Scrum Master
Jobs via Dice, New York, NY, United States
Overview
NJTECH INC. is seeking a Scrum Master to support the Product delivery team on agile practices for a digital product that provides whole-building aggregated usage data for compliance with Local Laws 97 and 84.
Responsibilities
Coach the team on agile practices using the Scrum methodology; facilitate Scrum ceremonies; remove impediments; manage scope; and shield the team from external distractions.
Bring together Product Owner, Business Analysts, IT Business Delivery, External Developer teams, and Data teams; coordinate and translate between groups on build, testing, release, defect, and request management activities.
Interact with the Agile team by running and enabling Scrum ceremonies and tracking development progress; understand feature and story goals to aid in unblocking issues and ensuring necessary meetings and follow-ups occur.
Manage story point allocations (not assigning them); maintain the team’s Azure DevOps board; ensure epics, features, stories, and bugs are aligned and updated; track capacity and balance resources between teams when needed.
Report on sprint burndown, velocity, adherence to story point estimates, release health, and defect trends; track team health and progress and escalate issues to the Product Owner; create new reports/dashboards as needed (e.g., bugs per Sprint or Feature).
Track user stories to completion by following up with developers daily to check progress, assess risk, and clear roadblocks by coordinating with the Product team.
Alert the product team to issues hindering development and facilitate meetings until roadblocks are cleared; track stories through production deployment; work with the Product Owner to understand Goals, Objectives, and Priorities for each sprint and program increment; ensure user stories have sufficient detail and are approved for the current sprint, especially when a release is imminent.
Qualifications
Advanced negotiation skills
Agile Program Management
Agile SAFe
Agile & Waterfall project management
Azure DevOps
Business Risk Management
Collaborative Team Building
Data-Driven Decision Making
Data Systems
Effective Communication and Presentation
High Performance Team Building
Program Increment
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Stakeholder Management
Nice to have
Certifications such as PMP, or Agile/SAFe Agile (preferred)
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NJTECH INC. is seeking a Scrum Master to support the Product delivery team on agile practices for a digital product that provides whole-building aggregated usage data for compliance with Local Laws 97 and 84.
Responsibilities
Coach the team on agile practices using the Scrum methodology; facilitate Scrum ceremonies; remove impediments; manage scope; and shield the team from external distractions.
Bring together Product Owner, Business Analysts, IT Business Delivery, External Developer teams, and Data teams; coordinate and translate between groups on build, testing, release, defect, and request management activities.
Interact with the Agile team by running and enabling Scrum ceremonies and tracking development progress; understand feature and story goals to aid in unblocking issues and ensuring necessary meetings and follow-ups occur.
Manage story point allocations (not assigning them); maintain the team’s Azure DevOps board; ensure epics, features, stories, and bugs are aligned and updated; track capacity and balance resources between teams when needed.
Report on sprint burndown, velocity, adherence to story point estimates, release health, and defect trends; track team health and progress and escalate issues to the Product Owner; create new reports/dashboards as needed (e.g., bugs per Sprint or Feature).
Track user stories to completion by following up with developers daily to check progress, assess risk, and clear roadblocks by coordinating with the Product team.
Alert the product team to issues hindering development and facilitate meetings until roadblocks are cleared; track stories through production deployment; work with the Product Owner to understand Goals, Objectives, and Priorities for each sprint and program increment; ensure user stories have sufficient detail and are approved for the current sprint, especially when a release is imminent.
Qualifications
Advanced negotiation skills
Agile Program Management
Agile SAFe
Agile & Waterfall project management
Azure DevOps
Business Risk Management
Collaborative Team Building
Data-Driven Decision Making
Data Systems
Effective Communication and Presentation
High Performance Team Building
Program Increment
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Stakeholder Management
Nice to have
Certifications such as PMP, or Agile/SAFe Agile (preferred)
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