Agile Project Manager/Scrum Master

KAYGEN is recruiting for a confidential client seeking an Agile Project Manager/Scrum Master. The role facilitates Scrum ceremonies, supports backlog and story management, removes impediments, coordinates across teams, and helps the development team improve its processes.

Responsibilities:

• Identify project stakeholders and facilitate selection and formation of the scrum team Conduct daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo and retrospective meetings Work with development team in story grooming, story estimating, and creation of epics and personas
• Facilitate the acceptance of stories into a sprint, working with development team and product owner
• Facilitate team standups to understand what has been completed, what will be worked on, and what impediments exist Work with product owner and others to remove impediments to ensure that the development team can stay focused and productive
• Communicate and coordinate with other teams including participation in scrum of scrums
• Work to identify improvements by facilitating retrospectives
• Support product owner with backlog management

Requirements:

• Minimum 6 years of IT and 5 years of previous Scrum Master experience with agile development/DevOps teams
• Proficiency in analytical, organizational, project management, interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)
• Knowledge of industry standard Agile methodologies and frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, XP
• Proficiency in using Agile tools (e.g., Rally or Jira) to manage backlog
• Proficiency in Agile Story Estimation
• Ability to perform detail-oriented business and technical analysis to discover, refine, and document the requirements for technically-oriented projects into Epics, Features, and/or Stories
• Customer- and relationship-focused, process-driven, metric-focused, results-oriented, organized, self-directed
• Ability to multi-task and solve problems innovatively