Agile Scrum Master - Lead

Immediate need for a talented Agile Sctum Master - Lead. This is a 12 + months Contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Atlanta, GA. Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

Job ID: 24-08299

Pay Range: 70.92/hour.  Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

•  Guides and coaches the Scrum Team on how to use Agile practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services to our customers.
•  Gets team to a high performing level by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques.
•  Responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines.
• Helps employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical product development
•  Coaches the Scrum team in self-organization, cross-functional skillset, domain knowledge and communicates effectively, both internally and externally working within the Scrum team.
• Works with Scrum Team, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making and support organizational project or product teams.
•  Resolves team impediments with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.
•  Works with Agile coaches and other Scrum Masters to grow within the role. Contributes to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization.
•  Recommends change that increases the productivity of the Scrum Team.
•  Ensures the Product Owner knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value.
•  Facilitates and supports all scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
•  Acts as a leader who coaches and supports Agile teams assigned to mainly Business as Usual (BAU) work and to a lesser degree, important department initiatives and applicable portions of corporate projects and initiatives.Must be able to learn the applications you support and be able to speak to them

Key Requirements and Technology Experience

• Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles
•  Must hold at least one Scrum Certification from Scrum Alliance or SAFe
• Must have excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
•  Knowledge of an agile framework or method (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), or understanding of software development life cycle models as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices
• Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques
• Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams
• Where permitted by applicable law, must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by date of hire to be considered for U.S.-based job, if not currently employed by ***
• Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of product or project development experience, or 3 years of project development experience on an Agile Team or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
•  Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings at multiple levels of an organization and an understanding of facilitation techniques
• Intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, and Excel)

Our client is a leading Airlines Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration. 

Pyramid Consulting, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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