Scrum Master

Responsibilities

Who are we? Afiniti is the world’s leading applied artificial intelligence and advanced analytics provider.

Afiniti Enterprise Behavioral Pairing™ uses artificial intelligence to identify subtle and valuable patterns of human interaction in order to pair individuals on the basis of behavior, leading to more successful interactions and measurable increases in enterprise profitability.

Afiniti operates throughout the world and has measurably driven billions of dollars in incremental value for our clients.

Purpose The Scrum Master helps oversee the scrum process and the development team.

They are knowledgeable in Agile software/product developement methodologies/scrum and are able to educate and coach others.

They act as a buffer between the scrum team and product owner and maintain a safe working environment for the team by helping resolve conflicts.

The Scrum Master is required to work within a global matrixed organization and within multiple development teams to build scalable, production-ready software.

The Scrum master is known as the guardian of Scrum Team, and is someone that:

Resolves impediments Exerts command/control over scrum processes Continuously motivates, inspires and pushes the teams efficiency and creativity This position will report directly to the SVP of Global Data & Product Development at Afiniti.

Key Responsibilities

Creates and maintain useful, reliable and practical plans for software development projects

Inspires design/development teams and leverages techniques to enhance their creativity and improve thier efficiency

Organizes and facilitiates daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo and retrospective meetings

Lead the scrum and development teams in self-organization

Forecasts deliverables based on evidence and reliable data sources

Manages the scrum process with the coordination of the scrum team in the Agile development methodology

Identifies, escalates and removes impediments for the scrum team

Arranges and runs daily stand-up meetings, facilitates required meetings, demos and decision-making processes in order to ensure quick inspection

Helps the product owner(s) to create and groom user story backlogs ensuring that they are prioritized, detailed and ready for the next sprint

Conducts retrospective meetings, coaxing out key feedback items from the entire team

Acts as a safeguard, motivator, facilitator, mediator, communicator and organizer for their team

Help build a productive environment where team members “own” the product and enjoy working on it

The ideal Candidate will have

Exceptional yet friendly visual, written and verbal communication skills

Strong servant leadership mentality as well as interpersonal and mentoring skills

Ability to adapt to a changing, dynamic and unknown environment

Conflict resolution skills which are balanced with honesty and respect

Ability to analyze and think quickly and to resolve conflict

Knowledge in techniques to fill in gaps in the scrum

Keen punctuality and attention to detail

Deep working knowledge/experience with agile deveolopment methodologies and frameworks including Scrum, Kanban and XP

Deep understanding of Agile development techniques including:

User Story generation

Backlog grooming & tracking

Burndown metrics & velocity

Continuous Integration

ATDD/TDD

Continuous/Automated Testing

Estimation practices

Agile games

Experience and opinions regarding Scrum tracking software such as Jira, Asana, Monday.com, etc.

Expert estimation and planning skills