Scrum Master - Contract - Onsite - Columbus, OH

Arthur Grand Technologies is currently seeking a highly motivated and skilled Scrum Master – Long Term Contract – Columbus, OH for one of our clients.

Job role: Scrum Master

Location: Columbus, OH - Onsite

Duration: 6 months+

JOB DESCRIPTION:

MUST HAVES:

• Scrum Master experience with standing up new teams, many of which have limited agile knowledge
• CSM or PSM I certification (but PSM II or ACSM preferred)
• Experience with Agile/Scrum tools, such as JIRA, preferably Azure DevOps.

Brief Description:

Responsible for a team's collaboration, transparency, and delivering product releases while meeting quality standards and milestones. Identifies and procures all necessary resources to meet project specifications. Facilitates Agile events and provides sprint-level reporting.

Detailed Description:

• Facilitates seamless collaboration and maximizes team performance by driving continuous improvement within assigned technical and non-technical teams.
• Ensure rapid and timely delivery of business value streams and achievement of goals. 
• Mentors and coaches teams (including the Product Owner) in Agile practices and mindset.
• Fosters a growth mindset and spirit of continuous improvement and learning. 
• Removes impediments to team progress whether internal to the team or organizational in nature. When necessary, escalates impediments to facilitate rapid resolution. 
• Supports and educates product owners, especially with respect to refining and managing the product backlog and decision making. 
• Ensures effective communication within and across teams.
• Influences and facilitates the empowerment of a self-organizing team.
• Schedules and facilitates cross-functional meetings.
• Ensures appropriate progress tools, information radiators, and reports effectively provide transparency on team’s progress and productivity. 
• Performs risk, issue, and dependency management for their team.
• Ensures release management practices align to enterprise standards. 
• Manages the team Scrum Board along with the creation and management of Team Dashboards to provide information of Team Health, Sprint and Delivery progress, and Team Planning.

Basic Qualifications:

• Min 5 yrs of Agile experience
• CSM or PSM I certification required
• Scrum Master experience with standing up new teams, many of which have limited agile knowledge
• Experience with Agile/Scrum tools, such as JIRA, preferably Azure DevOps.

Preferred Qualifications:

• ACSM or PSM II certification preferred
• Knowledge of Agile project management fundamentals.
• Experience writing user story persona statements and acceptance criteria using Gherkin.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, business administration or related discipline with an information technology or equivalent and extensive related IT Technical or Customer Support experience.
• Two or more years of business requirements analysis.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
• High degree of professional confidence and credibility with the presence and communication skills to represent IT-related concepts effectively.
• Adaptability; self-starter; team player; quality minded; focused; committed; able to work independently; critical thinking.

Arthur Grand Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer (including disability/vets)

About Arthur Grand Technologies:

Arthur Grand Technologies is a leading provider of staffing and technology consulting services. Our company is managed by a team of professionals who have worked for big 5 consulting firms for 20+ years. We are a minority-owned staff augmentation and technology consulting company.

At Arthur Grand Technologies, we value our employees & contractors and strive to provide them with challenging, interesting work, market-relevant benefits, and opportunities for professional growth. If you have the necessary qualifications, and are excited to join a dynamic team.

Thank you for considering Arthur Grand Technologies. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best regards,

Richard Tucker

Arthur Grand Technologies Inc

www.arthurgrand.com

Arthur Grand Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer (including disability/vets)

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

About the Company

Arthur Grand Technologies (www.arthurgrand.com) is in the business of providing staffing and technology consulting services. We have doubled our revenue year over year for the past 5 years. This speaks to the long-lasting relationship and customer satisfaction that we have built in this short span of time. Our company is managed by a team of professionals who worked for big 5 consulting firms for 20+ years. 

We are a minority owned staff augmentation and technology consulting company
To keep our valued employees, we need to keep them engaged in challenging, interesting work, offer market-relevant benefits and provide continued opportunities for professional growth.