Scrum Master

Guide product management teams in their role, defining MVPs, developing product charters, product community maps, product roadmaps and release plans, story mapping, writing stories and backlog prioritization and management. Manage and facilitate team event including quarterly product planning, product owner syncs, backlog refinement, estimating and sizing efforts, release planning, sprint planning, standups and retrospectives.

Scrum Master
Contract (5 Months + Possible extension)
Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid)
 
Pay Rate: $60-64 an hour on W2 (DOE)
 
Job Description:

• Embrace the agile mindset, advocate and champion agile across the Technology organization by challenging, coaching, and guiding teams using agile principles.
• Provide creative solutions to agile transformation issues: resistance to change, limited resources, conflicting priorities, lack of accountability.
• Ability to utilize agile methods in a flexible manner that often includes traditional project management which can include hard deadlines/fixed dates at times.
• Understand the various agile frameworks, events and artifacts (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), where they are fit for purpose and how to implement/apply with new and existing teams.
• Manage and facilitate team event including quarterly product planning, product owner syncs, backlog refinement, estimating and sizing efforts, release planning, sprint planning, standups and retrospectives.
• Facilitate and coach to draft, track progress and continuously improve on Objective and Key Results (OKRs).
• Coach teams and leaders in agile principles and practices, roles and responsibilities, and frameworks.
• Foster a continuous improvement environment to build high-performing, agile teams.
• Track and report on metrics for teams to measure progress, effectiveness of agile adoption, and agile maturity of the teams.
• Guide product management teams in their role, defining MVPs, developing product charters, product community maps, product roadmaps and release plans, story mapping, writing stories and backlog prioritization and management.
• Train and mentor other Agilists on the role of the Agilist and participate in communities of practice for Agilists to share, learn and grow.

 
Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience
• Five or more years of experience in Agile technology delivery
• Five or more years of experience in Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) teams

 
Preferred Skills:

• Strong knowledge of Agile values, principles, and practices and Scaled Agile frameworks
• Ability to drive delivery and take initiative
• Excellent interpersonal skills (communication, collaboration, leadership, conflict resolution)
• Experience as an Agilist managing multiple teams simultaneously
• Experience with agile tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Dragonboat, MURAL
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification or similar certification a plus
• Possess the ability to influence others, implement change, and standardize processes in a complex business environment
• A passion for mentoring and growing the potential of others
• Positive attitude and ability to inspire the team toward continuous improvement
• Experience with outcomes-based planning and delivery (i.e., OKR)
• Ability to partner with Product, Tech, UX and other disciplines
• Experience with Product Discovery tactics
• Direct experience with big room / quarterly product planning and cross-team coordination
• Understanding fundamentals of iterative and incremental development
• Experience successfully delivering solutions on an aggressive schedule
• Ability to work in ambiguity and iterate to a solution – can estimate and solve basic business problems without explicit direction
• Creative, flexible, and willing to continuously change and evolve
• Demonstrated program-level collaboration and system architecture understanding
• Experience in business analysis, product management or product development

 
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Russell Tobin offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Russell Tobin is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Fair Chance Employment
Russell Tobin is a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.

Accommodations
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us. 

Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates: Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation.