Scrum Master

Hitachi Vantara combines technology, intellectual property and industry knowledge to deliver data-managing solutions that help enterprises improve their customers' experiences, develop new revenue streams, and lower the costs of business. Hitachi Vantara elevates your innovation advantage by combining IT, operational technology (OT) and domain expertise. Come join our team and our employee-focused culture, and help drive our customers' data to meaningful customer outcomes.

Role: Scrum Master / Project Manager

Responsibilities:
* Coach the team and organization on how to use Agile practices and values
* Coach the team on self organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks
* Remove impediments or guide the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
* Work towards trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.
* Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
* Assist with internal and external communication, improve transparency and radiate information
* Support the Product Owner with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
* Provide all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible and leading by example
* Excellent communication and mentoring skills

Required Skills/Experience :
* First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I)
* Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least 3 years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
* Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
* Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach(example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc)

Preferred Skills/Experience (Any of these is a plus) :
* Second level Scrum Master certification (CSP, PSM II)
* Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least five years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
* Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc - Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
* Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team
* Experience applying a wide variety of well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach(example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs,etc)
* Previous experience as a team lead - Excellent communication and mentoring skills