Scrum Master/Agile Coach

Title - Scrum Master/Agile Coach Location - Portsmouth, NH, 03801Payrate - $55/hour on W2 Duration - 6 months contract Job Description - The Scrum Master II is responsible for the timely and successful delivery of features/enablers for programmatic business and/or technology objectives that require coordination of multiple Scrum teams. Facilitates process and program execution, escalates impediments, manages risk, and helps drive program-level continuous improvement. About the job: • Implements consistent processes and tools for program management • Aggregates the Scrum team objectives and progress and publishes to the business and all team members to ensure visibility and transparency • Removes impediments through the provision of appropriate resources, guidance, and escalation • Collaborate with product owner and architect to ensure alignment on strategy and execution • Facilitates interaction and appropriate communication between scrum teams, architecture, and UX • Ensures adherence to agile practice through program increment planning, retrospectives, etc., for scrum teams • Ensures successful delivery of large impact and/or cross-functional product initiatives • Coaches, mentors, and provides guidance to scrum masters • Provides input on Scrum Master performance Desired skills: • Bachelor’s degree in communications, Business, Computer Science or a related discipline. • Minimum 6 years of IT and project/program management experience in Agile software development, including coaching on agile methodologies. • Familiarity with scaling frameworks and methodologies with 3+ years’ experience as a Scrum Master, Product Owner, or Agile Coach. Strong communication, facilitation, presentation, and consensus-building skills. • Requires the ability to manage projects from conception to successful implementation. • Requires solid project management skills, ability to multitask, and manage multiple projects in a cross-functional environment. • Requires excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational, and team building skills, business judgment, and proven expertise in directing the efforts of a technical staff. • Requires in-depth knowledge of business functions and extensive understanding of business operations, strategies, and objectives. Knowledge of Financial systems and practices is beneficial.