Scrum Leader

General Motors - Austin, TX

Full-time

Austin, TX

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Scrum Leader at General Motors is responsible for driving the development process within agile teams by conducting ceremonies and ensuring the effective implementation of the development framework. This role involves managing resources, stakeholders, and timelines while providing leadership and guidance to project teams. The Scrum Leader promotes collaboration, removes impediments, and facilitates meetings to ensure the successful and timely delivery of product increments aligned with organizational goals.

Responsibilities

• Continuously monitor and report on project status
• Provide guidance and support during execution of change management activities
• Manage the identification, documentation, and traceability of business requirements
• Prepare presentations for various levels of leadership
• Develop tracking scorecards and metrics to illustrate status and ownership
• Develop milestone reviews for key milestones and ensure the team is on track to deliver
• Track business resources and identify any shortages based on project plans
• Coordinate the input and approval of various project design and decision documents
• Assist Workstream Leaders in managing multiple efforts simultaneously across a broad range of functions, business, and organizational units
• Monitor project progress and consolidate status reports
• Demonstrate a good understanding of the processes and procedures relevant to own work area with the ability to exercise decision-making skills sufficient to identify and propose solutions to leadership
• Independently identify and apply appropriate company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues
• Determine an appropriate course of action within broad guidelines and can handle nearly every standard or typical request independently
• Apply learned techniques to drive the solution to a problem, which typically will involve coordinating and integrating efforts of a diverse team of colleagues
• Engage in daily interactions with subordinates and/or peers from other functional groups.

Requirements

• Knowledge of a Project Tracking program (i.e., ADO, Jira, etc.)
• Experience administrating and configuring Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow or similar tools preferred
• Strong Communication Skills
• Strong Organizational Skills
• Ability to connect many moving issues and solutions
• Facilitation Skills
• Coaching and Mentoring Skills
• Problem-Solving and Conflict Resolution

Benefits

• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents
• Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family
• Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement
• Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values
• Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing
• Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends