Scrum Master

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the agile/scrum methodology and lead sprint teams to achieve successful sprint outcomes.

• Collaborate with product owners and leadership to facilitate discussions both within and beyond sprint teams.

• Advocate for the adoption of agile/scrum principles.

• Monitor team performance and guide workload commitments effectively.

• Liaise with external teams or individuals to eliminate uncertainty and ensure sprints remain on track.

• Protect the team from external distractions that may compromise sprint objectives.

• Keep team members engaged, involved, and well-informed.

• Ensure data integrity, completeness, and accuracy in work-tracking and reporting systems.

• Facilitate effective stand-ups, grooming sessions, sprint planning, release planning, and retrospective meetings.

• Foster collective ownership of story completion and sprint objectives.

• Ensure the team comprehends and commits to sprint goals.

• Provide regular project status updates to senior management.

• Escalate any unresolved impediments.

• Oversee projects for the engineering team.

• Organize cross-functional meetings and create project plans, release plans, and other essential documents.

• Assist in defining, measuring, and enhancing velocity, completed work, and impediment hours.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience as a Scrum Master within web engineering and familiarity with product launch processes.

• Highly driven, self-motivated, and passionate about delivering exceptional experiences.

• Organized and efficient in planning and coordinating projects and sprints.

• Capability to lead sprint and extended teams using agile best practices and principles.

• Ability to mentor sprint teams and external members on agile/scrum methodologies.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Proficient in agile and software development tools, such as JIRA.

• Proven track record of leading agile/scrum projects in cross-functional, highly matrixed organizations.

• Skill in influencing and coaching senior leadership to enhance the agile practice.

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) is required.

• PMP certification is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance through United Healthcare, with company contributions toward premiums.

• Dental insurance through Principal, with the company covering 75% of the Base Plan monthly premium.

• Vision insurance through Principal (VSP choice network), with the company covering 100% of the monthly premium.

• Company-paid Basic Life and AD&D Insurance with a $25,000 guaranteed issue amount.

• Voluntary Short & Long Term Disability Insurance Plans.

• Voluntary Accident Insurance.

• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity.

• Voluntary Critical Illness Insurance.

• Flexible Spending Account.

• Health Savings Account; SkySlope contributes $300 to an individual HSA and $600 to a family HSA.

• 401(k) matching of $0.50 per $1.00 contributed, up to the first 6% of eligible earnings.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a company match of 33.3333% of contributed dollars.

• 120 hours (15 days) of PTO for new hires.

• 16 paid holidays: 11 observed and 5 floating.

• Bereavement leave: 5 paid days for an immediate family member and 1 paid day for a close non-family member.

• Discounts through Fidelity for wireless services, car rentals, hotels, and more.

• Pet insurance through Nationwide; SkySlope contributes $20 per month per pet, up to 2 pets.

• Paid Parental Leave of up to six weeks for full-time regular employees.

• Dayforce Wallet access for on-demand pay.

• Waldorf University discounts and perks, including 10% off tuition, free textbooks, and scholarship opportunities.

• Child Literacy Assistance Program discount.

• $1,000 employee referral bonuses.

• Annual Employee Appreciation Day and additional internal company events.