Scrum Master

• Establish Agile practices (Scrum or Kanban) for multiple teams
• Oversee project or team schedules, tasks, and resource requirements
• Coach, facilitate, and participate in resourcing decisions for multiple teams or teams-of-teams
• Facilitate coordination across Agile teams, Product Owners, delivery partners, and stakeholders
• Manage dependencies, support Program Increment planning, escalate delivery risks, and promote alignment with business objectives
• Coordinate interdependencies with Release Train Engineers, Portfolio Managers, and external vendor teams
• Partner with Product Owners on backlog health, story mapping, and dependency management
• Organize and conduct communications for large groups and teams-of-teams
• Facilitate large teams-of-teams events and proactive planning routines
• Identify opportunities to reduce risk through processes, procedures, and automation
• Identify stakeholders and form partnerships across teams and departments
• Lead best practices in documentation and train and mentor Product Management and Product Owners
• Coach teams, teams-of-teams, and the organization on Agile/Scrum practices
• Remove obstacles, facilitate ceremonies, and run backlogs
• Develop an Agile maturity roadmap and provide ongoing coaching and support for Agile adoption

Lead Scrum Master

• Coach Agile development teams on Agility and accountability for team effectiveness
• Use Agile frameworks and practices to achieve team goals, including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, and SAFe as applicable
• Teach and coach Agile and/or Lean principles
• Create an environment for continued learning and continuous improvement
• Identify, mitigate, and eliminate dependencies with other teams and communicate dependency status
• Facilitate team events and remove impediments
• Collaborate with other Scrum Masters to promote best practices and lessons learned through communities of practice
• Guide teams toward objectives, goals, and continuous improvement
• Foster collaboration, communication, and team building
• Facilitate team and program events, including Daily Stand Up, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Retrospective, and Inspect and Adapt workshops
• Help teams follow Scrum/XP/Agile best practices and product development processes
• Improve quality, predictability, flow, and velocity
• Coordinate solution implementation and delivery with Scrum Masters and external teams
• Communicate progress to all levels of the organization
• Maintain team and program metrics
• Balance changes in direction or requirements while protecting committed team goals
• Collaborate with Product Owners to align team execution and performance with near- and long-term goals
• Report to the Technical Leader