Scrum Master

$100,000 - $100,000/Yr

Photon - Dallas, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Dallas, TX

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Photon is seeking a strong, experienced Scrum Master to join our team in Dallas, Texas. This role is pivotal in driving our digital initiatives alongside a highly skilled team of software engineers and developers. The ideal candidate will be passionate about Agile methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, Lean Thinking, eXtreme Programming, ScrumScale, and SAFe. As a Scrum Master, you will guide the team and the organization in utilizing Agile/Scrum ceremonies, practices, and values to enhance customer satisfaction and deliver the best software solutions to the marketplace. In this position, you will assess the maturity of the team and organization concerning Scrum and coach the team to achieve higher levels of maturity at a sustainable pace. You will be responsible for removing impediments and facilitating their removal, fostering a trusting and safe environment where team members can raise issues and focus on problem-solving. Your role will also involve facilitating discussions, decision-making, and conflict resolution, ensuring that the team can work effectively without coercion or dictation of tasks. Continuous process improvement is a core aspect of this role, and you will be expected to embrace this spirit by applying necessary improvements. You will assist with both internal and external communication, enhancing transparency, and reporting on key performance indicators (KPIs) and overall progress. As a servant leader, you will provide support to the team and lead by example, demonstrating self-motivation and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Guide the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum ceremonies, practices, and values to delight customers.
• Assess the maturity of the team and organization as it relates to Scrum and coach the team to higher levels of maturity.
• Remove impediments or facilitate the removal of impediments with the team.
• Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised while emphasizing problem-solving.
• Facilitate discussions, decision-making, and conflict resolution.
• Embrace the spirit of continuous process improvement and apply improvements as needed.
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information including the identification and reporting of key KPIs and overall progress and success.
• Provide support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master for a software development team applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
• Knowledge of various well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the gaps left in the Scrum approach.
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Certified Product Owner (CSPO).
• Experience with Agile practices, patterns, and techniques.
• Experience in Agile techniques such as User Stories, ATDD, TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games, etc.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Prior IT Scrum Master experience or experience as a user of IT applications with specific business knowledge with Web and Mobile App development is desirable.
• Prior experience with software delivery, project management, requirements gathering.

Benefits

• Competitive salary starting at $100,000+
• Full-time position with opportunities for professional growth and development.