Scrum Master III

Role: Scrum Master
Location: St louis, MOWorking arrangement: Hybrid. In-office up to 3 days.
Duration: 6 Months with high Possibility of Extension

Position Overview:
Scrum Master is the project manager and coach for an Agile Team. The SM role's primary responsibility is to do what it takes for a self-organizing, self-managing team(s) to achieve the sprint goal and PI Objectives. The SM is the expert in not just implementing a framework but solutions to achieve the benefits of agile ways of working.

The objectives are:
· self-organizing, self-managing team(s)
· high quality, high value, frequent releases
· effective and efficient delivery
· measurable and transparent metrics for flow, value, DevOps practices
· grow and mature lean agile ways of working throughout the organization

Summary Responsibilities
· Provide visibility into development progress and overall project status by creating and maintaining metrics and reports.
· Foster a collaborative environment and owns the maturation of a self-managing, high performing team(s).
· Increases the team focus and decreases nonvalue-added activities or actions
· Establish, prepare and facilitate all team events for the engineering team.
· Teach the engineering team effective estimation practices.
· Assist the engineering team in breaking down work into manageable tasks and estimating effort.
· Work with Product team to ensure the backlog is well-refined and prioritized.
· Facilitate cross-functional meetings: including scheduling, the creation of meeting agendas and minutes, and driving completion of action items.
· Identify dependencies, impediments and potential risks early, implement mitigation strategies.
· Actively manage dependencies and establish relationships with dependent teams to ensure timely resolution of dependencies
· Implement, reinforce and explain the "why" behind the team rules – such as Scrum, XP, WIP limits, DoR, DoD and any other process rules the team has agreed.
· Lead team efforts in relentless improvement – Help the team improve and take responsibility for their actions and team improvements.
· Facilitate and teach problem-solving techniques and help the team become better problem-solvers for themselves.
· Organizes and facilitates root cause analysis workshops.
· Teach, Coach and Mentor Product Owner. PO manages value. SM manages delivery.
· Demonstrates expertise in identifying agile anti-patterns and proven success in providing solutions and results in changing the mindset, behavior and influences that cause them.
· Provide strategic insights to the management team and continuously refine delivery methodologies and frameworks to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and overall project success
· Supports the Scaled Agile adoption across the ART and Org – conducts trainings, leads improvements and participates in the CoP.
· Owns preparation and readiness for ART events
· Demonstrates an invested interest in the solution, the team and organization's goals.
· Learn and speak to what the team is building and the business impact it will create.
· Understand the technology stack of the solution – not a technical, deep understanding but can explain how the solution works and the general architecture.

Deliverables:
· Development Roadmap
· Release Implementation Plans
· Root cause analysis summary (5 whys)
· Improvement backlog
· Sprint reports
o Sprint burn down
o Release burn up
o Velocity Chart
· Flow Metrics
o Flow efficiency
o Flow Load
o Flow Distribution
o Flow Velocity
· Product Backlog
· Team Charter
o Purpose
o Success Metrics
o Team Type & Responsibilities
· Team Working Agreements
· Definition of Ready / Definition of Done
· Stakeholder Engagement Roster (Dependent teams, Key Stakeholders)
· Team Roster
· Team Events & Schedule
· PI Plan & Objectives

Required:Bachelor's degree required. 7+ years experience performing in multiple agile roles in software development.
SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or other leading agile certification is required.
2+ years of experience at large organizations or Fortune 500 companies preferred.
Ability to be in St. Louis, MO AHQ up to three days a week.
When remote, camera on for all Teams meetings.
In person for the week of PI Planning.
In person for important meetings and facilitations.

Pay: $55.00 - $60.00 per hour

Work Location: Hybrid remote in St. Louis, MO 63045