Scrum Master, Tech Solutions Agile & Culture

Job Summary
This role acts as the servant leader of a specified agile product team by removing impediments and coaching the team in the agile methodology
They must understand the business at a high level and be able to exercise technical aptitude to understand and resolve impediments
They must be capable of leading a team to self-organization and push back against the Product Owner
This role facilitates the appropriate scrum events and employs various techniques to foster collaboration and protect the team from outside distractions
They will support the Product Owner to ensure that the product backlog has substantial ?sprint readyitems that tie to the overall product vision

Principal Accountabilities and % of time
Work with primary scrum team 90%
Facilitate the appropriate scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Backlog Refinement, Retrospectives, sprint/release planning, and other Scrum-related meetings
Inspire the agile product team to embrace the full adoption of scrum practices by coaching the team on the framework and instilling an ?inspect and adaptmindset
Empower the team to self-organize in pursuit of a better, more fulfilling experience and improved productivity
Generate a common understanding amongst the team of the product vision and strategy
Create an environment for the agile product team to thrive by protecting the team from outside distractions and over commitment
Champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement agile best practices
Design processes and practices to help the team anticipate and identify impediments while resolving basic team impediments
Recognize when to escalate the impediments and who to involve
Assist in team development while holding team members accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work, and mentoring and developing team members
Ensure that each team member is fully engaged in the project and making a meaningful contribution, and encourage a sustainable pace with high-levels of quality for the team
Advise and coach the Product Owner on the scrum framework, getting items to ?ready, user story best practices, writing good acceptance criteria
Drive sharing of scrum best practices across Bain agile teams
Provide management level reporting on project status, risks and mitigation strategies
Track and communicate team velocity, happiness and sprint/release progress to all affected teams and management
Agile champion 10%
Contribute to initiative work within the capability team
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Associate's/Bachelors degree or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
3-5 years experience on an agile team in a Scrum Master or similar role
Some expertise in agile ways of working or demonstrated motivation to learn
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Self-motivated, proactive, and dependable
High level of detail orientation
Proactively identifies conflicts or roadblocks, often able to resolve independently
Effective conflict resolution skills
Flexible to shifting priorities
Aspires to learn from best demonstrated practices and to improve work efficiency and sustainability
Ability to work independently and with teams
Demonstrated aptitude to follow technical discussions
High performance and standards as demonstrated by academic or previous job experience