ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

•         Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers.
•         Guiding the team on how to get the most of out self-organization.
•         Guiding the team on self-organization to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks.
•         Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team
•                 Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
•         Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem-solving.
•         Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
•         Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
•         Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
•         Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially on grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
•         Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example.

REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

•         Experience in playing the Team Facilitator role 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 various well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach

PREFERRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE (ANY OF THESE IS A PLUS):

•         Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc.
•         Awareness and experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games.
•         Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team.
•         The experience in applying a wide variety of well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach
•         Excellent communication and mentoring skills.