Scrum Master – Cleveland, OH

Our direct, Fortune 100 client is looking for a REMOTE Scrum Master for a long-term, extendable contract position. You will lead and facilitate traditional Scrum ceremonies, work with the Product Owner to manage and prioritize the product backlog, and lead the user story collection and creation process (leveraging Azure DevOps). This position is open to fully remote candidates but will follow an EST schedule.

Day-to-day responsibilities:

– Consistently leveraging lean and agile practices to achieve outcomes.

– Orchestrates planning and coordination activities across multiple teams, protecting the teams against interference and over commitment, ensuring optimal team focus and sustainable productivity to achieve high-value outcomes.

– Advises Product Owners in backlog management to ensure clear prioritization across teams.

– Monitors key performance metrics to assess the health of coordinating teams. Shares metrics with teams to celebrate progress and generate improvement ideas.

– Uses performance and progress metrics to increase transparency and predictability in meeting commitments.

– Facilitates the adoption and evolution of agile practices with the goal of improving how the organization produces high quality and high value outcomes.

– Aligns teams with strategic goals through transparent sequencing of work, clear identification of dependencies, and manages risks and issues that affect delivery, developing mitigation plans and ensuring timely resolution.

– Communicate information organization-wide, ensuring that all events are not only positive and productive but also set new standards for efficiency and effectiveness within the time box.

– Ensures delivery standards across multiple teams.

– Facilitation of Scrum ceremonies.