
Scrum Master
Mindex
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $90,000 - $140,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Manage each initiative’s scope, timeline, and cost with a focus on delivering value that will delight customers.
- Lead Release Planning, guide quarterly Program Increment Planning, coordinate sprints, lead retrospectives, and ensure that daily standups are effective for the team.
- Coach team members in agile frameworks and SDLC processes. Mentor teams to be self-organizing, self-managing, and self-disciplined.
- Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration inside and outside the team.
- Present status updates regularly to managers, directors, and key customer stakeholders.
- Work with product owners to ensure a well-groomed, ready, and prioritized backlog.
- Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
- Remove impediments.
- Guide the team to higher agile maturity at a sustainable pace in partnership with agile coaches.
- Build a trusting, open, and safe environment where problems can be identified and productively solved.
- Lead by example and be a servant leader.
- In partnership with Engineering Leads and Delivery Managers, provide performance feedback, coaching, and professional development to scrum team member.
Requirements
- Three or more years of experience in a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or Agile Project Manager role or equivalent.
- Familiarity with enterprise software development
- Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques, patterns, and practices (such as definition of ready, definition of done, user stories, acceptance criteria, INVEST, and Scaled Agile Framework)
- Demonstrated experience of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continuous improvement, empowerment, and transparency.
- Excellent communication, servant leadership, and mentoring skills.
- Previous experience as a team lead or manager is helpful but not required.
- Knowledge of other agile and lean software development approaches is helpful but not required.
- Scrum Master certification is a plus, but not required.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Paid holidays
- Flexible time off
- 401k retirement savings plan and company match with pre-tax and ROTH options
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Employer paid disability insurance
- Life insurance and AD&D insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending accounts
- Health savings account with employer contributions
- Accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal assistance
- Adoption assistance
- Domestic partner coverage
- Tickets to local sporting events
- Teambuilding events
- Holiday and celebration parties
- License to Udemy online training courses
- Leadership training
- Growth opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
Scrum techniquesScaled Agile FrameworkSDLC processesAgile frameworksUser storiesAcceptance criteriaDefinition of readyDefinition of doneContinuous improvementLean software development
Soft Skills
Servant leadershipFacilitationSituational awarenessConflict resolutionEmpowermentTransparencyMentoringCommunicationCoachingTeam leadership
Certifications
Scrum Master certification