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Agile Practitioner

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Type: Contract

Category: Scrum Master

Industry: Technology

Workplace Type: Remote

Reference ID: JN -022025-100947

Date Posted: 02/20/2025

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/8akqlN

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Description:

100% Remote role

Our client is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Scrum Master/Program Manager to join their Business Intelligence team.

We can facilitate w2 and corp-to-corp consultants. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $60 - $70 / hr. w2

Responsibilities:

• Facilitation: Lead and facilitate Agile ceremonies, including planning, stand-ups, refinement sessions, and retrospectives. Ensure adherence to Agile principles and practices.

• Collaboration: Foster collaboration within and between cross-functional BI teams, promoting communication and transparency for ongoing projects. Facilitate discussions and decision-making to drive project success.

• Obstacle Removal: Identify and communicate roadblocks that hinder team progress. Proactively seek resolution avenues to ensure the team can deliver value without disruptions.

• Metrics and Reporting: Track and communicate team progress using Agile metrics. Provide visibility into the team's performance and contribute to data-driven decision-making.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with team leaders, analysts, and other members to prioritize and refine the product backlog. Ensure alignment between business goals and development efforts.

• Training and Coaching: Provide training and coaching on Agile principles and practices. Mentor team members in the adoption of Agile methodologies and help the team self-organize using these principles.

• Support strategic programs that may require program management, based on available bandwidth

• Coordinate with Jira administrators to align on defined Jira workflows

• Leverage Confluence and M365 for tracking, documentation, and reporting.

Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required, master's degree preferred

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master or similar Agile role

• Expert knowledge of Agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban

• Outstanding communication, collaboration, and facilitation abilities

• Able to influence without authority and drive consensus

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Experience removing impediments and enabling team success

• Passion for continuous improvement and coaching others

• Proficiency with JIRA, Confluence, and other Agile tools

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company for human-powered solutions. For over 30 years, Eliassen has helped thousands of companies reach further and achieve more with their technology solutions, financial, risk & compliance, and advisory solutions, and clinical solutions. With offices from coast to coast and throughout Europe, Eliassen provides a local community presence, balanced with international reach. Eliassen Group strives to positively impact the lives of their employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which they operate.

Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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