Position: Scrum Master Consultant
Location: Atlanta GA
Duration: 4 to 6 Month
Essential Duties
Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers.
Guiding the team on how to get the most out of self-organization.
Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.
Facilitating getting the work done without assigning.
Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
Facilitating the Scrum Ceremonies ? Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective.
Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency and radiating information.
Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example.
Required Skills/Experience
First level Scrum Master certification (CSM).
Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least two years, diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
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Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques (example: numerous Burn down techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc).
Excellent communication and mentoring skills.
New visa sponsorship or visa transfer is not acceptable for this position.
Preferred Skills/Experience:(Any of these is a plus)
Second level Scrum Master certification (CSP).
Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc.
Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games.
Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team.
Previous experience as a team lead.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.