Akkodis - Hartford, CT
posted 5 months ago
About the position
Modis is seeking a highly adaptable Scrum Master to join our Enterprise Delivery Practice team, which consists of 30 dedicated professionals focused on scaling agility across the enterprise. The ideal candidate will thrive in a dynamic environment and prioritize quick delivery of better solutions. As a Scrum Master, you will play a pivotal role in facilitating various Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, retrospectives, and sprint demos. You will assist the product owner in maintaining a well-groomed backlog and ensure effective cross-team coordination. Your ability to reach out to the larger company network for impediment removal will be crucial in maintaining the flow of work. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining relevant metrics that help the team assess their performance and progress. You will also coach and mentor other Scrum Masters within our product team to ensure consistency in our ways of working across different teams. Effective communication will be key as you liaise between the Scrum team and the Product Owner/User Experience team, fostering better collaboration between these disciplines. As a servant leader, you will earn the respect of your team, empowering them to self-organize while being willing to engage directly in tasks to ensure successful outcomes. Your assertiveness will be essential in ensuring adherence to Agile/Scrum principles, acting as a voice of reason and authority when necessary. You will facilitate discussions to resolve conflicts, explore alternatives, and elevate issues to management when needed. Transparency is a core value for this position, as you will strive to bring disclosure to the business regarding development processes, thereby fostering trust within the organization. The ideal candidate will have experience with Rally, hold a Scrum Master industry certification, and be familiar with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). A solid understanding of various processes and methodologies, along with the ability to leverage different techniques to add value to the team and enterprise, is also required. Familiarity with common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and better development practices is essential, as is participation in industry Agile communities. Experience in the healthcare sector is highly desirable.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate sprint planning, retrospective, and sprint demos.
- Assist the product owner with keeping the backlog groomed.
- Ensure cross-team coordination.
- Reach out to the larger company network for impediment removal.
- Maintain relevant metrics that help the team see how they are doing.
- Coach and mentor other scrum masters in our product team to ensure consistent ways of working across teams.
- Liaise between the Scrum team and the Product Owner/User Experience team to foster better communication.
- Act as a liaison to the assigned project manager.
- Serve as a servant leader, empowering the team to self-organize and being willing to engage in tasks as needed.
- Communicate effectively with teams and stakeholders.
- Ensure adherence to Agile/Scrum concepts and principles, making tough calls when necessary.
- Facilitate discussions for conflict resolution and elevate issues to management when needed.
- Promote transparency in development processes to build business trust.
Requirements
- Experience as a Scrum Master in an Agile environment.
- Scrum Master industry certification.
- Experience with Rally is strongly desired.
- Familiarity with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
- Understanding of various Agile processes and methodologies.
- Ability to communicate intelligently about different techniques to provide value to the team and enterprise.
- Understanding of the value of commitments to delivery made by a development team.
- Familiarity with common Agile practices and service-oriented environments.
- Participation in industry Agile communities.
- Experience in the healthcare sector is preferred.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with other Agile methodologies and frameworks.
- Knowledge of software development best practices.
- Experience in coaching teams on Agile principles.
