Scrum Master (Mobile Applications)

Who We Are:

We are an IT Consulting Solutions firm who fosters partnerships between Commercial & Government organizations with IT Professionals. We do this by collaborating with our customers to understand their culture and provide value by using integrity, flexibility, and repeatable quality processes. We were founded in 1996 in Denver and have numerous accolades including Denver Business Journal's "Top Software Developers , "Fastest Growing Companies , and Inc. Magazine's "Fastest Growing Companies in America .

Are you a Scrum Master who would like to work at an innovative and fast-paced company changing the way doctors interact with their patients? If so, we want to talk to you!

What you'll be doing: 

• Works with product managers and development teams to assure requirements are captured and recorded using the appropriate agile methodology, such as Scrum, Kanban

• Works as a Scrum Master within the teams to effectively fulfill project objectives.

• Develops a deep knowledge of all aspects of the project, helps define priorities and effectively manages planning, execution, and monitoring to successful conclusion.

• Facilitates Sprint Planning, Release Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Product Demos and Sprint Retrospectives

• Manage and effectively deliver features committed to for the Release Train.

• Supports Product Owner in developing, maintaining and grooming Product Backlog

• Removes impediments/blockers in order to keep teams productive

• Identifies and manages dependencies with other internal or external teams

• Provides metrics and status to leadership, program manager and project sponsors

• Support/Collaborate with team members to implement Agile/Scrum best practices Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions

• Diligently prepare and collate project progress/status, issues & risks

• Meticulously track action items and drive them to closure

• Development capacity planning and helping in release scheduling

• Initiates, builds, and maintains good relationships with IT and business management to help facilitate effective completion of project work.

• Prepares project status reports, burndowns, and keeps management, project sponsors and project stakeholders informed of project status and related issues.

• Adept at creating strong relationships that foster the spirit of innovation, improvement, and collaborative solutions and developments.

• Ability to quickly grasp technology concepts and communicate with external teams and stakeholders

• Ability to work under tight deadlines and an iterative design process.

• Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least two years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.

We want our people to be set up for success, so we have a few required skill sets that must be met: 

• A minimum of 3 years of Scrum Master experience using Agile methodologies

• Strong professional experience in Agile development

• Strong technical aptitude and hands on experience working with technical teams

• Excellent problem solving and conflict resolution skills

• Excellent leadership and communications skills required.

• Experience working in a matrix team consisting of contractors, teammates and vendors with various skills and disciplines.

• Self-starter with high energy to meet the needs of a demanding business and IT environment.

• Demonstrated strong business acumen to complement strong tactical execution skills.

• Certified Scrum Master 

• Strong communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills

• High level of comfort with explicitly taking accountability and holding appropriate parties accountable

• Experience with communication tools such as PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Pages, VersionOne or similar Agile Portfolio Management Solution (Confluence, Jira, Greenhooper)

• Understanding and knowledge of unique factors and challenges of software development

What's in it for you:

Yes, we knew you'd want to ask that. Here's what's in it for you. 

• Working for an innovative company with some of the latest technology.

• Causal and fun working environment with team oriented people. 

• Cool location with plenty of places to eat and shop just a few feet from the office.