Senior Scrum Master — Tempe, AZ

We have 3 urgent needs for Scrum Masters in Tempe, AZ

Onsite/Hybrid 3 days per week

US Citizen or Green Card Only (no sponsorship)

No vendors/3rd party/C2C or W2

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Oversee product teams to ensure sprint backlogs are well- managed, commitments are reasonable, stories are actively swarmed, sprint goals are consistently delivered, and quality and performance expectations are met.

• Ensure product teams understand the business context, product vision, user stories, and sprint goals.

• Develop and negotiate team working agreements, effective user stories, acceptance criteria, and a clear definition of done.

• Oversee product teams in self-organization/management, cross-functional collaboration, team dynamics and interpersonal skills.

• Protect product teams from interruptions, manage risks, and actively remove impediments.

• Perform ongoing assessments of teams and programs, to provide recommendations regarding continuous improvement.

• Help teams continuously reflect and improve, becoming more effective in their roles and increasing their predictability, teamwork, and practices.

• Help develop, lead and/or facilitate workshops around story mapping/breakdown, user & persona creation, value-stream mapping, product road-mapping, project inception, launch, etc.

• Collaborate with individuals across all levels and roles to educate on agile principles, best practices, and tools to improve workflows and drive successful product deliverables.

• Manage agile product ceremonies and activities including daily stand-up meetings, product and sprint backlog refinement, sprint reviews, agile board management and retrospectives.

• Partner with the product managers/product owners to develop release plans and ensure product backlogs are well-refined, prioritized, and -transparent.

• Assist in dependency management, cross-team test and delivery coordination, and release management/support for agile teams.

• May require travel.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Organizational Impact:

• Works to achieve day-to-day objectives with major impact on the area of responsibility.

• Contributes to the development of goals the area and planning efforts (budgets, operational plans, etc.). Manages large projects or processes with moderate impact on the achievement of sub-family results. Work is performed with limited oversight. Typically responsible for coaching, reviewing and delegating work to lower-level professionals.

• Provides measurable input to new products, processes or standards in operational plans in order to implement operational objectives.

Leadership & Talent Management:

• Typically responsible for providing guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area.

• Typically responsible for managing major/complex projects at this level, involving delegation of work and review of work products.

Knowledge & Experience:

• Requires deep knowledge of area typically obtained through higher education combined with experience.

• Typically viewed as a subject matter expert within discipline. May have broad knowledge of project or program management.

• Minimum high school diploma or equivalent (GED) required.

• Typically requires a university degree or equivalent experience and minimum 6-8 years of prior relevant experience.

Required Skills

• 3+ years of Scrum/Agile experience with excellent working knowledge of agile frameworks, ceremonies, processes, roles, and responsibilities.

• 3+ years of experience collaborating with business stakeholders to deliver quantifiable business value required.

• Excellent communication skills, ability to build rapport, share findings, and explain tradeoffs to technical and nontechnical audiences alike.

• Group facilitation skills with a demonstrated ability for constructively navigating conflict. Facilitate conflict resolution while keeping a positive spin on team learning.

• Excellent leadership and people skills, working with various teams, influencing, and getting buy-ins in various situations, effectively manage relationships (up, down, across).

• Experience with Azure DevOps, MS Teams, MS SharePoint.

• Organized, persuasive, encouraging, and motivating.

Required Licensing, Registration and/or Certifications

• Professional Scrum Master or Certified Scrum Master credential preferred.