Title: Scrum Lead
Location: Fort Worth, TX - 76155
Duration: 12+ months Contract
Work mode: 3 days hybrid onsite (Tue/Wed/Thu)
Top 3 Mandatory Skills and Experience
1. Agile Delivery Leadership
Proven experience leading Agile delivery teams.
Deep understanding of Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe methodologies.
Demonstrated ability to drive execution and remove delivery impediments.
2. Agile Tool Expertise
Strong experience with:
Azure DevOps (ADO)
Aha!
Client Teams
Client Office Suite
3. Stakeholder & Dependency Management
Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders across Product, Engineering, UX, Architecture, QA, and Business teams.
Strong facilitation, communication, and conflict-resolution skills.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Optimize the flow of value from generation of ideas to release
Coach your team(s) to create high-value items, while eliminating or reducing rework, waste in the process, etc
Promote transparency on barriers to change, progress, and remove or seek assistance in addressing impediments and opportunities
Enable your team(s) to practice Professional Scrum and other frameworks/techniques that drive agility
Cultivate a habit of continuous learning (from prior increments, retrospectives, etc.), continuous experimentation, and continuous improvement to reach a high-performing state
Coach your team(s) to understand (the why) and practice new ways of working
Serve as internal trainers contributing to the learning and development of one or more team(s)
Coach Product Owners/Managers with techniques for establishing empirical product planning and maintaining a healthy Product Backlog
Maintain, share, and promote information radiators that enable inspection and adaptation
Coach teams to self-organize and facilitate events, as necessary
Minimum Qualifications – Education & Prior Job Experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
5+ years serving as a Scrum Master, Scrum Lead, Agile Delivery Lead, or similar role.
7+ years working within Agile software development environments.
Experience supporting medium-to-large scale enterprise technology initiatives.
Nice-to-Have Skills and Experience
SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) Certification
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)
Experience supporting mobile application development teams
Experience in the airline, travel, hospitality, or transportation industry
Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD practices
Experience with distributed and globally dispersed teams
Familiarity with digital customer-facing applications
Exposure to Lean Portfolio Management practices