Senior Scrum Master

The Senior Scrum Master provides leadership, guidance, and coaching to their teams. Responsible for facilitating a cross-functional, agile, collaborative team in iterative technology development. Provides leadership, guidance, and coaching to other Scrum Masters.

Develop and manage detailed project plans and manage all implementation processes, including scope, schedule, budget/resource allocation, progress tracking, monitoring change control process, testing, documentation, training, and on-time delivery

Remove impediments that hinder project progress

Facilitate daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo, and iteration meetings

Monitor the progress of the sprint

Help teams estimate iteration deliverables

Manage development tracking system to include product and sprint backlogs

Promote continuous communication

Monitor and help improve team dynamics

Motivate and act as the glue that holds the team together

Subject Matter Expert for agile methodologies and practices

Act as a Release Manager for projects involving multiple Scrum teams; manage dependencies between assigned Scrum team and third parties or between assigned Scrum team and other Scrum teams

Generate process reports; maintain relevant metrics that will allow teams and management to evaluate how the project is progressing

Partner with the product owner for release planning and backlog maintenance

Guide the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values; drive best practices in the use of the Agile methodology; establish and manage Agile governance structures, when necessary

Job Specifications

Typically has the following skills or abilities:

Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience

Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I), preferred (CSP, PSM II)

4+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, project manager, or technical lead within a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory

Experience applying a wide variety of well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous burndown techniques, numerous retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc)

Creativity, flexibility, and problem-solving skills

Ability to develop a positive working relationship with peers and management

Strong business aptitude, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Excellent communication and mentoring skills

Proven ability to navigate complex situations through the organizational landscape and with multiple stakeholders

Experience with other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc

Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games

Ability to regularly exercise discretion and independent judgment in the performance of his/her job duties

For roles that are remote (i.e., Work From Home (WFM)) or hybrid (i.e., partial onsite at a VSP location and WFM), must demonstrate a high level of engagement in virtual environments, including maintaining camera presence during meetings to support effective communication and team alignment

Preferred Skills

Experience working with DevSecOps and Infrastructure teams

Experience in Project Management and AI

Prior experience working on both development & infrastructure projects in both an Agile & PM/Waterfall approach.  

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Compensation range for the role is listed below. Applicable salary ranges may differ across markets. Actual pay will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. As a part of the compensation package, this role may include eligible bonuses and commissions. For more information regarding VSP Vision benefits, please click here. 

Salary Ranges: $63,000.00 - $108,675.00

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