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Scrum Master II

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Cvent is a leading meetings, events and hospitality technology provider with more than 4,300 employees and nearly 21,000 customers worldwide. Founded in 1999, the company delivers a comprehensive event marketing and management platform for event professionals and offers software solutions to hotels, special event venues and destinations to help them grow their group/MICE and corporate travel business.

Scrum Master 2

Brief Description

Here at Cvent, the Scrum Master will facilitate processes, escalates impediments, manage risk, promote architectural strength, and help to drive continuous improvements at the project level. As part of the Technical Program Management department, the Scrum Master will lead Agile teams with autonomy and accountability through key ceremonies such as daily scrums, sprint planning, retrospectives and demonstrations. The Scrum Master will also be responsible for ensuring that sprints are on time and that the teams are ready for their deadlines.

Primary Responsibilities

• Promotes adherence to Agile software development best practices and acts as an Agile coach to the project team.
• Facilitation of development team meetings by scheduling and coordinating them as well as encouraging constructive communication and guidance of topics throughout the meeting.
• Manages risks and dependencies as well as identify and remove impediments.
• Reviews and understands metrics and other key performance indicators (KPI) in order to drive continuous improvement for the sprint teams.
• Coordinates elements of the release plan with other technology staff outside of the project and encourage architect and team collaboration.
• Establishes performance of the sprint teams through continuous improvement, building leadership skills and inspiring leadership in others.
• Guides scrum teams to implement Lean processes in order to increase quality output.
• Effectively communicates project status, including risks and dependencies to Executive Management.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of IT or software development experience including 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach for multiple development teams.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and coach teams towards high performance in an Agile environment.
• Understanding of backlog tracking, burn down metrics, velocity, and task definitions.
• Strong leadership, time management, conflict resolution, and analytical skills.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
• Experience with Atlassian Tools such as Jira and Confluence preferred, but not required.

Other Skills/Experience - Education:

• MS/BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent

Preferred, but not required:

• ScrumMaster Certification (CSM)
• Project Management Professional Certification (PMP)

EEO[/AA]/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans

At Cvent we celebrate, support and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristics.

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