Adage is a web and software development firm located in downtown Chicago that specializes in creating web, eCommerce and mobile solutions. We are a growing company and are looking for experienced Scrum Masters who will empower our teams as servant leaders to work towards continual improvement. As a Scrum Master you will be working with teams to facilitate planning and execution of client projects through full project lifecycle.   

What you’ll do:

• Manage multiple scrum teams (1 – 2) as Scrum Master, collaborating with Product Owners, design, and development teams on project workflow
• Assist in communicating and mitigating cross-team dependencies to maintain team velocity
• Facilitate all necessary team meetings (sprint planning, daily standups, feedback meetings, sprint reviews/retrospectives, etc.)
• Collaborate with Scrum teams and Product Owners in developing sprint reports and workflows
• Guide the team on how to get the most of out of self-organization 
• Facilitate estimation meetings using relative effort estimation techniques
• Work with team to determine technical debt and dependencies
• Provide support to the team using a servant leadership style and leading by example

We want someone who has:

• 3-6 years or more of Scrum Master and/or agile coaching experience
• Experience in the Scrum Master role for at least one year 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 patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: burn-down techniques, retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.)
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (plan, design, development, testing, and deployment) and have worked with both business and technology teams
• Has a background in content management systems, ecommerce, or other digital technologies
• Has provided agile training to clients and stakeholders
• Consulting experience a major plus
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) a plus