*completed 4 year degree (no exceptions)
*background check required

As a Senior Scrum Master within the software organization, you are accountable for working with your scrum team(s), product owners, and leaders to deliver capabilities that meet overall business objectives using Agile frameworks. This role is expected to guide scrum teams through the development of new product capabilities, features, and solutions that support business strategies and initiatives. This role will continuously develop and improve software development and execution.


A Day in the Life:

• Serves one or more Scrum Teams
• Coach members of the Scrum Team in adherence and benefits to role accountabilities
• Promote collaboration and teamwork across scrum team members, encouraging cross-training and team support when necessary
• Guide teams to be able to make connections to the teams behaviors and both the Agile Manifesto and the Scrum Framework.
• Facilitate Scrum Events as needed or requested. Understand effective facilitation and be able to demonstrate different facilitation techniques.
• Understand and demonstrate versatility in coaching and communicating with Scrum Team members based on unique behavioral styles.
• Ensure the Scrum Team is setting commitments (Product Goal, Sprint Goal, Definition of Done).
• Ensure the Scrum Team is striving toward Self-Management.
• Ensure the effectiveness of all Scrum Events and Artifacts.
• Coach both the Product Owner (PO) and Product Development Managers (PDMs) to ensure good product backlog management is happening and the product backlog is aligned to backlog priority.
• Protect the developers from distractions that keep them from achieving the sprint goal.
• Ensure that the right information is radiated to those that need it.
• Understand when the situation calls for facilitation, teaching, modeling, mentoring, and coaching. Use the appropriate technique for each unique situation.
• Demonstrate servant leadership.
• Understand and Identify Impediments to the team's success, and facilitate their removal
• Understand and facilitate the creation of Working Agreements
• Stay abreast of and incorporate new Scrum Guide changes.
• Help the team to self-organize/self-manage
• Promote collaboration and teamwork across scrum team members; encourage cross-training
• Train/educate others on Agile frameworks
• Analyze modifications to frameworks or process decisions with the Agile Manifesto to guide others.
• Use multiple facilitation and coaching techniques.
• Facilitate larger organizational events like communities of practice, lean coffee, etc.
• Facilitate root cause analysis sessions as needed.
• Apply conflict resolution techniques.
• Evaluate and coach improvement in team performance.



Qualifications

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree
• 4+ Years as a Scrum Master for software engineering teams or related project management experience





Nice to Have:

• First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I)
• Second level Scrum Master certification (A-CSM, PSM II)
• Scaling experience and/or knowledge of multiple scaling frameworks
• Knowledge and/or experience applying different Agile frameworks (Kanban, eXtreme Programming, etc)
• Regulated industry experience
• Experience with product software/firmware integrated with electromechanical systems
• Familiarity with tools like Azure Dev Ops, JIRA, Confluence, MS Teams or similar
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience building strong relationships with Scrum Teams, Product Owners, external stakeholders, and leadership
• Experience with strategic communication outside of teams to stakeholders and leaders
• Knowledge of multiple facilitation and coaching techniques
• Prior Coaching and Facilitation experience
• Experience giving and receiving value added feedback
• Experience or interest working in distributed, global teams
• Experience or interest in teaching and coaching team members
• Understand Systems Thinking
• Experience applying conflict resolution techniques


Horizontal facilitates valuable and productive conversations between you and potential employers. We can assist you in growing your career by partnering you with employers that offer challenging assignments. For those that join the team, we offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement. Check out all we have to offer and how you can become part of the Horizontal Talent Team. The pay range for this role is $94 - $101 per hour. This is not a guarantee of compensation, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.