Roles & Responsibilities:
- Facilitate the Scrum process:
- Guide the development team on how to use agile/Scrum practices and values.
- Organize and facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Foster an environment conducive to collaboration, creativity, and self-organization.
- Coach and mentor the team:
- Assist the team in adopting and applying agile methodologies effectively.
- Provide guidance on Agile best practices and ensure adherence to Scrum principles.
- Help the team identify and address any impediments or bottlenecks.
- Promote continuous improvement:
- Encourage the team to improve processes, increase productivity, and deliver high-quality products.
- Identify and implement opportunities for continuous learning and growth.
- Actively contribute to the Agile community by sharing knowledge and experiences.
- Facilitate communication and collaboration:
- Collaborate closely with Product Owners to ensure product backlog items are clear, prioritized, and actionable.
- Foster effective communication within the team and with stakeholders.
- Facilitate decision-making and conflict resolution within the team.
- Monitor and report on team progress:
- Track and communicate team progress using appropriate metrics and tools.
- Identify and address any deviations or risks that may impact the team's ability to deliver.
Experience & Skills Fitment:
- Familiar with tools for agile team management: e.g., JIRA, Confluence
- Knowledge and experience in agile principles and frameworks: e.g., Scrum, SAFe Minimum 5 years
- Goods skills of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continuous improvement, empowerment and increasing transparency
- Understand and promote agile values: FROCC (Focus, Respect, Openness, Commitment, and Courage)
- Scrum Master certified and experienced.
- A great team player who is comfortable helping point out impediments.
- Excellent communication and mentoring skills
- Experience with distributed, multi-locations teams.
- Able to inspire and motivate people and multi-disciplinary, self-organised teams.
- Experience or technical knowledge in financial environments is a plus.
Benefits:
- Kloud9 provides a robust compensation package and a forward-looking opportunity for growth in emerging fields.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
- Kloud9 is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.
