Scrum Master

**Req ID**:233092

We are currently seeking a **Scrum Master (w/SAFe exp) **to join our team in Halifax, Nova Scotia (CA-NS), Canada (CA).

Key leadership role responsible for guiding team/organization on use of agile/scrum practices and values, encourage self-organization, assess scrum maturity of the team, help remove impediments, facilitate discussions, decision making and conflict resolution. Supports product owner and technical lead by maintaining and facilitating backlog grooming.

**Job Responsibilities Include**:

- Using agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions.
- Training, mentoring, and supporting scrum teams to follow agile values, principles, and practices.
- Determining and managing tasks, issues, risks, and action items.
- Scheduling and facilitating scrum events, meetings, and decision-making processes.
- Monitoring progress and performance and helping teams to make improvements.
- Planning and organizing demos and product/system testing.
- Ensuring the proper use of collaborative processes and removing impediments for the scrum team.
- Tracking project processes, deliverables
- Preparing and presenting status reports to stakeholders.
- Helping the product owner and development team to achieve customer satisfaction
- Remove impediments and coach the scrum team on removing impediments
- Resolve conflicts and issues that occur
- Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and coaching the team
- Arrange for daily stand-up meetings, facilitate and schedule meetings, demo and follow local scrum ceremonies (daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo and retrospective, etc.)
- Manage and Oversee at least 2 scrum teams. Own and conduct Scrum of Scrum meetings and other cross scrum team ceremonies
- Properly manage the backlog and aid team in determining suitable commitments for product backlog items and sprints
- Create a positive and easy communication channel (team, product owner, stakeholders)
- Protect the team from outside interruptions and distractions and remove impediments
- Foster a culture of collaboration, creativity and innovation. Mentor junior scrum master and participate in department level COE (Center of Excellence)
- Use Jira as a tool to assist scrum team efficiency
- Help balance the prioritization of technical debt against new feature innovation and software delivery
- Address team dynamics, resolve conflict and resource constraints

**Basic Qualifications**:

- Certified Scrum Master, SAFe preferred.
- 3+ years of experience as a /Scrum Master or in a similar role.
- Strong understanding of Scrum and Kanban principles
- Excellent communication and servant leadership skills
- Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
- Outstanding organizational skills
- Passion for leading Scrum teams to continually improve quality and delivery
- Proficient in agile/ scrum development methodology
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a relevant field preferred.

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