Scrum Master jobs in New Mexico

Job Description

• Undergraduate degree, equivalent experience, or certification.

• 7 years' experience information technology experience including:
• 5 years applying Agile and Scrum principles within teams and/or organizations using agile metrics to analyze and improve sprint planning
• 5 years' experience working within agile framework or method (i.e. SAFe, Scrum, Kanban) and applying techniques such as story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection etc.
• 5 years' planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams
• 5 years creating and delivering presentations and project plans.
• 2 years working with tools such as Atlassian (JIRA/Confluence), Microsoft M365 suite, and/or Cloud-based platforms (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud)

• Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) or PMI's Agile Certified Professional (ACP)
• Servant leadership experience as Scrum Master on an Agile Release Train
• Familiarity with product/project development experience on an Agile Teams in a technology-focused organization
• Ability to align change management strategies with product development/deployments
• Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings at multiple levels of an organization and an understanding of facilitation techniques
• Ability to understand and represent both the business and technology
• Thrives in a highly collaborative, matrixed, complex, fast paced environment

• Facilitates and supports all scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective
• Responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines
• Contributes to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization
• Works with Agile coaches and other Scrum Masters to grow within the role
• Acts as servant leader of the Agile Team and directs the initiative delivery team
• Partner with Product Managers to maintain plans and communicate progress of the team. This includes product roadmaps, scrum team metrics, and program/project status reporting
• Develops high-level business requirements including cost estimate for an initiative to determine whether the initiative is justified

• Guides and coaches the Scrum Team on how to use Agile practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services to our customers
• Resolves team impediments with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization
• Works with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests
• Optimizes team performance by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques
• Works with Scrum Team, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making and support organizational project or product teams
• Support the development of behavioral change management, communications and training as needed to drive process and tool adoption, implementation, and compliance
• Collaborate with key stakeholder groups to validate the effectiveness of standard processes and continuously improves process quality.
• Work with Marriott teams to ensure that process-related activities address company needs

• Highly motivated person that is passionate about collaborating with others to drive results and can motivate others to do the same to improve the organization
• Possesses a team-first mentality, has a good sense of humor, is open-minded and proactive
• Sound technical experience with infrastructure that can understand and translate business requests into consumable stories and vice versa
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with a high attention to detail and impeccable time management skills
• Ability to self-manage, recognize and actively address challenges, mediate issues, develop solutions, and implement appropriate courses of action
• Highly proficient with MS Office, Jira and Confluence (or equivalent tools)
• Ability to expertly read, write and speak in the English language

• Submits reports in a timely manner, ensuring delivery deadlines are met.
• Promotes the documenting of project progress accurately.
• Provides input and assistance to other teams regarding projects.

• Manages and implements work and projects as assigned.
• Generates and provides accurate and timely results in the form of reports, presentations, etc.
• Analyzes information and evaluates results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Provides timely, accurate, and detailed status reports as requested.

• Provides technical expertise and support to persons inside and outside of the department.
• Demonstrates knowledge of job-relevant issues, products, systems, and processes.
• Demonstrates knowledge of function-specific procedures.
• Keeps up-to-date technically and applies new knowledge to job.
• Uses computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to enter data and/ or process information.

• Understands and meets the needs of key stakeholders.
• Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work.
• Determines priorities, schedules, plans and necessary resources to ensure completion of any projects on schedule.
• Collaborates with internal partners and stakeholders to support business/initiative strategies
• Communicates concepts in a clear and persuasive manner that is easy to understand.
• Generates and provides accurate and timely results in the form of reports, presentations, etc.
• Demonstrates an understanding of business priorities

• Provides information to supervisors and co-workers by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person in a timely manner.
• Demonstrates self-confidence, energy and enthusiasm.
• Informs and/or updates leaders on relevant information in a timely manner.
• Manages time effectively and conducts activities in an organized manner.
• Presents ideas, expectations and information in a concise, organized manner.
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