Job ID: MNSITE 3324-4 (90090210)
Hybrid/Local
Govt Scrum Master (15+/CSM) with Agile, Kanban, Lean experience
Location: St Paul, MN (DPS)
Duration: 24 Months
Qualifications
• Seven years’ experience as a Scrum Master
• Proven experience as Scrum Master working with cross-functional teams in various contexts.
• Deep understanding of Agile methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, and Lean.
• Excellent coaching and mentoring skills with the ability to inspire and motivate teams.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills.
• Deep understanding of software development delivery processes.
• Agile-related certifications such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or equivalent are a plus.
• Experience with Agile product management tools and practices.
Sample Tasks
• Organize, facilitate, and lead Scrum Events for product teams, including sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives. Ensure scrum events are positive, efficient, and time boxed.
• Coach the product team(s) on the continued adoption of Scrum and related best practices, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Coach the team(s) in driving high value and efficient increments and deliverables that meet the definition of done.
• Provide ongoing coaching to enhance team and organizational collaboration, communication and performance.
• Coordinate and support the intake and planning of work for the team(s) and in alignment with product management, enterprise, planning, and leadership.
• Coach the Product Owner and the product team(s) on defining clear and concise backlog items, effective backlog management, and organization and transparency of the work priorities.
• Identify and help eliminate blockers, obstacles, or impediments to the Scrum Team’s progress and delivery.
• Develop and provide visibility to metrics and reporting measures that track performance indicators for the team, proposing opportunities for improvements based on trends.
• Coordinate and manage dependencies and practices across product teams.
• Provide knowledge transfer.