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The Judge Group

Scrum Master

The Judge Group, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290

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Job Responsibilities

Drive efforts to guide and coach delivery teams to self-organize and achieve objectives, without assigning or dictating the work

Contribute to the “building” of Agile teams/squads

Provide support to the Product Owner and Delivery Team, and lead by example

Participate in and lead discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

Contribute to a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised and resolved

Continually improve Scrum Master skills through education and engaging with fellow Scrum Masters

Work with Product Owner and Team to plan and execute project implementations

Support the identification and mitigation of project risks

Participate in and lead regular assessments of a team Agile Maturity and uses the results to guide them to improved performance

Work with Product Owner and Delivery Team to facilitate effective sprints by removing impediments and ensuring that stories are “sprint ready”

Drive internal and external communication, improving transparency, and information radiation

Support the Product Owner, especially with respect to story grooming and maintaining the product backlog

Proactively identify and mitigate risks using Agile best practices and project data

Drive daily stand‑ups, facilitate story grooming, coordinate sprint demos, planning and retrospectives

Required Skills and Experience

Understand Agile values and principles and can guide and coach teams, and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices

Experience with agile transformations, building Agile teams and implementing Agile “from scratch”

Experience being on multiple Scrum teams in a variety of different contexts (diverse team sizes, organizations, cultures, co‑located vs. distributed, etc.)

Experience with Scaled Agile (SAFe) / Scrum of Scrums or equivalent

Track record of continued and recent education in Scrum, including training, conferences, user groups, self‑study, etc.

Knowledge of other approaches discussed in the Agile space: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc.

Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games

The proven ability to be self‑motivated and a self‑starter

Ability to work under minimal supervision

Demonstrated experience and success with organizational process design and implementation

Strong background in ITIL and Agile methodologies

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Proven experience in project and program management

Assist with response to regulatory audits regarding process flows

Understands backlog tracking, Scrum and Kanban based metrics, task definition, story splitting

Experience in sprint & release planning, running demos and retrospectives

Demonstrate sound judgment and strong reasoning skills as well as good analytical and problem‑solving abilities

Ability to review large amounts of data and analyze and spot trends and provide analysis and insights

Experience consolidating data from multiple data sources

Seniority level Mid‑Senior level

Employment type Contract

Job function Information Technology

Benefits

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

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