Associate Scrum Master (Krakow, Hybrid)

At First Advantage (Nasdaq: FA), people are at the heart of everything we do. From our customers and partners to our greatest advantage — our team members. Operating with empathy and compassion, First Advantage fosters a global inclusive workforce devoted to the diverse voices that make up our talent and products. Our team members empower each other to be their authentic selves and treat all with respect, integrity, and fairness. 

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Who You Are:
The Associate Scrum Master ensures that their agile development pods live and practice the desired agile values and follow the agreed upon processes and practices.  The Associate Scrum Master has at least one year’s experience in the chosen Agile methodology within the pod and educates others to raise the overall level of agile maturity, while taking guidance and coaching from a mentoring Senior Scrum Master. An Associate Scrum Master learns to clear obstacles and establish an environment where the team can maximize their effectiveness by limiting interruptions and distractions.  They also facilitate a healthy collaborative relationship between the pod and product owner and maintain a safe working environment for the team by helping with conflict resolution.

The core responsibilities for the Associate Scrum Master are to learn their product/platform and facilitate the necessary ceremonies within Scrum. Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Backlog Grooming, Sprint Demo and Sprint Retrospective. This role will be hybrid and will require multiple days at the Krakow, Poland office per week.

What You’ll Do:

• Manage scope, process, timelines, and metrics for up to 5 development pods while removing blockers, resolving conflicts, and facilitating internal team communication and collaboration
• Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings, show and tells, grooming and planning meetings, and daily stand-ups
• Build and maintain a productive environment where team members ‘own’ the product, drive value through outcomes, and enjoy their work
• Coach team members and business stakeholders in the chosen agile framework and guide the pods to higher levels of agile maturity
• Be the point of contact for external communications with stakeholders and support the product owners on grooming and maintaining the product backlog
• Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint

• Bachelor’s Degree in a business or technology field or equivalent proven experience in an agile environment
• Minimum 1 year(s) of experience in a hands-on application development Scrum Master role for one or more agile development pods
• First Level Scrum master certification (e.g. CSM, PSM) is required
• Product Owner, PMI-ACP, and other agile certifications are highly desirable
• Familiarity with software development and prioritization methodologies
• Mid-level knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, team working agreement, acceptance criteria)
• Good knowledge of Agile frameworks (pair programming, Kanban, etc.),
• Awareness of Agile techniques like TDD, BDD, and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery
• Excellent communication, and servant leadership skills
• Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
• Outstanding organizational skills

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