Agile Coach and Scrum Master

Agile Coach and Scrum Master
6-12 month contract
Location: Galway Hybrid
Day rate 550-580 per day

Job Description
Coach/facilitator/trainer to assist teams in performing development utilizing Agile methodology 10+ years experience in Primary Skill. Experience with other financial services clients preferred. As a Scrum Master you blend deep scrum expertise with a passion for mentoring and coaching, and constant improvement. As part of a highly collaborative squad you will advise, mentor, coach and train on performance against agile values, practices and processes to accelerate squad value delivery. In partnership with the squad leader you will maintain a backlog, help to remove impediments and facilitate agile ceremonies such as the daily stand up, sprint planning, backlog refinement and retrospectives.
You will have responsibility for release management coordination and participate in scaling ceremonies and activities as you manage interdependencies across squads and product areas. You will examine and drive team performance through metrics and find opportunities for the squad to fully realize the benefits of working in an agile structure. You will support the squad by engaging with all team members and product area leadership to reinforce and embed an agile approach and principles into the day-to-day work. This role often requires coordinating the efforts of multiple systems teams to deliver a seamlessly integrated solution to our customers.

Working collaboratively with Workplace Investing product partners and chapter leaders to enable delivery of the squad's mission through well-executed sprints
Accelerating overall squad performance, efficiency and value delivered by engaging within and across squads to find opportunities to improve agile maturity and metrics, and providing coaching, training and resources
Maintaining and updating squad performance metrics (e.g., burn-down charts) and artifacts to ensure accurate and clear feedback to the squad members and transparency to other partners
Managing, coordinating logistics for and participating in agile events (e.g., backlog prioritization, sprint planning, daily meetings, retrospectives and as appropriate, scrum of scrum masters)
Supporting adoption, and consistent use of enabling tools (e.g., Jira, Mural, MS Teams)
Organizing and presenting ideas and information logically and concisely to a variety of audiences, including both technical and non-technical individuals
Working closely with the squad leader to plan and execute on the highest priority work as per the product roadmap
Handling multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
Coaching and mentoring complex squads, regardless of size.
Participating in a community of practice and providing scrum knowledge to members of your product area and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement within the product area.