Must be local to Chicago
60-80/hour
Hybrid - Chicago, IL
12 Month contract
WORK TO BE PERFORMED:
• Drive efforts to guide and coach delivery teams to self-organize and achieve objectives, without assigning or dictating the work
• Contribute to the building of Agile teams/squads
• Provide support to the Product Owner and Delivery Team, and lead by example
• Participate in and lead discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Contribute to a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised and resolved
• Continually improve Scrum Master skills through education and engaging with fellow Scrum Masters
• Work with Product Owner and Team to plan and execute project implementations
• Support the identification and mitigation of project risks
• Participate in and lead regular assessments of a team Agile Maturity and uses the results to guide them to improved performance
• Work with Product Owner and Delivery Team to facilitate effective sprints by removing impediments and ensuring that stories are 'sprint ready'
• Drive internal and external communication, improving transparency, and information radiation
• Support the Product Owner, especially with respect to story grooming and maintaining the product backlog
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks using Agile best practices and project data
• Drive daily stand-ups, facilitate story grooming, coordinate sprint demos, planning and retrospectives
II. SKILL AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
• [Required] Understands Agile values and principles and can guide and coach teams, and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices
• [Required] Experience with agile transformations, building Agile teams and implementing Agile from scratch
• [Required] Experience being on multiple Scrum teams in a variety of different contexts (diverse team sizes, organizations, cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc.)
• [Required] Experience with Scaled Agile (SAFe) / Scrum of Scrums or equivalent
• [Required] Track record of continued and recent education in Scrum, including training, conferences, user groups, self-study, etc.
• [Required] Knowledge of other approaches discussed in the Agile space: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc.
• [Required] Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
• [Required] The proven ability to be self-motivated and a self-starter
• [Required] Ability to work under minimal supervision
• [Required] Demonstrated experience and success with organizational process design and implementation
• [Required] Strong background in ITIL and Agile methodologies
• [Required] Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• [Required] Strong customer service mindset
• [Required] Proven experience in project and program management
• [Required] Assist with response to regulatory audits regarding process flows
• [Required] Understands backlog tracking, Scrum and Kanban based metrics, task definition, story splitting
• [Required] Experience in sprint & release planning, running demos and retrospectives
• [Required] Demonstrate sound judgment and strong reasoning skills as well as good analytical and problem-solving abilities
• [Required] Ability to review large amounts of data and analyze and spot trends and provide analysis and insights
• [Required] Experience consolidating data from multiple data sources
