Scrum Master

At?Strong-Bridge Envision Consulting (an HCL technologies company), we work as true partners both with our employees and our clients, embodying our number one value:?People First. Our team is driven by a desire to always learn, improve, and innovate. We take an open-minded approach to opportunities and challenges and are focused on solving business challenges.?

• →Facilitate scrum events such as daily standups, planning and prioritization meetings

• →Work closely with Product Management to understand milestones, share estimates and check that expectations can be met
• →Ensure that the scrum board is up-to-date and prioritized, and ensure improvements are implemented
• →Facilitate meetings and communication between product owner stakeholders and development team members to ensure the highest value work is top priority in the backlog
• →Understand goals of project, create Agile development strategy, assist in developing project planning and strategy
• →Participate in larger Scrum Master team objectives, including process improvement, release preparation, and project management tasks

• →Facilitate collaboration daily to remove impediments and reduce risk
• →Provide servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency to the team

• 3-5 years of experience as a Scrum Master, preferably within a Fortune 500 corporation
• Bachelor of Arts or Science required, degree in Information Systems preferred
• Certified Scrum Master certification from Scrum Alliance or Professional Scrum Master certification from Scrum Org required
• 3+ years of experience in scaled Agile approaches
• 3+ years of experience with creating effective communication channels (team, Product Owner, stakeholder)
• Experience in removing impediments that would prevent the team from achieving its sprint and release goals (internal and external to the team)
• 2+ years of experience with successful Agile techniques such as User Stories, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing
• 4+ years of experience and knowledge of Kanban framework
• Experience and knowledge of backlog tracking, burn-down metrics, velocity, and task definition
• Deep understanding of Agile values, principles, as well as Scrum framework
• Possess curiosity with an appetite for learning and supporting teams spanning a wide array of technologies and practices.
• Passion for constantly driving your teams and the organization to continuous improvement
• Minimum of 3 years of consulting experience with either a Big 4 Consulting firm or a more specialized boutique consulting firms specializing in technology delivery
• Ability to work permanently in the U.S. on a full-time basis
• Must be in the Seattle area; with ability to work on the client site 100% of the time

• A talent for multi-tasking, meeting deadlines, learning new skills and methodologies, and working under pressure in fast paced environment
• Ability to work independently
• Flexible working style, ability to work in various types of client environments
• Excellent communication skills, and proven ability to communicate effectively across the organization
• Ability to lead decision making through influence, with the ability to make sound decisions in the best interest of the client as needed throughout the project lifecycle
• Collaborative working style with the ability to flex with many different types of working styles on client site