Position: Scrum Experience Coach and ScrumMaster
Location: Redwood City, CA
Department: Engineering
Job Id: E1212
# of openings: 1

Tumbleweed is one of the world leaders in Internet security, with 8 of the top 10 banks relying upon our technology. As a publicly traded company, we have enjoyed 15-25% growth over the last 3 years. With headquarters in Redwood City, California we have offices throughout the world. Tumbleweed is unique in offering the freedom of a startup with the stability of a public, profitable and growing company.

We hire great people and encourage them to achieve their potential. Our company culture is defined by high energy, creativity and collaboration. We believe in hard work, a fun, open atmosphere, and the autonomy to push one's limits. And without question, our most valuable resource is our people: energetic, collaborative, creative thinkers who strive to continuously improve our great company.

And whether you work at our headquarters in California, or in any of our locations around the world, you'll find that "Weeders" are united by common DNA smart, proactive, creative, & collaborative.

We are currently seeking a Scrum Experience Coach and ScrumMaster with the following responsibilities and requirements:

Essential duties & Responsibilities

• Strong knowledge and passion about Agile (Scrum) principles and practices – we expect that you have a solid confident grounding of Scrum and the Agile Principles
• Experience in Multi-Team (greater than 2) Scrum projects as well as Multi-site Scrum projects
• Coaching Scrum project teams
• Consulting background in Agile a huge plus
• Experience leading consulting engagements.
• Experience in leading technical teams - coaching, teaching and guiding people in the various roles in a project driven Scrum organization.
• Facilitation skills in leading planning meetings, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Excellent presentation and mentoring skills – we expect that you're comfortable talking to teams from engineering level upwards.

Personality traits:

• Promote collaboration in challenging circumstances
• Team player “It’s about the team”!!!
• Honesty, trustworthiness, high energy and fun!
• Proactive and assertive
• Guide people without controlling them
• Understanding of transformative learning
• Conflict resolution as learning (not negotiation)
• Encourage creativity

Experience

• 7 years or more experience in technology/software organizations
• Certified ScrumMaster (Practitioner or Trainer), Certified Facilitator, or equivalent are all plusses

(Tumbleweed is an equal opportunity employer)