009K9U-Scrum Master

Enable execution in alignment with the strategy and the backlog Work with Product Owners and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment Guide the Squad with respect to priorities and scope Help the squad focus on creating high value releases Assist with decision-making by facilitating feature estimation by teams Provide progress status and escalate impediments on a regular basis Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks Highlight and follow the adherence to guardrails, alerting Product Owner if needed Identify and manage interdependencies Map interfaces between Squads (products, bricks, integration, sub-assy) of the same league or different leagues & propose synchronization strategy Support the squad’s efforts to continuously improve communications and relationships with other squads Ensure good synchronization between HW & SW Squad Foster effective working relationship between Product Owner, Agile Squads and stakeholders Ensure Squads members understand and embrace Agile values. Ensure Product Backlog is easily accessible and understood by the Squad and other stakeholders Ensure the participation of the Product Owner and stakeholders to the events when needed Where needed, facilitate interaction between Product Owner, Squad and stakeholders to ensure all sides get an opportunity to share their concerns and motivations Ensure both Product Owner and Squad actively participate in decision making regarding commitment to scope and schedule Identify techniques for product goal definition and effective product backlog management Support the Squad Ensure Squad's progress/performance metrics are in place well understood Create and sustain an environment of trust and openness Ensure Squad focuses on excellence in product quality and customer value Ensure Squad takes kaizen events (e.g., retrospective) seriously and puts a sincere effort in to follow up actions Ensure Squad transparency by setting-up relevant KPI's and visual management on backlog, risks, planning, etc. using suitable tools and techniques Help remove impediments Understand impact of roadblocks, create a sense of urgency and implement effective risk response plans Ensure the Squad gets necessary trust and support from Management to work effectively Ensure the Squad is able to respond to required changes and new unplanned requests in an effective manner Promote Agile values Promote Agile values, culture and practices Promote continuous improvement and challenge status-quo Enable the Squad to improve efficiency and quality of deliverables by following Agile development best practices Motivate the Squad and embody a positive and constructive mindset on top of Agile values and culture Secure and promote the values of the selected framework & self organization Encourage the Squad to have a 'self management' attitude Other Exposure of key league-level ceremonies (schedule, chair and drive PI events, demos and PSCs) for the specific output of the Squad Produce, enforce, maintain and present the progress of the Development (including highlight reports and gantt charts to clearly expose any risks/issues and dependencies) Finance management : Manage the cashout & project profitability of the offer, monitor deviations, share mitigation plan & impacts on a pro-active way Manage PPM for the Squad Bachelor’s degree 2 years of product or project development experience would be advantageous Strong facilitation techniques Ability to build and lead Squads in a matrix Promotes Agile values and principles Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills Knowledge of an Agile Framework (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), and knowledge of at Agile at Scale frameworks (i.e. SAFe, Scrum at Scale, Nexus) Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery Squads