Scrum master Job at Cogent IBS, Inc, Cincinnati, OH

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  • Cogent IBS, Inc
  • Cincinnati, OH

Job Description

Scrum Master

6 months contract

Cincinnati, OH

Hybrid

NO third party

The Scrum Master will be part of the payment domain, which supports the in-store and ecommerce customer payment experience. The specific teams this person will focus on are the EPS Reporting and Accounting teams.

This resource will be an experienced servant leader and coach for a cross-functional agile team operating in complex and cross functional work across the payments domain areas. The Scrum Master guides and facilitates a Scrum and/or Kanban team involved in a large fast-paced environment implementing complex technology for customer-oriented solutions, through effective application of the agile based SDLC (Software Delivery Life Cycle) and associated ceremonies, ensuring the agreed upon agile practice is being followed. Removing impediments and fostering a high performing team with a focus on continuous improvement resulting in quality and timely delivery.

    • Must have 3+ years scrum master experience in a complex large-scale enterprise
    • 3+ years experience in an agile environment in other roles; such as quality assurance, development, product owner, or as an agile coach
    • Proven knowledge and experience with agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures
    • Demonstrated leadership ability to coach and mentor the team to reach their highest potential. Excellent team player and team builder
    • Ability to work with all levels of the organization
    • Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work collaboratively with diverse personality types
    • Ability to understand technical issues at a high level and communicate agile methodologies within the organization
    • Must have exceptional communication, organization, and time management skills
    • Strong ability to manage multiple agile teams
    • Must be self-motivated as well as creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex problems
    • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail

Key Responsibilities

  • Guide, coach and motivate the team with the goal of increasing productivity
  • Passionate about Scrum, Kanban, Lean Thinking, Lean Startup, eXtreme Programming, SAFe, LeSS, etc.
  • Organize and lead Scrum ceremonies
  • Oversee and manage scope, timeline, quality, goals and deliverables that support business goals
  • Remove impediments or guide the team to remove impediments
  • Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of productive conflict resolution and problem solving
  • Facilitate discussions, decision making, and conflict resolution
  • Prepare and present reports on the progress and success
  • Coordinates activities with other teams across the domain and enterprise
  • Partner with and support the Product Manager
  • Participate in the Scrum of Scrums if applicable and partner with other Scrum Masters
  • Coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
  • Organize and facilitate planning and coordination including release / Potentially Shippable Increments planning, iteration planning, daily stand-ups, iteration review/demos, and retrospectives
  • Ensure teams are held accountable to agile SDLC (Software Delivery Life Cycle) tenants and their internal working agreements including use of appropriate tools, standards and best practices
  • Promote and demonstrate core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and visibility
  • Ensure the team is tracking and communicating team progress and metrics to the appropriate resources.
  • Facilitate and enable an environment of collaboration and creativity
  • Support and empower the team to make appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.
  • Empower the team to self-organize around achieving their commitments
  • Identify and remove any impediments/distractions that interfere with the team s ability to deliver against their commitments
  • Challenge and enable the team to continuously improve through intentional and data driven inspect and adapt cycles (retrospectives)

  • Top Skills - Strong communication, ability to identify areas of opportunity, good collaboration
  • Feedback for most recent hired candidate - Presented well, thoughtful, willing to understand, spoke concisely, and was able to build upon experiences
  • Nice to have: Understanding of high-level issues in technologies
  • Must be located in Cincinnati-
  • No travel will be required.
  • 6 month contract with possibility of extension.
  • This role is part of the Customer Experience pillar, supporting cross functional work across the payments domain areas, 2 Teams of 6-10 people.

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  • Dice Id: 10211499
  • Position Id: 8346485

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