Scrum Master

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Scrum Master for a contract assignment with one of our premier Financial clients in San Francisco, CA.

Please not this role requires days a week on-site work in downtown San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities :

• Facilitates and is accountable for leading the team through the agile ceremonies, including : Daily scrums Sprint demos Retrospectives Backlog Grooming Sprint Planning PI Planning
• Guides the team to follow Agile / Scrum practices and daily activities to actively promote prioritization, team readiness, and commitment for each Sprint and Program Increment.
• Coach the team to address any issues with the Agile / scrum process. Instill an "Inspect & Adapt” culture within the team.
• Proactively removes impediments to team agility and guides the team(s) on methods to escalate when needed to prevent challenges from becoming blockers.
• Protects the team from disturbances and conflicting priorities.
• Manages team workload, reaches out to their managers or Product Management when needed to negotiate time.
• Manages dependencies across other Agile teams, regularly working with the other scrum masters and Program Manager / RTE.
• Works closely with the Product Owner, Product Analysts, and Solutions Lead in ensuring sprints are healthy and work is effectively delivered on by the team.
• Owns the Jira project and handles the management of all issues in Jira for the team. Uses metrics in Jira, including burnup / down charts, release burndowns, and team velocity to assess team health and identify improvement opportunities. Uses Jira to tracks team and team-members' capacity based on tangible metrics.

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