Scrum Master Lead

Role Summary:

The SAFe agilist is responsible for Lean-Agile transformation. They implement the basics of the SAFe® framework at the primary stage of the product development journey. SAFe® Agilist applies Lean, Agile, and the Product Development flow principles to improve productivity, employee satisfaction, time to market, and quality. They make sure that the planning and execution through Agile Release Trains are appropriately done

Primary Skillset:

Scrum Agile Certified, Knowledge of SAFE
Agile project management experience. Jira Clarity

Secondary Skillset:

Retail Telecom Domain experience

Project Tracking and Reporting experience, Resources who are required to perform Project management roles come with considerably higher experience. Request you to consider L6 / L7 roles for all these positions.

Stakeholder Management:

Identify and prioritize stakeholders Understand stakeholder expectations Plan for who needs to know what and when Manage expectations through tailored communication and engagement strategies ensure there is minimal scope creep

Roles & Responsibilities

• Serve as a Scrum Master for multiple teams across the program where required.
• Experience in SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) is required.
• Assist in overall program/project planning and ensure cross-team dependencies are well-understood and modeled in project plans and timelines.
• Identify, document, and publish risks and issues related to the overall program and to define resolution paths where required.
• Resolve cross-team impediments and blocking issues.
• Collect and consolidate cross-team status for delivery to stakeholders and executive management.
• Schedule and conduct meetings and ceremonies in accordance with best practices for Agile/Scrum software development.
• Responsible for building team collaboration, commitment towards achieving sprint objectives and viewing team needs above everything else.
• Continuously work to improve team performance and productivity:
• Encourage team accountability, self-organization, and empowerment.
• Share common Agile practices.
• Promote and support the development team’s automated processes.
• Facilitate Retrospectives which generate new ideas for process improvement.
• Maintain relevant metrics that guide the development team to more efficient processes in their work and in satisfying their Product Owner and stakeholders.
• Maintain effective information radiators that aid transparency and encourage clear communication between the development team, the Product Owner, and stakeholders.
• Active participant in the local scrum chapters to share and learn new agile concepts.
• Knowledge of wireless telecom business practices, including accounting, finance, revenue assurance, taxation, billing, customer care, legal, device management and network operations.
• Creates and identifies scope and stakeholders of a project right from its inception.
• Creates and implements plans in accordance with SAFE/agile work methodology to help accomplish key tasks “On time and within Budget”
• Identifies and communicates key slippages and acts with a sense of urgency to help eliminate any roadblocks to ensure successful completion of projects.
• Performs Program Management/Scrum Master activities such as chartering, road mapping, user story grooming, iteration planning and retrospectives as well as implementation activities.
• Develop tools and techniques for disturbing tasks according to the skills of every team member and also to evaluate the performance of all team members.
• Carries excellent command over Verizon’s Network and Security system and the respective teams and assigns tasks accordingly to see completion of capabilities across the board.
• Carries a clear understanding of software development and Enterprise Architecture lifecycle, and categorizes scrum tasks in accordance with requirements and governance models identified.
• Evaluates, develops and implements systems solutions to effectively fulfill business requirements.
• Invites leadership teams and leads discussion of key initiatives across Verizon Enterprise.
• Communicates the status of projects to enterprise wide audience including key executive and stakeholders.
• Creates and identifies a communication strategy depending on the nature of the project.
• Identifies key tasks and publishes meeting minutes post calls along with clear communication strategy on a weekly and monthly basis for key initiatives.
• Analyzing and proactively managing problems and making decisions that impact overall system(s) and program(s) while acting independently
• Identifies and diffuses problems proactively with effective communication and team management / collaboration strategies.