management