Job Title:  Sr. Scrum Master
Duration:  12 Months+
Location:  Remote – (working CST/CDT hours)

Job Description:
Sr Scrum Master

Our Direct Client is looking for a Sr Scrum Master to lead Project Scrum/Agile Ceremonies to include:  Daily stand-ups, Backlog grooming, PI Planning.  This individual will also assist the Project Manager in support of desired outcomes.  Looking for a senior person who has experience as a Scrum of Scrum and working in Scaled Agile (SAFe).

Description:

Knowledge

• Expert knowledge of Agile methodology, frameworks and tools: Scrum, Kanban, Jira, and Confluence
• Experience with waterfall project management and partnering with project management

Skills

• Strong communications and interpersonal skills;

Demonstrated ability to quickly build trust and relationships, manage matrixed teams, bridge communication gaps, resolve conflicts, and influence stakeholders

• Strong technical aptitude and ability to quickly learn new products, lines of business, processes, software,
• systems, and client needs
• Effective risk management skills and ability to predict and mitigate risks and issues, as well as anticipating
• and proactively preparing for changes and impacts to clients and SVB’s business
• Active listening, persuasiveness to gain buy-in, consensus, and cooperation in the face of conflicting
• viewpoints, resistance to change, constraints, etc.
• Able to develop and foster collaborative teamwork and facilitate team dynamics
• Ability to work with teams to organize work (Epics) and size to support ability to measure, future planning and predictability

Competencies

• Assertive: Experience with working teams in adhering to Agile/Scrum concepts and principles and knowing
• when teams are not ready; must be able to be a voice of reason
• Attitude of empowerment: Must be able to guide team(s)
• Attitude of transparency: Must desire to bring disclosure and transparency
• Collaborative: Ability to partner with others to achieve goals at various levels throughout the organization
• and lead others to do so by example
• Communicative and social: Must be able to communicate well with all levels of the organization
• Conflict resolution: Must be able to facilitate discussion at the team level and facilitate alternatives or
• different approaches
• Continual improvement: Must continually be growing one’s craft learning new tools and techniques to
• manage oneself and a team
• Facilitative: Must be able to lead by example and demonstrate value-add principles to scrum team(s)
• Brings a high-energy and passionate outlook to the job and can influence those around her/him
• Able to build a sense of trust and rapport that creates a comfortable & effective workplace
• Communication Proficiency/Problem Solving/Analysis
• Customer Focus/Leadership/Coaching/Mentoring
• Required Education and Experience
• 7+ yrs of experience serving as Agile Scrum master’s in planning and delivering technology solutions
• Knowledge of procedures used to demonstrate the ROI of the solution
• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment Ability to understand business and technology concepts quickly and able to facilitate those conversations
• Experience with distributed Agile teams
• Scrum of Scrums / Scaled Agile

Preferred Education and Experience

• Specific hands-on experience with Jira and Confluence
• An ideal candidate will also have technical experience working with various technology stacks
• Previous experience as a scrum master within complex technology solutions

Desired Certifications – one or more of the following

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
• PMI-ACP
• PMP
• SAFe