Sr Scrum Master Resume

SUMMARY:

I’m a macro - manager and an impediment killer who loves tacos, the outdoors, learning, coaching and helping high performing teams achieve their best. Certified SAFe Scrum Master with a servant leader approach, my military leadership experience helped hone my skills as a problem solver and coach.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technical Skills & Platforms: SAFe, Agile, JIRA, Kanban, Scrum, Mac OS, Google Drive, Microsoft Office, Adobe CS

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Coaches team in SAFe Agile, and Scrum Framework
Serves team by helping identify and remove impediments so team(s) can do what they do best
Facilitates Release Planning to define Epics/Features
Coaches team in defining their definition of done and definition of ready and to always keep it evolving
Coaches team on estimating with story points, pushing their velocity, and holding them accountable to commitments
Assists in defining, and writing stories as well as acceptance criteria with Product Owner & Engineers
Backlog refinement/grooming and JIRA/VersionOne management
Coaches team on self - organization, time management, and teamwork
Guides team in an evolving Working Agreement that helps: foster a team, safe, and successful environment celebrate wins involve all team members in all stages in asking for help challenging each other to grow question Engineering Practices provide shorter PR approval times
Assists with internal and external department communication to improve transparency
Facilitates Sprint Planning, Release Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, System Demos and Sprint Retrospectives
Coaches other teams and new Scrum Masters to help in stories point estimations and finding their way

Confidential

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Optimized the flow of work between Engineering and stakeholders by protecting team
Facilitated sprint planning to create acceptance criteria and a definition of done and definition of ready
Helped teams be successful by holding them accountable for their commitments, removing impediments, and leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work
Designed a Team Branding exercise and PPT deck that shows the team the importance of Team Branding
Gives us One Voice and helps us work as a Team instead of individuals on a team
Creates and Fosters Innovation
Distinguishes the Team from others
Creates a Sense of Purpose
Helps in Onboarding new Team Members
Used project metrics such as velocity and capacity to help forecast project completion dates
Identified and removed organization and team impediments to enhance productivity and efficiency
Helped define and write stories and acceptance criteria with Product Owner and Engineering team in JIRA
Backlog grooming and management of mobile application development and deployment/delivery in JIRA
Facilitated Sprint Planning, Daily Stand - Ups, Sprint Review (Demos) and Sprint Retrospectives
Facilitated out of office events such as 4x4 trails and camping trips
Worked closely with Product Owner to make sure the backlog was prioritized according to his/her latest thinking

Confidential

Team Lead / Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Identified and removed impediments resulting in productivity improvement
Assisted in the selection and hiring process of team members
Helped define team strategy which helped in breaking down epics and stories
Audited work practices and environments to help implement process and environment changes/improvements
Conducted regular 1:1 meetings with the team to ensure team members continued and had the support needed, both financially and professionally
Facilitated daily standups and team retrospectives to energize our days, identify impediments and create a smooth flow of work
Worked closely with team, in and out of the office: to ensure we get along, goof off together, and celebrate each other s success hold each other accountable create a safe place for the team to discuss/bring up anything leave job titles at the door and collectively take responsibility for all agreed work
Helped teams identify and effectively manage bottlenecks and blockers
Fostered the adoption and value of the Scrum framework, participated in team demos, and set the example for team members to collaborate, pair program, and self - organize
Facilitated Sprint Planning, Release Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Product Demos and Sprint Retrospectives

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