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Tyler Technologies NIC Licensing Division is looking to hire a Scrum Master to manage multiple teams across our NIC Licensing Solutions. Acquired by Tyler Technologies (NYSE: TYL) on April 21, 2021, NIC is a leader in digital government solutions and payments, partnering with government to deliver user-friendly digital services that make it easier and more efficient to interact with government. NIC and Tyler are united in their mission to empower public sector entities to operate more efficiently and connect more transparently with their constituents and with each other.
As a Scrum master you will be leading two product teams in Scaled Agile Environment. You will be the servant leader who enables teams to self-organize, self-manage, and deliver via effective Lean-Agile practices and support ScrumXP, Kanban, and other ways of working the team have adopted Job Responsibilities:- Serve as a Scrum Master for multiple teams across the program where required.
- Experience in SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) is required.
- Assist in overall program/project planning and ensure cross-team dependencies are well-understood and modeled in project plans and timelines.
- Identify, document, and publish risks and issues related to the overall program and to define resolution paths where required.
- Resolve cross-team impediments and blocking issues.
- Collect and consolidate cross-team status for delivery to stakeholders and executive management.
- Schedule and conduct meetings and ceremonies in accordance with best practices for Agile/Scrum software development.
- Responsible for building team collaboration, commitment towards achieving sprint objectives and viewing team needs above everything else.
- Continuously work to improve team performance and productivity:
- Encourage team accountability, self-organization, and empowerment.
- Share common Agile practices.
- Promote and support the development team's automated processes.
- Facilitate Retrospectives which generate new ideas for process improvement.
- Maintain relevant metrics that guide the development team to more efficient processes in their work and in satisfying their Product Owner and stakeholders.
- Maintain effective information radiators that aid transparency and encourage clear communication between the development team, the Product Owner, and stakeholders.
- Active participant in the local scrum chapters to share and learn new agile concepts.
- Bachelor's degree required in a technical or business-related field; Master's degree preferred.
- A SAFe Scrum Master Certification or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years in software development and 5 or more in a Scrum Master role.
- Demonstrated 10+ yrs of experience in delivering software products.
- Technical knowledge on Java technologies
- Experience as a Scrum Master within enterprise scale SDLC environments.
- Subject matter expert of Scrum in addition to extensive knowledge of other Agile development approaches and practices.
- Experience with in working in a DevOps environment along with Jira project management tools and implementation of best practices in Agile tools and workflows is a must.
- Awareness and knowledge of new practices and coaching techniques; active in the Agile Community
- Experience working in a scaled agile, environment preferred; Public Safety or Local Government domain experience a plus
- Strong mentoring skills
- Knowledge and understanding of the full software development lifecycle and associated methodologies are helpful.
- Strong planning and organizational skills involving the ability to manage multiple work tasks effectively.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills involving communicating information in writing and verbally; including an occasional presentation.
- Ability to work independently as well as collaborate in a team across functional groups
- Ability to be effective in a fast-paced environment
- Must be able to travel occasionally if requested
- Effective communicator with excellent verbal and written communication skills. Must be comfortable communicating with development teams, Product Owners, Product Management, and Senior Management.
- Effective facilitation and conflict resolution skills - must be able to facilitate discussion of multiple approaches and drive resolution.
- Effective influencer, able to work upward and across teams to build rapport and partner with others to solve common problems.
- High level of personal accountability, as evidenced by their commitment, resilience, ownership, and mindset toward continuous learning.
- Continual improvement - must be constantly growing one's craft, learning new tools and techniques, and sharing these within and among teams.
- Assertive - must be able to ensure Agile/Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, must be able to be a voice of reason and authority, and make the tough calls.
- Ability to facilitate, understand, and contribute to technical discussions.
- High motivation and drive to help the program teams excel and deliver based on program timelines.
- Understand that their role in the organization is broader than the details included in this particular job description.
- Excellent interpersonal skills - ability to work with diverse personality types.
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