Location: NYC or Sun Prairie, WI- Remote

Responsibilities

1. Manage each project’s scope and timeline
2. Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings and daily stand-ups
3. Coach team members in Agile frameworks
4. Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration
5. Be the point of contact for external communications (e.g. from customers or stakeholders)
6. Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests
7. Resolve conflicts and remove obstacles that occur
8. Help teams implement changes effectively
9. Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint
10. Guide development teams to higher scrum maturity
11. Help build a productive environment where team members ‘own’ the product and enjoy working on it

Requirements and skills

1. Experience in a scrum master role
2. Familiarity with software development
3. Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)
4. Good knowledge of other Agile frameworks (Crystal, XP etc.)
5. Excellent communication and servant leadership skills
6. Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
7. Outstanding organizational skills
8. Degree in Computer Science, Business or similar field
9. Scrum master certification is Must