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How to Format a Scrum Master Resume
A scrum master can format their resume in one of two ways — you can prioritize your work history to highlight your gradual career progression or create multiple skills sections to highlight your technical knowledge and accomplishments. Write a chronological or hybrid resume to follow recognized resume layouts. However, consider writing a scrum master functional, or skills-based, resume if you:
- Will be changing careers.
- Recently graduated from a scrum bootcamp or attained certification.
- Have no work experience in the field.
- Are re-entering the workforce.
Let’s see how two candidates with very different backgrounds display their experience in their resume using the resume format that best suits their profile.
1. Candidate A — Hybrid or Chronological Resume
Scrum Master
Candidate Info
- 11 years of experience
- 3 years at this job
- HS High School Diploma
Work Experience
Scrum Master, Kinabalu Inc.
September 2019 - present
- Enforced Kanban principles that reduced cycle time by 25%, increasing the team's throughput in less than eight weeks.
- Partnered with team leads to manage daily stand-ups for six scrum teams.
- Worked with project stakeholders to groom backlog tasks and plan 1-week sprint cycles.
2. Candidate B — Functional Resume
Scrum Master
Candidate Info
- 1 year of experience
- 3 months at this job
- BS Computer Science
Professional Skills
Project Management
- Lead daily stand-ups and Scrum ceremonies for two Scrum teams.
- Work with product leads to groom backlog tasks and plan 2-week sprint cycles.
- Collaborated with the product, business, marketing and engineering teams to develop and maintain product backlogs.
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Candidate Info
years in workforce
year at this job
Systems Engineering
Aerospace Project Management
Project Management
Director of Engineering, Scrum Master, Systems Engineer
Managed five departments & seven contract manufacturers. Interviewed & hired personnel. No personnel turnover.
- Responsible for product delivery management. Renegotiated chip pricing with vendors, reducing bill of materials costs.
- Increased new product development from one to eight. Led repair of four legacy products.
- Scrum Master & Project Manager for 12 products. Met goals for quality, schedule & cost.
- With additional products, annual revenue increased from $15M in 2007 to $26M in 2008. Four of these products won six industry awards.
- Initiated & managed PLM & Scrum enterprise software installations. Participated in ERP software installation.
- Introduced & taught Scrum, functional testing, performance testing, test case management & product backlog management.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Leadership Workshop
Agile Coach / Scrum Master
Started off as QA Lead then moved to QA lead / SM after getting CSM. Progressed towards full time Scrum Master / Agile Coach.
- Enforced Kanban principles as a scrum master that resulted in reduction of Cycle time by 20% thus increasing team's throughput in less than 8 weeks.
- Enabled improvement in team delivery commitments and capacity planning for sprints by identifying & tracking hidden tasks that increased customer satisfaction.
- Facilitated Agile adoption Retrospective for the organization with the leadership and guided teams with outcome resulting in enhanced performance.
- Removed obstacle for the team by escalating an issue to leadership resulting in early delivery of customer issue solution. Customer provided positive feedback.
- Coached new SM and trained global teams, which resulted in early delivery of project and reduced process waste caused by lack of common understanding.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Bachelor of Science
Master of Arts
Database Analyst / Project Manager (scrum Master)
Served as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for a hybrid data product.
- Saved average of $120,000 per account by quickly researching and fixing complex usage-based billing errors post-failure circuit usage.
- Realized increased monthly invoices by synchronizing billing databases within 21 days of disharmony. Technique was first used on large variance accounts and later applied to all unsynchronized accounts.
- Created cost-saving business relationships by being first Secondary Support to partner with Account Managers on large implementations.
- Reduced inbound call resolution times for the tier 2 help desk by creating an easy to use troubleshooting and resolution guide for existing and new products.
- Increased incentives paid to company by acting as primary technical on-call person during go-lives for large corporate accounts.
- Promoted twice in two years: Database Analyst to Business Analyst to Project Manager.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
Organizational Management
Scrum Master
Lead daily stand-ups and scrum ceremonies for two scrum teams. Work with product owners to groom the backlog and plan sprints. Track, escalate and remove impediments. Report at daily Scrum of Scrum meetings. Track burn down, issues and progress in Version One. Work with component teams to resolve issues.
- Improved team velocity by incorporating capacity planning into sprint planning sessions.
- Implemented Issues Tracking in Version One to effectively track impediments against user stories.
- Quickly became the recognized Version One expert within [company name].
- Resolved a complex infrastructure issue by creating and utilizing a professional network of Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Technical Leads within [company name].
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Computer Science
Project Manager/scrum Master
Implemented Agile Scrum Methodology throughout the organization to improve communications between Engineering, Product Management, and Business; to provide more transparency across the 3 departments; and to obtain great business value with short turnarounds.
- Coached/Mentored a cross functional team of 12 resources to deliver quality products which led to over $3.5M in revenue for the year of 2009/2010
- Utilized Agile Scrum practices to help the team increase their velocity by 63% within the first year of Agile adoption
- Facilitated Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, and Retrospective meetings
- Removed team impediments on a daily basis to allow the team to deliver the sprint goals and deliverables.
- Facilitated team and cross-team Retrospectives to build good working relationships among the 7 agile teams across 3 states.
- Collaborated with members of the Product, Business and Engineering Teams to develop and maintain Product Backlogs
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Computer Science
Scrum Master/software Engineer
Documented and tracked requirements, completed use case documentation, documented and tracked risk and reported team work to upper management and customers. Consistently worked to improve the processes and quality of our team's work by: implementing test-driven development, ensuring that software conformed to architectural standards and participating in design and implementation reviews.
- Worked with customers and product manager to prioritize and validate requirements.
- Completed plans for long term goals using Microsoft Project.
- Coordinated the work efforts of 8 person team for various projects. Helped team complete tasks successfully and on-time and resolved obstacles encountered by team members.
- Coordinated and participated in weekly estimation meetings to provide high-level estimates (Story Points) for backlog items.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
year at this job
Computer Information Systems
Consultant - Project Manager / Scrum Master
Identified product and functional requirements which helped build the product plan and project scope.
- Developed innovative features (node graphs and timelines) based on current and future data elements to allow for a more gamification feel to the application.
- Integrated D3 technology to allow for a more functional and robust dashboard.
- Monitored the development progress throughout each sprint to ensure project was within scope and budget.
- Conducted user interviews to help identify and understand different process for each user while simultaneously identifying their pain points.
- Worked with Art Director to incorporate UX best practices / design to ensure a more comprehensive and innovative approach.
- Identified potential project risks and helped developed a mitigation plan to resolve potential issues.
- Managed the insight and opinions of multiple stakeholders and helped to ensure all stakeholders agreed with the current scope and roadmap of the product.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
year at this job
Bachelor of Arts
Business Analyst / Jr. Scrum Master
Collaborated closely with SMEs to identify and analyze core requirements and key features for call center operations projects. Facilitated user interviews and workshops to gather and analyze user stories.
- Developed crucial functional requirement specifications, creating detailed use cases and process flow diagrams to support functional specifications.
- Conducted meticulous GAP analysis while successfully reengineering key business processes to increase operational efficiency and alignment of business unit objectives
- Facilitated Daily Scrum Meetings and Monthly Reviews meetings. Conducted sprint retrospective and followed up on action items for continuous improvement
- Prepared extensive cost - benefit analysis to support system and process changes
- Meticulously analyzed complex data, staffing plans and variances to recommend solutions to improve revenue per call and customer satisfaction/retention
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Computer Science
Computer Science
Computer Science
Scrum Master
- responsible for two Agile Scrum teams and one Kanban team.
- Successfully guided three development teams through transition from waterfall to Agile development.
- Coached team members on Agile processes and facilitated planning meetings and retrospectives. Maintained task board and produced daily burndown charts.
- Removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity. Encouraged and implemented process improvements. Created team-building opportunities.
- Worked closely with Product Owners, coordinating product backlog grooming and story estimation.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Electrical Engineering
Computer Science
Leadership, Management & Communications
Project Manager / Agile Scrum Master
Planned and managed work activities of at least two software development/test teams (Web Portal, Dealer Onboarding) working closely in conjunction with business teams.
- Developed and followed agile project management plan (Agile Ceremonies). Facilitated build requirements log (product backlog) with cost estimates and priority.
- Conducted Scrum Daily standup, Product backlog, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospective meetings.
- Determined the team capacity (velocity) from historical data. Created Work Break down structure (user stories) and corresponding activities (tasks).
- Monitored the project progress and radiated the information to stake holders. Identified and mitigated team risks and impediments (Blocking Issues, Critical Defects) on daily basis.
- Worked with Senior Management, Business & Release Management to understand the vision of the product, prioritize and develop software release planning.
- Communicated the progress to senior management thru 'Burndown Charts'. Monitored the Quality thru metrics and mentored team thru the project management processes.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
year at this job
Telecommunications
Business Marketing Minor
Scrum Master / Agile Coach (consultant)
Worked with multiple agile teams to foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Coached and empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionally.
- Championed Agile concepts & methodologies outside of the software development teams, leading to the adoption of Agile
- Led and coached Product Owners to improve story writing & requirements gathering process, leading to an increase in customer
- Managed full SDLC, from ideation, to discovery, to execution, then to deployment.
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, etc.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Electrical Engineering
Quality Assurance
Senior IT / Software Project Manager, Scrum Master, Engineer and Team Lead
Managed functional / cross-functional development teams development and support of IT infrastructure / software and business process management applications, along with executing lead developer role, supporting Semiconductor Research and Development Center for 100+ design / verification engineers, project / functional managers and directors / executives.
- Improved support response time 40% by developing intelligent incident / problem tacking system, identifying and addressing risks, road blocks and conflicts.
- Designed automation, tracking and analyzing business intelligence / analytics, enabling key / critical business decisions, i.e., secure transactions on cloud platform, on real-time basis.
- Increased productivity by helping create business process management software function.
- Improved security worldwide by leading team of 12 cross-functional managers and engineers in high-profile security and access management project.
- Aligned expectations for all projects / deliverables by establishing and managing cross-functional stakeholder teams representing 100+ end-users.
- Ensured timely updates by regularly communicating status / progress to management / executives.
- Provided leadership by:
- Implemented and managed projects through Agile Scrum methodology for SDLC – covering entire supply chain from concept to production, including coaching and mentoring of the whole team.
- Balanced priorities with portfolio / project / product planning, 2+ year backlog, sprints, scrum meetings, prioritization, estimation, grooming, lessons learned, retrospective and continuous improvement.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
months at this job
Mathematics
Master of Arts
Scrum Master - Contractor
Organized and delivered Marketing Automation Software to increase staff productivity and effectiveness
- Delivered project using small teams and Scrum to meet tight deadlines
- Negotiated Enterprise SAAS contract and professional service agreement valued over $1 million
- Created and updated detailed project budgets and resource estimates using Microsoft Project and JIRA
Candidate Info
years in workforce
year at this job
Telecommunications
Business Marketing
Scrum Master / Agile Coach (consultant)
Worked with multiple agile teams to foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Coached and empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionally.
- Championed Agile concepts & methodologies outside of the software development teams, leading to the adoption of Agile
- Led and coached Product Owners to improve story writing & requirements gathering process, leading to an increase in customer
- Managed full SDLC, from ideation, to discovery, to execution, then to deployment.
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, etc.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
year at this job
Telecommunications
Marketing
Scrum Master / Agile Coach (consultant)
Worked with multiple agile teams to foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Coached and empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionally.
- Championed Agile concepts & methodologies outside of the software development teams, leading to the adoption of Agile project management practices in new areas such as IT Infrastructure planning and management.
- Led and coached Product Owners to improve story writing, feature discovery, and requirements gathering process; leading to an increase in customer satisfaction and a decrease in time-to-delivery.
- Led team with no dedicated QA resources to incorporate Test Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Delivery practices; leading to an increase in quality of delivered product and a decrease in production defects.
- Managed full SDLC, from ideation, to discovery, to execution, then to deployment.
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, etc.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Business Administration
Scrum Master/ IT Project Manager
- Implemented a monthly release schedule that increased the number of work items released by 25%
- Functioned as Scrum Master for 14 releases, each delivered on time with no critical bugs released to production
- Introduced tools and processes to successfully use Agile software development practices with a combination onshore/offshore team
- Lead Functional Analyst on an effort to redesign the user interface for an externally facing website with over 60,000 users. Worked closely with usability experts and conducted interviews with external customers.
- Facilitated several Joint Application Development (JAD) workshops to drive out business requirements. Used rapid prototyping techniques to get design input from all parties, resulting in zero follow on work after the release to production.
- In charge of several functional testing efforts for major releases each resulting in no critical bugs released into production
- Coordinated a multisite user acceptance testing activity that resulted in 100% participation from all sites.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
year at this job
Information Systems
Project Management Professional (pmp)
Certified Scrummaster (csm)
Senior Business Analyst and Scrum Master
- Scrum Master leading 2 cross-functional product development teams
- Facilitated sprint and release planning, daily stand-ups and retrospectives
- Managed impediment backlog and motivated team members to identify necessary action
- Initiated product backlog and developed user stories with clear acceptance criteria
- Managed redesign of data warehouse product that delivered significant improvements to architecture and batch processing
- Led implementation of COTS document scanning application for AP Billing that resulted in annual savings of $250k+ and improved data integrity
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Management Strategy
Process Architect, SCRUM Master and Chief of Staff
Spearheaded migration from Waterfall process to Agile (SCRUM, TDD, Build Management and Continuous Integration) for 2
development teams (SCRUM Master)
- Internally consulted teams as Agile Master for Global Operations Engineering (including Product Owner and Development)
- Architected roadmap for Managed File Transfer, Product Compliance and Key Deployment System
- Managed priority projects and fixed/fielded priority issues for Global Operations Engineering (Chief of Staff)
- Owned and managed implementation of two Severity 1 applications for our manufacturing plants/partners
- Advised and connected Shadow IT organization with best practice IT policies and team members
- Piloted and drove adoption of enterprise development framework (EDEN) within Global Operations team
Candidate Info
years in workforce
year at this job
Sciences
Scrum Master / Agile Project Managment
Project Management Certification
Technical Manager/scrum Master
Corporation serving banks, lenders, and universities, providing an online common information exchange and disbursement system.
- Managed all phases of full life-cycle implementation projects, including: initiation, planning, design, development, testing, user acceptance and deployment.
- Developed detailed project plans and estimates based on identified risks and options.
- Initiated escalation within the organization to resolve project issues and mitigate risk.
- Managed changes in project scope, identified potential crises, and devised contingency plan.
- Managed deployment to the production environment.
- Tracked metrics and communicated project progress to Project Steering Committee.
- Built and maintained excellent client partner relationships.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
months at this job
Computer Science
Information Science
Senior Project Manager - Agile Coach - SCRUM Master - Product Manager
Managed and coached SCRUM team using Agile Methodology of 3 weeks sprint cycles to deliver software on time and within budget.
- Coached current team and other teams within SIG to deliver all projects using Agile Methodology.
- Part of SIG Enterprise team to evaluate and select a Project Management tool to use for Agile Methodology. Rally was selected. My team was the primary SIG team using Rally and demonstrating SIG best practices.
- Managed a team of 7 supporting all projects within the Trading Info Systems (TIS) group / Clearing.
- Managed of two major projects: Intraday Clearing project, and SDMP Message Busses.
- Supported our production environment as well as all ongoing maintenance of legacy systems.
- Provided team members with bi-weekly 1-on1's, training, reviews, salary reviews, and bonuses.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Computer Science
Project Manager / Scrum Master / Program Manager / Development Manager
Provided leadership for development, test and deployment of a variety of projects and tools.
- Led development and implementation of VoIP tool enhancements used by Avaya Professional Services for VoIP and Video network assessments and monitoring to generate ~$5M annually in revenue.
- Successfully led transition and integration of developers in India to multi-location VoIP tools project team growing the team and its capacity for additional development.
- Worked with VoIP Tools development team to migrate from waterfall to agile development methodology, which more quickly and effectively delivered new features to customers.
- Cultivated a highly effective working relationship across organizational boundaries with business partners, greatly improving communication and their satisfaction with results from the VoIP tools development team.
- Acted as the single point of contact between the business and the VoIP tools development team which provided clear priorities for new feature functionality and field issues to the development team enabling efficient utilization of resources consistent with business priorities.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Bachelor of Arts
Master of Arts
Scrum Master
Planned, moderated and facilitated scrum ceremonies keeping team honest with processes
- Managed burndown charts and motivated team members working toward goals
- Advocate of scrum framework and company vision within organization
- Maintained storyboards, organized charts within JIRA and influenced best practices to team
- Held retrospective meetings to guide cross functional teams improving future sprints for success
- Mediated conflicts, fostering team and coached individuals improving team dynamics
- Prioritized product backlog for grooming and sprint planning while product owner was absent
- Worked with stakeholders and product owner developing release plans
- Instigated and promoted strict guidelines of QA practices and regression testing
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Forensic Science
Scrum Master
- Transitioned the teams from Waterfall to Agile. Walked through the Definition of Done and provided guidance as an agile coach.
- Conducted backlog reviews, planning poker sessions, sprint planning, customer reviews and retrospectives for two teams during concurrent 3-week sprint cycles
- Led daily scrums and scrum of scrums to communicate current day’s goals, previous day’s achievements, and any impediments or concerns in an Agile Scrum environment
- Managed global teams by utilizing telepresence meetings and standard calls
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Industrial Design
Scrum Master / Development Director
Supervised Agile development teams of up to 25 as well as Scrum teams of up to 10 focusing simultaneously on numerous high-profile software title releases across Windows, Mac, X360, PS3, Wii, DS, and other supported platforms. Assured compliance with project timelines; identified impediments to progress and assisted in developing solutions to increase project velocities. Led rapid prototyping initiatives; conducted continuous risk assessment and mitigation. Recruited, managed, motivated, and developed team members; assisted in salary recommendations.
- Served as Scrum Master overseeing 4 successful consecutive release cycles, increasing content by 20%, decreasing bugs 30%, and assuring 100% functionality with each cycle.
- Acted as Project Manager for elite prototype team in developing several rapid playable demos with varying development cycle lengths.
- Directed development of new Wildlife IP for [company name] based on rapid prototype.
- Enhanced efficiency of content flow between developers and enhanced transparency of content status through integration of automated workflow pipelines.
- Increased overall project capacity 22% through skilled leadership in development of 2 high-profile AAA titles under external development.
- Leveraged advanced expertise in Lean development processes to lead internal rapid prototype team in developing 3 playable prototypes within 6 weeks.
- Consistently achieved highest ranking studio-wide among managers for role support, productivity, communication, management skills, empowerment, engagement, and trust.
- Conducted one-on-one consultations with subordinate team members to provide mentorship, career guidance, and assistance with professional goals.
- Achieved 3 employee recognition awards for exceeding expectations regarding quality and project execution.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Computer Science / Quantitative Methods
Software Management
Sr. Scrum Master
Servant leader of cross-functional development team working to deliver world-class managed computing and cloud solutions.
- Facilitated distributed project team and all aspects of Agile/Scrum development, including daily stand-ups, iteration and release planning, retrospectives, demos and daily work.
- Ensured cross-functional coordination between product owners, analysts, developers and QA occurred early and often, and removed barriers and blockers for the team
- Assisted product owners and business analysts with backlog creation and grooming.
- Maintained and published Agile metrics, regularly reporting to business leadership.
- Acted as Scrum of Scrum master, coordinating four distributed teams all working on the same product.
- Coached and mentored team members, stakeholders and leadership on the benefits of Agile and Scrum.
- Responsible for coordinating bi-monthly release of software, including planning and quality assurance.
- Provided recommendations to Agile Center of Excellence on improving agile processes and practices.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Business / Ebusiness
Technical Project Manager / Scrum Master
Built and maintained complex project plans, tightly controlling project scope, budget, and schedule.
- Created, defined, and documented processes for customer on-boarding, third party integrations, and hardware asset management
- Supported customer implementations with training, troubleshooting, and transition to production level operational support.
- On-boarded new tenants: Assembled deployment teams, determined cross-team responsibilities, and managed process to production deployment.
- Scrum Master for company's development team
- Developed technical infrastructure planning, data migration and integration services with third-party applications and platforms.
- Working knowledge of Jira's Scrum Management boards bug ticketing system, and internal wiki solution.
- Working knowledge with project planning/tracking tools such as MS Project, Basecamp, Tom's Planner, Rational Team concert.
- Established strong working relationships with partners, clients and team members globally.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
year at this job
Buy Button, Release Manager / Scrum Master
Buy Button system was developed for end user to Quote, Compare and Purchase Online Personal Auto Policy. Part of online purchase, customer was facilitating to E-sign document and choose method of payment. Application was also integrated part of lead management system for potential customers identification, Consumer Portal for issued policy administration and M1 for Quote reference to an agent.
- Involved in high level time, budget estimation and updates for all key stakeholders including product team and upper management
- Identify the key components and integration touch points for component testing and end to end system testing based on design review.
- Handle scoping and implementation of customized testing solutions
- Worked with testing team to identify recommendations for current and forecasted testing requirements and strategies centered on an improved return on business. Test client / server architectures and e-business systems for functionality and performance
- Worked with immature teams, ranging from ten to sixteen members, in the transitioning from their current software development processes to Agile principles and best practices
- Gave Agile Hands-on Workshops (Introduction to Agile, User Story Writing, Story Decomposition, Acceptance Criteria Writing, and Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) to set a solid foundation and reinforce Agile among the team.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Computer Science
Scrum Master
- Facilitated daily scrums, sprint reviews, sprint planning, and sprint retrospective meetings.
- Empowered and assured the team is productive and functional.
- Removed barriers or impediments.
- Reported team velocity and sprint progress.
- Developed and motivated team members.
- Led Search Scrum during 15 sprints.
- Produced HP search landing page and search results page as a scrum result. Increasing 25% web sales.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Master of Business Administration
Product Owner/scrum Master
Worked with architects and technical leads to develop road map for two of the company's brand new products. Responsible for leading and coaching teams in Scrum processes, with improving deliverables every sprint.
- Prioritized roadmap and business needs for two technical teams on brand new platforms
- Coach teams on Scrum practices, resulting in improved estimating by 75%
- Work closely with teams to increase efficiencies and decrease waste
- Develop and maintain stakeholder communication plan to inform stakeholders of deployments
- Present to executive team and other departments the current business needs, order of priorities and expected delivery dates for products that will fulfill the business needs
- Coached new team members in Agile adoption
Candidate Info
years in workforce
year at this job
Computer Science
Project Manager/ Scrum Master
Accomplished servant-leader, collaborated, facilitated and coached a scrum team responsible for [company name] Tech Workbench project which creates a platform to allow developers to consume Banks APIs in a secure, controlled manner:
- Facilitated scrum ceremonies (release planning, grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.)
- Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality
- Sheltered team from over-commitment, helped PO manage backlog, prioritized resolution of defects
- Collaborated with other teams and support specialists such as infrastructure, security, operations on product issues
- Tracked and communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress
- Utilized JIRA to track issues and manage product and sprint backlogs
Candidate Info
years in workforce
year at this job
Management Information Systems
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Scrum Coach / Scrum Master
Projects Scope: Pricing Rule Engine Migration, and Ecommerce Web store Enhancements
Team Size: 2 teams, 6-9 each, Distributed Offshore/Onshore Model
- Led a large Scrum adoption and implementation by designing a customized Scrum framework and governance
- Worked with Product Owners to prioritized and groomed Product Backlog
- Worked with the project team and Product Owners to develop and update Product Roadmap
- Facilitated Release Planning, Sprint Planning, and Daily Standup meetings
- Conducted working sessions and planning meetings for User Stories Elaboration and Decomposition
- Provided training on writing Business and Technical User Stories, Acceptance Criterias, and Agile Engineering
- Facilitated Sprint Demo and Retrospective Meeting
- Tracked daily progress using Burndown Chart metrics
Candidate Info
years in workforce
year at this job
Telecommunications
SCRUM Master/ Sr. PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT
Acts as Sr. Project/Program Manager for Mobile Program; establishing, defining and improving [company name]'s mobile website.
- Manages multi-million dollar budget ($10-14 MM).
- Leads Agile processes across Revenue, Product, Development and UX/CX (User Experience, Creative Experience) groups.
- Acts as main facilitator between Product Management, UX/CX, Marketing, Sales, Operations, Ad-products, SEO, Analytics and Development teams.
- Helped with overall coordination of Product Management deliverables into the Scrum execution process in addition to communicating out status to stakeholders and upper management.
- Scrum Master of multiple development teams.
- Scrum Master of the "Sprint 0" team that worked on the 4 top major initiatives
- Led Scrum meetings, sprint planning, release planning and sprint retrospectives.
- Mentor team members on Agile software development principles and practices including implementation of process improvement ideas learned from retrospectives.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Education
Statistics, Epidemiology, Public Health
Agile Coach / Scrum Master
Supported the PMO in transitioning to Agile Scrum from Waterfall, coached and mentored two offshore development teams, Scrum Master and business managers new to Agile best practices and Scrum behavior
- Developed business transformation roadmap to Scrum using the SAFe framework
- Coached Development Team in an organizational environment in which Agile is not fully adopted
- Coached business leadership in Lean Thinking and Scaled Agile
- Facilitated organizational adoption of Agile and identified opportunities for business transformation
- Facilitated Scrum Events as needed
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Finance
Scrum Master
Development of automated business processes for membership site, ecommerce transactions, prospect follow-up, and lead capture.
- Created automated customer follow up sequences based on segmentation variables using InfusionSoft.
- InfusionSoft rep stated it was the most advanced implementation he had seen.
- Architected membership trial periods, up sells and down sells, and content bucketing by membership type
- Grew mailing list from 0 to 7,500 and revenue from $0 to $24,000 annualized in 18 months
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Sociology
Project Manager/scrum Master
SaaS-based clinical development solutions
- Drive multiple product and cross functional teams to deliver quality software using Agile
- Created and implemented PMO processes for newly formed PMO
- Led migration and implementation of JIRA, from multiple legacy systems, for bug tracking and Agile Project Management; administrator of JIRA/Greenhopper; support ~500 users
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Finance
Scrum Master
- Implemented and maintained Agile/Scrum framework within the organization
- Managed/oversaw multiple software development teams for our PPC products
- Lead teams to meet aggressive software development goals and deadlines
- Advised management on particular projects to ensure best decisions were taken
- Maintained continuous alignment of project scope through tough environments
- Created detailed reports and reported directly to the CEO on a bi-weekly basis
- Trained and coached new team members in the Scrum process
Candidate Info
years in workforce
year at this job
Language Arts
Master of Arts
Leadership
Senior Project Manager/scrum Master
Scrum Master for Integrated Guidance Experience Product
- Completed 10 iterations resulting in successful beta implementation and numerous maintenance releases for Integrated Guidance Experience
- Led teams in determining performance gaps and work required to address
- As backup for release manager, completed all documentation and reviews resulting in successful second release of beta product.
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Industrial Management
Manufacturing Management
Project Coordinator/scrum Master
- Joined a data warehouse project team during the initial $2 million development phase and drove the project to completion utilizing the Prince2 methodology
- Led the transition from a traditional waterfall software development methodology to scrum and implemented Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)
- Scheduled and managed all releases and implemented a change control process within the department
Candidate Info
years in workforce
years at this job
Scrum Master
Served as a Scrum Master/Coach and P.M to multiple Scrum teams, of 6 to 8 in team size, on various Agile software projects delivering high-quality and valuable products on schedule.
- Mentored and coached Scrum teams on Relative Estimation and User Stories
- Facilitated Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, & Sprint Retrospectives
- Supported the Product Owners with updating and grooming the product backlog
- Tracked and made visible the Teams' progress, Velocity, Burn down charts and other metrics and Information Radiators on an ongoing basis
- Familiar with Agile Scrum tools (JIRA Greenhopper, VersionOne)
- Mentored the development teams to understand and practice the core Scrum Principles, Roles, Rules and Values
- Identified and removed impediments to development teams' progress, and protected the teams from outside distractions
- Knowledgeable with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, TDD, Continuous Integration, Refactoring, Continuous Deployment, Pairing, Automated Testing. Familiar with other methodologies like Kanban, and XP.
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Business Administration
Project Manager/ Scrum Master
Worked closely with cross-disciplinary teams including business analysts, software architects, developers, managers and executives to develop Business-to-Consumer (B2C) mobile apps
- Led the Agile process end-to-end with the use of daily scrums and Rational Team Concert (RTC)
- Led a project to install a private cloud for a public utility company in the Northeast
- Led a project to develop a mobile version of a Financial Planning sales tool
- Provided Testing Analysis during Go-To-Market activities for an e-commerce product
- Helped oversee and set up a Customer Center portal for a [company name] e-commerce product
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International Relations With An Italian Concentration
Accepted To Take Graduate Level Project Management Courses At The Ucla Anderson School Of Management
Engineering Recruiting Coordinator/certified Scrum Master
- Utilized project management skills to coordinate several areas of Engineering recruitment coordination processes worldwide
- Applied Agile techniques to improve day to day Engineering recruitment operations
- Attended to all urgent situations, including technical difficulties, urgent offer letters, and urgent reschedules, quickly and thoroughly
- Worked with a high volume of candidates from the beginning to end, scheduling first phone screen through onsite interview until commencement of employment at [company name]
- Established strong relationships with hiring managers, recruiters, and interviewers to execute interview processes
- Organized travel logistics for candidates, scheduled technical phone screens, prepared offer letters, and coordinated onsite interviews
- Worked closely with Engineering recruitment team members resulting in over 100 new hires in one quarter
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Electrical Engineering
Computer Science
Certified Scrummaster
Scrum Master
Managed various products through multiple releases using Agile methodology.
- Was Agile coach for my team, leading the transformation to Agile
- Led global scrum teams to deliver high-quality software products across multiple releases
- Collaborated with multiple cross-functional teams, including Product Management, Release Management, User Interface Development, QA, Information Development
- Managed product backlog, defined and prioritized user stories
- Conducted daily scrum meetings
- Created and presented sprint retrospectives and release burndown reports to Senior Executives
- Conducted technical education sessions for the Support team
- Tools: Rational Team Concert, Microsoft Project
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Compuer Science
Computer Science
Computer Science
Agile Coach / Team Manager / Scrum Master
Scrum specialist. Trainer, coach, and Scrum Master for multiple projects.
- Introduced Kanban approach to software maintenance teams, increasing productivity by over 300%.
- Acted as Scrum Master (manager) for multiple distributed sprint teams, resolving impediments, conducting standups, retrospectives, planning sessions, and creating tracking plans such as burndown charts and burnup charts.
- Guided upper level management in Scrum and agile development principles.
- Key player in the global agile process initiative, teaching multiple courses on SDLC and concepts and providing input on best practices to multiple Scrum teams internationally.
- Oversaw development of .Net based HL7 interface to healthcare practice management system.
- Directly involved in identifying and assessing user needs and documenting business process via user stories.
- Prioritized and sequenced stories in product backlog according to business value.
- Acted as administrator for Jira, Confluence, Greenhopper, cruise control, fitnesse, and a variety of other agile support tools.
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Management
Project Management For Is / It Professionals
Scrum Master - Skillstorm Consultant
- Scrum Master for Information Technology services web application development team.
- Scrum Master leading Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews and Sprint Retrospectives utilizing VersionOne.
- Facilitated Iteration Planning meetings and coordination of release management activities for deployments.
- Closely tracked iteration progress reporting velocity and managing capacity.
- Developed and implemented repeatable processes related to production and fostered an environment of continuous improvement.
- Ensured that the project meet corporate SDLC standards, compliance and industry best practices.
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Finance
Strategic Leadership
Scrum Master
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies; Iteration planning, Daily scrum, Iteration review, Iteration retrospective
- Worked with development team to improve their intra-team communication and iteration work for improved visibility of current work, open issues, and priorities
- Worked with Product Owner to groom backlog and plan releases
- Removed roadblocks for successful iterations, which led to the transition of releases on time
- Presented lunch and learn introductions to agile and scrum
- Participated in Scrum Master community and encourage cross-team sharing of agile and scrum practices.
- Facilitated scrum-of-scrum meetings with off shore team to provide visibility of team's work and coordinated cross-team dependencies
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Management & Business Administration
Communication
Project Manager/scrum Master
Responsible for leading multiple project teams in the delivery of strategic level projects, typically with budgets over $500,000 and high visibility to senior leadership.
- Guide and coach both traditional and agile project teams through the Software Development Life-Cycle (SDLC), complex release schedules, and with Project Management methodology best practices.
- Created multiple Web Applications deployed on customer facing websites (B2C, B2B, & B2G) and as customization to the Salesforce.com Client Relationship Management (CRM) system.
- Responsible for setting baseline schedule and managing project teams to meet established milestone dates.
- Communicate necessary information with project teams, stakeholders, sponsors, legal counsel, and 3rd party vendors to meet deadlines, control scope, and manage project risks. Communications have included presentations to groups over 200 attendees.
- Management of vendor procurement process and integration for successful deployments.
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Philosophy
Computer Science
Scrum Master
Scrum Master working on a daily basis with scrum team and product owners, while working with management to create an environment conducive of the team’s success
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- Facilitated exercises like Story Writing Workshop, User Story Mapping, Affinity Estimation, etc. to help product owner in managing stakeholder expectation by doing release planning
- Worked with the product owner and the scum team to refine the product backlog, split stories, and prioritize stories based on dependencies with other teams
- Worked with the Scrum teams and help resolve team and organizational impediments
- Conducted brown bags and started book clubs to spread Agile knowledge across the department
- Worked with management to identify ways to promote and reinforce Agile behaviors in teams (following Mike Cohn’s ADAPT cycle)
- Identified Scrum anti-patterns through an organizational scrum evaluation on a regular basis and made it visible, so that the teams and business can try to avoid them
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Project Management
Criminal Justice
Scrum Master
- Lead required Scrum meetings such as daily scrums, sprint planning, sprint review, and scrum of scrums
- Developed and implemented a Rapid Velocity Action plan to fulfill maximum requirements per sprint
- Lead efforts to facilitate cross-team communication by starting requirements decomposition committee
- Coached all levels of the organization on the value of the scrum process and sprint planning
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English Language Teaching To Adults
Political Science And History
Managing Director, Project Management (scrum Master)
- Performing a scrum master role, established fully Agile development methodologies throughout the organization.
- Managed multiple projects of large scale through all sprints/iterations and phases of the project.
- Organized and facilitate project planning, daily stand-ups, design reviews, retrospectives, sprint/release planning, demos and other Scrum-related activities.
- Responsible for defining and deploying new product development processes and in facilitating the continuous improvement of existing processes.
- Coached the Product Owner, Scrum masters, Scrum team members and delegates'.
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Electrical Engineering
Scrum Master
Facilitate the sprint planning meetings, daily standups, sprint demos and sprint retrospectives for my teams.
- Daily update the status of the sprint (burn down chart, sprint backlog).
- Remove any impediments that are preventing my teams from delivering their sprint goal. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Getting any hardware they may need.
- Negotiating with outside parties who may need some time from the team members.
- Going to management or the impediment removal team for any impediments that may be beyond my ability to remove.
- Ensure that my teams are following Scrum processes.
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How do you list Scrum master on your resume?
The best way to demonstrate your Scrum skills or qualifications on your resume is to list your certifications under your resume summary, education, or licenses and certification sections. We added examples of how to list your Scrum master certifications across those three sections.
Sample Scrum Master Resume Summary:
Certified scrum master with four years of experience. Currently holds a Professional Scrum Master (PSM) II certification and studying for a PSM III. Oversaw the implementation of Atlassian Jira work boards and cross-company Scrum procedures.
Sample Scrum Master Education or Certification Entry:
Professional Scrum Master III (PSM III) Certification - May 2022, Scrum.org
How do I add Scrum skills to my resume?
You may add a basic list of scrum-related skills, but hiring managers can’t accurately gauge your experience level without quantifiable information. You can strengthen your resume by adding numbers or data to your former responsibilities and accomplishments.
For example, you can emphasize your sprint planning skills by specifying the number of teams, steps and backlog items needed to complete each project. Here’s a sample work history entry to help you visualize how to add these scrum skills to your resume:
Scrum Master, Qwyk LLC
April 2019 - present
- Coordinated the work efforts of three teams of eight members for various projects.
- Helped the teams complete tasks successfully and on time and resolved obstacles encountered by team members.
- Surveyed the scrum board members to identify project pitfalls.
- Introduced a streamlined epic, task and story ticketing process.
What are your achievements as a Scrum master?
Your achievements as a Scrum master are not limited to the following list of examples, but these can be a helpful starting point for your resume:
- Building and training self-managing Scrum teams.
- Creating a streamlined Scrum process based on existing team processes and project needs.
- Establish a weekly touch base with all departments and dedicated team meetings across the marketing, design and development teams.
- Tracking and monitoring projects.
What is Scrum master's main responsibility?
A scrum master helps a team or company streamline the production process they use to launch new products, promotions, mobile applications or public-facing websites and landing pages. They analyze teams’ existing processes and suggest new reporting structures to help juggle multiple teams and duties.
