We are looking for a Scrum Master who will play a pivotal role in fostering Agile principles, ensuring teams make realistic sprint commitments, and holding them accountable for delivering results. This individual will facilitate Scrum ceremonies, remove obstacles, and create an environment where teams can perform at their best. The ideal candidate is a servant leader with a strong grasp of Agile frameworks and a passion for continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Scrum Leadership: Act as Scrum Master for three or four Scrum teams, ensuring Agile best practices are followed.
- Sprint Management: Guide teams in making reasonable sprint commitments, tracking progress, and ensuring on-time delivery.
- Accountability & Metrics: Monitor sprint execution, hold teams accountable for commitments, and use Agile metrics to drive improvements.
- Scrum Ceremonies: Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint retrospectives, and sprint reviews.
- Obstacle Removal: Identify and resolve blockers that impact team productivity and efficiency.
- Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with Product Owners, Developers, and Leadership to align sprint goals with business objectives.
- Agile Coaching: Mentor teams on Agile best practices, promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, preferably supporting multiple teams.
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, or similar frameworks).
- Experience in a software development environment; familiarity with financial or enterprise software is a plus.
- Proficiency with Agile tools such as Aha!, Azure DevOps, or Rally.
- Exceptional facilitation, communication, and conflict resolution skills.
- Ability to balance servant leadership with accountability, ensuring teams stay focused and deliver results.
- Scrum Master Certification (CSM, PSM I/II, SAFe SM) is preferred.
Why Join Us?
- Impactful Work: Support K-12 school districts with critical financial management solutions.
- Agile Growth: Influence and refine Agile adoption across multiple teams.
- Collaborative Culture: Work with experienced developers, product owners, and business leaders in a supportive environment.
- Competitive Compensation: Salary, benefits, and professional development opportunities. 3 weeks' vacation and 5 personal days. Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits starting from your first day of employment. Employee stock ownership and RRSP/401k matching programs. Lifestyle rewards. Remote work and more!
Working Environment:
This job operates in a professional office environment or remote home office location. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Periods of stress may occur.
This role may occasionally come into contact with Protected Health Information, Personal Identifiable Information or Privacy Records, and it is essential that all employees adhere to confidentiality requirements as outlined in the Employee Handbook and Harris’ Security and Privacy policies, as well as apply the concepts learned in the annual Security Awareness training.
Essential Functions:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
- This is largely a sedentary role. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.
Expected Hours of Work:
Some flexibility in hours is allowed, but the employee must be available during the "core" work hours.
Travel:
Occasional travel for in-office events.
AAP/EEO Statement
Harris Computer is an EEO/AA/Disability/Vets Employer.
Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
