Agile Project Specialist
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Leapfrog Online is seeking a motivated Agile Project Specialist to facilitate Scrum for our software development teams. The role is expected to grow into a Scrum Master role and be a champion of Agile practices in our development teams.
Who you are:
- Have interest in learning how teams deliver working software using Agile methods and the Scrum framework.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate cross-functionally.
- 1 to 2 years of experience in a technology environment, participating in software development, business process analysis, requirements gathering or project management.
- A college degree, preferably in Business Administration, Information Management, Marketing or Computer Science.
- Familiarity with common web and e-commerce concepts, tools and technologies.
- Exposure to an Agile environment is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Support a Scrum team in an Agile software development environment, utilizing appropriate tools and techniques.
- Work with a cross-functional team including business teams, Product Managers, and engineers.
- Organize and facilitate, daily stand, estimation, retrospectives, sprint planning, demos and other meetings.
- Use retrospectives, communication with team, and velocity to identify trends in order to promote continuous improvement.
- Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition, and past sprint performance.
- Work with Product Owners/Managers to understand the vision, objectives, and intended ROI behind the enhancements, initiatives, and platforms being proposed for development.
- Focus on team health and remove obstacles to provide a positive work environment for team members.
- Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools, and best practices.
- Identify and remove impediments that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver the sprint commitments.
- Ensure the team strives to make each increment of functionality potentially shippable.
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