Who Can Apply
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada
Job Description
An enterprise eCommerce employer is seeking a Scrum Master to join their team in Mexico. This Scrum Master should be ready and able to join an Agile team. This Scrum Master:
- Delivers business value by ensuring the team executes the work efficiently and effectively
- Assesses the team's strengths and weaknesses and plans how to improve them
- Adapts the agile ceremonies to suit the team's needs, style and maturity level
- Removes any obstacles or issues that hinder the team's progress or performance
- Optimizes the workflow and eliminates any waste or delays
- Establishes trust and clear communication with internal and external stakeholders
- Holds the team accountable for defining and delivering a quality product that meets the customer's needs and expectations
- Leads a dynamic planning process that prioritizes the most valuable work for the team
- Supports the product owner or product manager in managing a well-defined and prioritized product backlog
- Uses tools like Jira to track, measure and report on various metrics that indicate the team's maturity, happiness, effectiveness, throughput, velocity and portfolio health
- Guides the team and organization on how to apply agile and scrum principles and values to create customer delight
Required Skills & Experience
5+ years of experience as a dedicated Scrum Master
Strong proficiency with JIRA (pulling reports, monitoring statistics, creating update reports for upper leadership)
Strong skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
Has experience as a mentor, agile coach and/or trainer
Software product development experience
Awareness and experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games.
Knowledge of other Agile approaches: DevOps Agile, XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc.
Knowledge of JavaScript and react.js
Experience executing process change management techniques
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.