Scrum Master (Hybrid/Virtual)

Job Description

Job Summary

Blueface, a Comcast Business Company is growing our global team! If you are ready to take the next step in your career, check out our Scrum Master role below! Excellent benefits and energetic team culture.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for contributing to the delivery of IT Projects through methodologies such as Agile Scrum/Kanban , leveraging your domain knowledge and sector experience
• Facilitate events – be responsible for setting up and facilitating team events, including (where applicable) the Daily Stand-up, Iteration Planning, Iteration Review, and Iteration Retrospective , ensures they are productive and kept within the timebox.
• Create high-quality work products and act as a subject matter resource on one or more services, leveraging knowledge and experience
• Takes responsibility for the mobilisation and delivery of project s /product s delivered in an Agile manner

• Maintains focus so that projects deliver on key priorities and dependencies and are managed to realise business benefits to agreed timelines.
• Identifies and advises on project level decisions that influence significant project direction and escalates decisions that cannot be resolved to the agreed governance forums.
• Supports the Product Owner in their efforts to manage the backlog and guide the team while facilitating a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope.
• Facilitates the removal of impediments – supports the team in addressing and eliminating these issues to improve the likelihood of achieving the objectives of the Iteration.
• Supports SAFe adoption – The Scrum Master supports the overall adoption of SAFe across the enterprise by coaching stakeholders and other non-agile teams on effective interactions with agile teams, participating in the Scrum Master Community of Practice, and supporting the organization’s SPCs.

• Enables organizational effectiveness – The Scrum Master works with other Scrum Masters and stakeholders to help the team contribute towards improving the overall development Value Stream.
• Facilitates preparation and readiness for Agile Release Train ( ART ) events – Assists the team in preparation for ART activities, including PI Planning, System Demos, and the Inspect and Adapt.
• Help coordinate inter-team cooperation and helps the team operate well on the ART.
• Supports estimating – Guides the team in establishing normalized estimates and helps the team understand how to estimate Features and Capabilities.

To qualify for the role , you must have

• A strong academic record including a third level degree, preferably in a business or IT related discipline, from a recognised third level institution
• Additional professional qualifications, such as Scrum Master, Scrum Produc t Owner and SAFe or Diploma Level in Agile Project Management or similar discipline from a recognised third level institution or accreditation body

• At least 7 years’ experience working for a leading company, in delivery of large-scale complex change/transformation programmes or systems integration programmes
• Hands-on experience in Scrum acting in a Scrum Master role and working with Agile methods for software delivery e.g., Scrum, SAFE, Kanban, Lean, TDD and CI/CD.
• Proven skills in effectively coaching, mentoring and motivating a cross functional Agile team (consisting of PO, Developers and QA) to improve the pace and evolve delivery practices
• A proven ability to manage and deliver on software projects in a fast-paced environment
• Have structured approach to problem solving and be a self-starter with the ability to work independently managing your own workload with an attention to detail

• Be able to manage different stakeholders across the p roject you work on
• Have a proven ability to be able to take a ‘big picture’ delivery and project management view as well as being able to work at a detailed level across a broad range of contract types and engagement approaches
• Experience of working in a matrix managed organisation
• Excellent communication skills – tailoring communications to suit a mix of audiences and ability to translate strategy into measurable business benefits

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Additional non agile specific a ccreditation and practitioner experience of a range of Project Management approaches including PRINCE 2 , PMI, PMOBOK etc . or Master ’ s Level in Project Management or similar discipline from a recognised third level institution
• Excellent presentation skills
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills
• People management experience

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Disclaimer:

• This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Comcast is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Relevant Work Experience

5-7 Years

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.