Position: Scrum Master/Associate Agile Process Consultant
Company: Softserve
Category: Project Manager
Experience required: 3y
English level: fluent

Job Purpose 
Work directly with SoftServe clients’ team:
 -     Setup efficient processes and practices on the multiple team level
-	Implement industry frameworks and its combinations 
-	Act as a Scrum Master in a team or multiple teams on the customer’s side and coach them along their way to success. 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

As a Scrum Master you will: 
-	Consult and coach customer’s leadership and project teams 
-	Form productive relationships with peers and peer groups within the organization 
-	Look for ways to strengthen teams understanding of Lean-Agile concepts and principles 
-	Ensure teams actions are aligned with the product goals/vision 
-	Ensure Scrum and/or Kanban practices are used and improved within and across teams 
-	Use empiricism to maximize product value and bring transparency to the organization to build trust and strengthen relationships between the delivery group and business customers. 
-	Identify trade-offs between short and long terms benefits to drive shared vision between the team and product owner 
-	Foster a continuous learning environment helping teams to inspect & adapt  

As an Agile Consultant you will:
-	Assist in the assessment of the current state of the processes and roles in the teams 
-	Conduct process and knowledge gap analysis for the teams 
-	Design target process for the teams that will address clients business needs and constraints 
-	Tailor existing  Agile framework or methodology on the project to meet customer’s needs  
-	Deliver Agile training for teams, leadership, and management 

QUALIFICATIONS 

Experience:
-	4+ years of project management experience in the software development industry 
-	Experience in management and facilitation of large-scale distributed Agile projects and scaling frameworks (SAFe, Nexus, LeSS) 
-	In-depth experience systemizing fit-for-purpose agile ceremonies across teams and coaching leaders on agile values, project and product management, etc. 
-	A proven track record of building sustainable iterative delivery 
-	Solid understanding of all aspects of SDLC
-	Experience in assessing how the team is doing and suggest necessary actions to improve while fostering teamwork
-	Solid knowledge of Agile approach, iterative/incremental development, and related frameworks, including Agile scaling (SAFe, LeSS, Nexus, ScrumScale, DAD) 
-	Knowledge of cultural difference and cross-cultural behavior 
-	Demonstrated experience at driving Agile transformations from design to implementation (will be a plus)

Skills & abilities:  
-	Excellent communication and facilitation skills 
-	Curious and creative mindset with a desire to learn 
-	Great public speaking and presenting skills 
-	Self-starter, ability to work independently and collaboratively 
-	Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing 
-	Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills    
-	Skilled in building relationships and navigating through organizational ambiguity to create a path to value for the team 
-	Advanced English 

Professional certification 
-	Any of ICAgile, Disciplined Agile, Scrum Alliance, or Scrum.org certifications 
-	Kanban University (will be a plus) 
-	SAFe or LeSS (will be a plus)