Scrum Master | Dice Positions

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Dice is seeking a Scrum Master in West Chester, PA. Please take a moment to read the job post below if you are interested:

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Position: Scrum Master

Location: West Chester, PA

Required Skills Set: Scrum Based PI Planning, Sprint based Delivery, Sprint planning, Project Management, Change Management, Impact Analysis, SWOT Analysis, Project Planning, Project Scheduling, Project Budgeting

Education Required: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology/Electronics/Electrical Engineering/ Computer Science

Years of Experience: 10+ Years

Job Description:

• Strong expertise in using Agile practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services to our customers.
• Minimum 7-8 years of experience in client and project management.
• Experience in conducting risk management, contingency and scenario planning using a variety of project management tools
• Experience in preparing portfolio, duration driven project plans, task plans, overall work schedules, and task dependencies, which include definition, resources, and schedule
• Expertise in assisting in creation of project cost benefit analysis, which includes evaluation of return on investment (ROI)
• Experience in Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams.
• Strong expertise in using agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions.
• Experience in training, mentoring, and supporting scrum teams to follow agile values, principles, and practices.
• Scheduling and facilitating scrum events, meetings, and decision-making processes.
• Good experience in tracking project processes, deliverables, and financials.
• Expertise in determining and managing tasks, issues, risks, and action items.
• Monitoring progress and performance and helping teams to make improvements.
• Knowledge of an agile framework or method (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), or understanding of software development life cycle models as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices

Responsibilities:

• Guides and coaches the Scrum Team on how to use Agile practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services to our customers.
• Plan project, estimate costs, and manage project to completion.
• Responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines.
• Coaches the Scrum team in self-organization, cross-functional skillset, domain knowledge and communicates effectively, both internally and externally working within the Scrum team.
• Works with Scrum Team, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making and support organizational project or product teams.
• Facilitates and supports all scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
• Develop, communicate and implement program / project risk / issue management plans and strategies (e.g., mitigation, avoidance, transfer, acceptance)
• Conduct risk management, contingency and scenario planning using a variety of project management tools
• Provide End to End Delivery, Sprint PI planning, Sprint Grooming, Azure DevOps Board management, Task and Defect Tracking, Sprint Retrospective Meeting, Weekly Status Report to Client, Sprint Re prioritization.
• Provide simplified data visualization on business and financial performance, including digital business processes.
• Develop the program and project plans and schedules with cross discipline functional leads
• Manage multiple IT and business projects according to plan; measure, monitor, and report progress.
• Develop Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and metrics to monitor the success of process improvement initiatives, and develop reports and presentations for senior management.

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