Scrum Master

Position Summary:
The Scrum Master is responsible for guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values.
 
Essential Functions: 
· Strongly serving and supporting the Product Owner and Development Team in their quest to do everything possible to please customers
· Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style and leading by example
· Guiding and coaching both the Scrum Team and the Development team on how to get the most out of self-organization and to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks
· Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
· Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel
· Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving
· Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work
· Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
· Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
· Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to refining and managing the product backlog
· Other duties as assigned
 
Supervisory / Managerial Responsibilities:

This position has supervisory responsibilities and will be managing a team of employees.
 
 
Job Specifications:
·  First level Scrum Master Certification (PSM I, CSM); Second level Scrum Master Certification (PSM II, CSP) preferred.
·  Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least one year (two preferred) for a software development team
 
Job Competencies:
·  Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
·  Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.)
·  The ability to distinguish between what "is Scrum" what is "not Scrum"
·  Experience being on multiple Scrum teams in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes, different organizations, different cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc.)
·  Track record of continued and recent education in Scrum, including training, conferences, user groups, self-study, etc.
·  Knowledge of other approaches discussed in the Agile space: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc.
·  Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
·   Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team
·   Experience applying a wide variety of well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach(example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs,etc)
·   Previous experience as a collaborative leader
·   Excellent communication and mentoring skills
 
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Note:
 
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position.  Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.  All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.  To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will posses the skills aptitudes and abilities to perform each duty proficiently.  Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others.  The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills or abilities.  This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.