CTG - Buffalo, NY
posted 3 months ago
CTG is seeking to fill a Scrum Master II opening for our client in Buffalo, NY. This role is pivotal in providing servant-leadership and mentorship to multiple cross-functional agile teams through effective application of Agile principles and frameworks including Scrum, Kanban, and Extreme Programming (XP). The Scrum Master will strengthen the teams' understanding of effective practices, theories, and techniques to support continuous improvement. This position involves educating and coaching teams to create an environment that fosters self-organization, cross-functionality, collaboration, conflict resolution, transparency, and continuous improvement. The Scrum Master will visualize, communicate, and radiate team information to keep their work and impediments visible to stakeholders. The primary responsibilities include utilizing a broad knowledge base of agile practices such as user stories, retrospectives, story mapping, Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD), continuous integration, and information radiators to help create high-performing teams. The Scrum Master will encourage a culture of continuous improvement within the agile teams, constantly discovering better ways of working through transparency, collaboration, and retrospectives. They will curate team-level coaching content to guide teams regarding agile practices and facilitate various meetings for idea generation, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, problem-solving, and alignment. Additionally, the Scrum Master will help teams gain transparency into their workflow through appropriate use of information radiators and address blocking issues that are beyond the teams' authority. They will work with other Agile Leaders to increase the effectiveness of Agile application within the organization and provide mentorship to less experienced Scrum Masters. The role also involves seeking and hosting individual and team learning opportunities, understanding and adhering to the company's risk and regulatory standards, and promoting an environment that supports diversity and reflects the company brand. The Scrum Master will maintain internal control standards and complete other related duties as assigned.