Scrum Master coordinates a cross-functional Agile development team utilizing the principles and tools of the Scrum Framework. Assumes a servant leadership role to support a self-organized team to complete Scrum projects. Being a Scrum Master identifies and removes impediments to progress. Facilitates sprint planning meetings, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, demos, and retrospectives. Additionally, Scrum Master identifies and manages the backlog. Supports, coaches and mentors team members. Tracks daily sprint progress and maintain schedules. Requires a bachelor's degree. Typically requires Certified Scrum Master (CSM). Typically reports to a director. The Scrum Master occasionally directed in several aspects of the work. Gaining exposure to some of the complex tasks within the job function. To be a Scrum Master typically requires 2-4 years of related experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Description :
Responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivery of defined deliverables which usually requires engagement from multiple teams such as a project or smaller program.
Communicates the work objectives, coordinates delivery, manages risks, ensures compliance to standards, and provides end-to-end visibility into the health of the deliverables.
Ensures execution and delivery meets the client’s expectations in terms of the functionality, quality, timeline and cost.
Coordinates and facilitates routines to support delivery e.g., kick-offs, status reviews, stakeholder meetings, change controls, tollgates, etc.
Plans and coordinates delivery and dependencies with across multiple teams.
Facilitates dependency management / risk management / impediment removal for the defined deliverables.
Promotes / facilitates communication and collaboration across organizations to support the deliverable completion and timeline.
Gathers / facilitates status updates for the deliverables to stakeholders and leadership pertaining to delivery, risks / issues, and schedule.
Ensures that execution is aligned with deliverable requirements by working with the sponsor / stakeholders.
Ensures deliverables comply with Enterprise Change Management standards.
Supports resource planning for delivery / execution.
Scrum Master with additional experience in portfolio level functions supporting end to end oversight and program delivery
Experience enacting change continuous improvement leading teams through release planning readiness, developing, and documenting standards, and maintaining project communications
Proficient in JIRA and Confluence as delivery is tracked across 20 JIRA instances
Last updated : 2024-06-07