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Description: • Organize and facilitate standard meetings, backlog preparation, iteration planning, retrospectives, iteration reviews and daily stand-ups • Foster continuous improvement and coach the scrum teams to a higher level of self-organizing maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization • Cultivate customer focus as the team collaborates to deliver solutions achieving the desired business outcome • Facilitate the sizing of stories during the planning sprint, backlog grooming, or sprint planning sessions for the team • Leverage metrics to assist delivery, enable transparency and optimize the iterative / incremental development process • Resolve or escalate blocking impediments and known risks through analysis and prioritization • Manage and negotiate scope, timeline, quality, goals, and deliverables that support business goals and monitor schedule and cost performance throughout the life of the project • Brainstorm with the team to arrive at solutions to challenges and roadblocks to assigned projects with guidance from more experienced managers • Work with the product manager and other stakeholders to determine staffing requirements by giving inputs about project workload and expected fulfillment time • Maintain process documentation and ensure the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility Requirements: • Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Information Systems or Engineering • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) or any other related certification is required • 5 - 7 years of IT experience including prior Scrum Master experience • Collaborative Approach • Strong Influencing Skills • Task Prioritization • Time Management • Strategic Thinking • Planning and Organizational Skills • Foster Positive Work Environment • Strong Communication and Presentation Skills • Analytical and Problem-solving skills • Ownership and Initiative – taking • Negotiation Management • Technical aptitude to work closely with software engineers • Competent understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) • Knowledge of both agile and waterfall methodologies on technically complex projects • Working knowledge of Microsoft Applications including MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio • Knowledge of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps • Understanding of Project and Portfolio Management tools e.g., Clarity, Open Workbench • Knowledge of Microsoft technology stack (C#, SQL Server) Benefits: • We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. • medical, dental, and vision care • comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness • support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave • training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities