As our Senior Scrum Master, you will lead complex Scrum implementations and mentor lesser experienced Scrum Masters while ensuring the alignment of Agile practices with organizational objectives. You will act as a coach and facilitator to multiple teams, driving continuous improvement initiatives and fostering a high-performing Agile environment.
This is a remote position, with preference to East Coast candidates.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
- Ensure team members understand project objectives, focusing on cross-functional accountability, teamwork, and iterative processes toward well-defined goals.
- Mentor and coach less experienced Scrum Masters and team members on Agile practices and principles.
- Facilitate productivity by setting up meetings and removing blockers that obstruct the team’s sprint goals or performance.
- Protect the team from outside influences to ensure the team remains focused on priorities.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across multiple teams, fostering a culture of learning and innovation.
- Facilitate retrospectives to identify improvement opportunities to optimize velocity and quality while mitigating risks.
- Serve as the liaison between the Product Owner, Lead Engineer/development team, and senior management to ensure all milestones and requirements are met.
- Partner with senior management within Technology to develop best practices, process enhancements, strategic planning to increase velocity and overall team effectiveness.
- Partner with the Product Owner to ensure backlog items are prioritized based on business value and ready for the team.
- Develop and track key performance metrics for teams, using data to drive continuous improvement and Agile practices refinement.
- Track the overall team’s progress and routinely communicate/report to senior management.
- Ensure all Scrum teams follow defined policies and procedures for consistent results across teams.
- Enforce process and policies, including timesheets and ADO maintenance.
- Identify risks and impediments to sprint/project deliverables and work towards mitigation and proactive escalation.
- Help new hires with process adoption and maintain process documentation as it evolves.
- Coordinate with Welcome Team and Customer Experience PMs, including release planning and implementation support.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of relevant experience in software development execution using Agile methodology.
- Advanced Scrum Master Certification, required (e.g., Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM), Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II)).
- Experience in mentoring and coaching teams, with a proven track record of driving continuous improvement.
- Proficiency in setting and producing meaningful sprint metrics to track, interpret, and course-correct based on data.
- Experience with ADO, or similar tools for tracking and managing development work.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to work well with cross-functional teams and influence at all levels of the organization.
Bridgeway is an Equal Opportunity Employer.Covid Message: We value the safety and well-being of our Bridgeway community, including our staff, customers, business partners, and beyond. This is why our team has required staff to be fully vaccinated for all in-person business activities, whether on-site at our corporate office or traveling for business. Candidates should consider this requirement before applying.
