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JOB TITLE: IT Scrum Master

DEPARTMENT: Information Technology

REPORTS TO: IT Director

FLSA STATUS: Exempt

JOB TYPE: Full Time, Salaried

LOCATION: Remote/Gainesville, FL

COMPENSATION: $70K-$80K

SUMMARY OF POSITION

An innovative Scrum Master that will be successful leading agile/scrum processes in a highly complex environment. This position will require coordinating with internal IT partners, business partners, and third-party vendors, to produce high quality, value-added solutions, to drive efficiency in alignment with Company strategic objectives.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Organize and lead meetings, manage multiple team backlogs, and produce various reports related to each teams backlog
• Provide monthly updates with business partners to review implanted work items and to prioritize work items for upcoming sprints
• Educate and coach team members and organization on Agile/Scrum/ Project Management practices
• Continuously improving the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization
• Removing team impediments by working with other members in the organization to remove the impediment
• Maintains an environment where team members can speak freely about issues and solutions in a team environment
• Facilitates discussions, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Coordinates the completion of work items through all stages of process
• Works with Business Analysts, Developers, QA testers, UAT testers, and/or business partners
• Produce reporting to communicate backlog status to business partners and leadership
• Handle multiple projects with different deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Successfully manage deliverables while balancing project timelines and unanticipated issues
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors Degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• 4+ years of experience as a Scrum Master or other role in a scrum framework or agile software development environment
• Active practice of Scrum principles in leading an application development team
• Experience in negotiating priorities with Business Partners
• Ability to produce artifacts used for communicating various aspects of Scrum processes (example: Burndown charts, retrospective formats, grooming and estimating session formats, etc.)
• Understanding of application team technologies and how they are used to support the business
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to quality, self-motivation and a desire to succeed
• Self-starter and able to perform tasks independently from start to finish
• Ability to juggle various work activities and shift their attention from one task to another to meet the demands of different stakeholders without dropping the ball.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-energy, team-oriented environment and have a roll up your sleeves and today not tomorrow mentality.
• Detail-oriented and can focus on the task at hand, no matter how minute, by finding the most efficient and effective pathway to completion.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required for communicating with internal and external parties in a manner that is both articulate and professional.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and/or Access).
• Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
• Jira and Bitbucket
• PMI Agile Certified Practitioner
• Disciplined Agile Scrum Master

Preferred knowledge, skills, abilities, certifications

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

NOTE: All Meteor new hires are expected to attend an in-person cultural orientation which requires travel to our home office in Gainesville, FL. Employees may also be required to travel and attend annual company meetings and events. All business-related travel expenses will be paid for by Meteor per our company travel and expense policy.

Benefits

• Health Plan
• Basic Life Accidental Death & Dismemberment Policy
• Short Term Disability
• 401K Employee Savings Plan
• Supplemental Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Paid Time Off
• 9 Company Paid Holidays
• Employee Referral Program
• Excellent Company Culture