Scrum Master - AppDev

$65,000 - $110,000/Yr

Shi International Ltd - Austin, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Austin, TX

5,001-10,000 employees

Furniture, Home Furnishings, Electronics, and Appliance Retailers

About the position

The Scrum Master at SHI is responsible for the adoption and implementation of Scrum methodology within the Information Technology department. This role involves coordinating multiple Scrum teams to enhance applications and services while ensuring optimal performance and resolving impediments. The Scrum Master acts as a bridge between development teams, product owners, and stakeholders, fostering a collaborative environment for continuous improvement and effective Agile practices.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Scrum team coach by identifying needs and implementing methods to strengthen the team's understanding of Scrum concepts and principles
• Ensure the team understands and appropriately applies Agile values and principles
• Ensure the team effectively achieves Sprint goals
• Organize and facilitate valuable Scrum events
• Create an environment of relentless, continuous improvement and applied learnings
• Assist Product Owner with maintaining the product backlog while managing trade-offs between short-term and long-term benefits of the solution, product, and business value
• Coach and mentor development teams to be self-organized and effective
• Proactively manage dependencies across teams and processes
• Assist the team with Sprint commitments, risk management, and impediment resolution
• Track and communicate the team's progress regarding Capacity, Velocity, Sprint, and Release
• Accountable for improving the team's quality and outcomes

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field - or equivalent work experience
• 4+ years' IT or related business experience
• Minimum of 3 years' experience working in a Scrum environment
• Minimum of 3 years' experience working with Agile frameworks (Scrum and Kanban) and Agile toolsets (Atlassian, Azure)
• Minimum of 2 years' experience as a Scrum Master working with 2 or more software development teams
• Knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
• Working knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Understanding of the fundamentals of iterative and incremental development
• Proficiency in MS office tools - Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams

Nice-to-haves

• Advance Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM II)
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401K
• Flexible spending account