Job Description

JPC Partners is looking for a Sr Scrum Master that will:

• Act as the Scrum Master for multiple product teams using an agile methodology in the execution of software development projects
• Organize each team’s product backlog to ensure product teams and management have a clear view of progress and priorities
• Facilitate product teams in the review, estimation, and planning of software development efforts for the upcoming quarter
• Collaborate with the product owner and the core team to prioritize work based on company goals and objectives
• Organize sprint planning meetings to review the product backlog, ensure stories have adequate detail, and identify user stories to be included in upcoming sprints
• Conduct sprint review meetings to review the scope and functionality delivered in the previous sprint
• Organize sprint retrospectives to document lessons learned and implement process improvements. Ensure the team abides by the scrum rules and guidelines.
• Hold daily scrum meetings to allow each team to synchronize their work and communicate issues and roadblocks to the product owner
• Empower each product team and remove roadblocks to ensure continuous progress
• Assist product owners in maintaining product backlogs by facilitating backlog grooming sessions
• Work effectively as part of the scrum team to accomplish tasks and meet deadlines
• Establish a sense of urgency to complete tasks in a timely, cost-effective manner with top quality
• Maintain an exceptional level of customer focus centered on integrity and transparency
• Track metrics for each scrum team and make them available in company tools for reporting
• Actively listen and respond to the needs of the product teams and customers in a manner that provides value and generates significant customer satisfaction

• Recent, significant experience as scrum master facilitating multiple scrum teams working on enterprise software projects across business areas
• Experience working with dynamic, highly collaborative teams, requiring close consultation and coordination.
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Expert knowledge of Jira, Confluence and Microsoft Office applications
• Drive for results - Comfortable leading meetings, focusing team members on the task at hand and facilitating groups to reach consensus in a timely manner
• Associates or Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Skills:

• Advanced Degree
• Certified SCRUM Master and/or PMP
• Familiar with enterprise Java, .NET, Oracle, MS SQL
• Experience within utilities, pharma, banking, finance, insurance, or other highly transactional systems environment that produces very large amounts of data

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