Scrum Master

Company: Yoh
Location: Culver City
Posted on: June 26, 2022

Job Description:

Yoh has a contract opportunity for a Scrum Master for a 3-6 Month assignment with Sony Pictures in Culver City, CA. - Scrum Master Job Responsibilities: --- - - - - - - - -Guides and coaches the Scrum (or other Agile framework) Team on how to use Agile practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services to our customers. --- - - - - - - - -Gets team to a high performing level by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques. --- - - - - - - - -Responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines. --- - - - - - - - -Coaches the Scrum team in self-organization, cross-functional skillset, domain knowledge and communicates effectively, both internally and externally working within the Scrum team. --- - - - - - - - -Works with Scrum Team, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making and support organizational project or product teams. --- - - - - - - - -Resolves team impediments with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization. --- - - - - - - - -Works with Agile coaches and other Scrum Masters to grow within the role. --- - - - - - - - -Contributes to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization. --- - - - - - - - -Facilitates and supports all scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective. --- - - - - - - - -Acts as a leader who coaches and supports Agile teams assigned to mainly Business as Usual (BAU) work and to a lesser degree, important department initiatives and applicable portions of corporate projects and initiatives. Qualifications --- - - - - - - - -Expertise as an Agile trainer / educator --- - - - - - - - -Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles --- - - - - - - - -JIRA experience, ideally as an administrator --- - - - - - - - -Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills --- - - - - - - - -Knowledge of an agile framework or method (i.e., Scrum, Kanban), or understanding of software development life cycle models as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices --- - - - - - - - -Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques --- - - - - - - - -Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery team --- - - - - - - - -Bachelor's degree and 4 years of product or project development experience, or 3 years of project development experience on an Agile Team or an equivalent combination of education and work experience --- - - - - - - - -Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings at multiple levels of an organization and an understanding of facilitation technique --- - - - - - - - -Intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including but not limited to Outlook, Word, and Excel --- - - - - - - - -Technical knowledge of various systems (technology). --- - - - - - - - -Bachelor's degree required. --- - - - - - - - -CSM or SAFe certification preferred. - #LI-SA #Dice-SA #Zip-SA #Mon-SA #CB-SA #IND- SA Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V.

Keywords: Yoh, Los Angeles , Scrum Master, IT / Software / Systems , Culver City, California