Scrum Master

Baer Group - Niles, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Niles, IL

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Baer Group is seeking a Scrum Master for a 6+ month project based in Niles, IL. This hybrid role involves educating team members and stakeholders on effective collaboration within scrum teams, promoting agile values, and facilitating discussions to resolve issues. The Scrum Master will guide sprint planning, conduct daily stand-ups, and manage dependencies across teams while ensuring alignment with product owners and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Educate team members and stakeholders on effective collaboration with scrum teams.
• Act as a change leader, embodying and promoting agile values within the organization.
• Identify and remove blockers that hinder team progress.
• Facilitate discussions to resolve issues and development impediments.
• Foster an environment of teamwork and open communication.
• Conduct daily stand-up meetings to discuss blockers, plans, and progress.
• Hold sprint reviews to assess performance and capture feedback.
• Guide sprint planning sessions to elaborate on user stories, acceptance criteria, and effort estimation.
• Schedule and conduct retrospectives to identify opportunities for improvement and implement action items.
• Partner with the Product Owner, Product Manager, scrum team, and stakeholders to ensure alignment.
• Promote the use of product tools, including Azure DevOps, ensuring consistency and transparency.
• Navigate IT processes across the organization while guiding teams.
• Maintain open communication with leadership, operational teams, product leaders, and project stakeholders.
• Follow up on action items to ensure accountability.
• Administer the scrum board, ensuring cards are updated and tools are utilized effectively.
• Create and maintain necessary artifacts for scrum, agile, and product models.
• Encourage the maintenance of the product backlog and protect the sprint backlog and product increment.
• Guide multiple medium to large-scale projects through sprints, iterations, and phases.
• Manage dependencies with external partners and remote project teams.
• Initiate and facilitate project kick-off and inception activities.
• Oversee communication and dependencies between Scrum Teams and cross-functional teams.
• Provide oversight of programs to meet business financial objectives.
• Stay current with new tools, techniques, and methodologies in the agile community.

Requirements

• 2+ years as a Scrum Master with a valid Scrum Master certification (CSM).
• 2+ years working with outsource partners.
• Proven experience in running projects using Scrum and Kanban methodologies, managing multiple dependencies and remote team members.
• Learning mindset with a solid understanding of product models.
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to identifying and addressing challenges.
• Bachelor's degree with 3-5 years of IT Project Management experience, or HS Diploma/GED with 7+ years of IT Project Management experience.