Senior Scrum Master I

The Opportunity: Anthology s Student Development team focuses on using both industry standards and cutting-edge technologies to develop innovative solutions that are essential to our user s success. As Senior Scrum Master, you will serve as the servant leader for your team(s) by ensuring clear communication and helping the team reach its goal. You will coach the team on the appropriate Agile methodology focused on predictable, quality delivery, and driving continuous improvement of the team. You ll facilitate team productivity by removing impediments that may obstruct the pursuit of the team s goals and by preserving flexibility and ability to rapidly respond to changes on the team. Primary responsibilities will include: Serving as Scrum Master for two or more Scrum teams of moderate complexity Assessing Agile maturity within immediate Scrum teams Facilitating Scrum ceremonies and providing coaching to further improve Agile maturity of teams via daily Scrum, retrospectives, sprint planning, and demonstrations Ensuring team maintains focus on quality and continuous delivery of business value Helping team proactively identify impediments and recommending solutions to remove impediments Representing team in regular Scrum of Scrums (S2) meetings and clearly communicating team accomplishments, impediments, and dependencies as part of an Agile Release Train (ART) Acting as an influencer by implementing Agile processes, practices, principles, and values; helping team and organization to improve collaboration and self-organization Demonstrating the ability to balance data with other factors when making decisions Utilizing team feedback, analyzing data, and reporting on team factors such as quality, delivery rate, throughput, productivity, and velocity Demonstrating ability to identify process inefficiencies and facilitate discussions for a solution The Candidate: Required skills/qualifications: Bachelor s degree or related work experience 5-8 years of Agile or other related experience Familiarity with Agile and enthusiasm about Agile practices Familiarity with scaling Agile, particularly with using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Strong communication skills Ability to pay accurate and precise attention to detail Ability to build strong interpersonal relationships with the Scrum team and stakeholders Comfortable working with multiple teams, both in-house and remote Fluency in written and spoken English Preferred skills/qualifications: Scrum Alliance CSM or PMI s Agile Certified Professional SAFe5 Agilist or SAFe5 Practitioner or other SAFe certifications