Marriott International - Montpelier, VT
posted 3 months ago
As a Scrum Master II at Marriott, you will play a pivotal role in managing the development sprints from planning through execution and review within an agile development environment. Your responsibilities will include running daily scrums, collaborating on requirement documentation, and unblocking barriers to ensure the team remains productive. You will coach and collaborate with cross-functional teams, Product Owners, and other Scrum Masters to foster decision-making and continuous improvement. This position requires strong leadership abilities to guide the development of agile capabilities within the Global Technology organization and across Marriott's diverse portfolio of products. You will be expected to have an expert-level understanding of SAFe Agile Scrum principles and practices, as well as an awareness of the unique opportunities and challenges that come with organizing, facilitating, and continuously aligning teams with the guiding business strategy. This specific role will support one or more of the Technology Workplace Products agile teams. In this position, you will facilitate and support all scrum events, including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective. You will be responsible for ensuring that Scrum is understood and that the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines. Additionally, you will contribute to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization, working closely with Agile coaches and other Scrum Masters to grow within your role. As a servant leader of the Agile Team, you will direct the initiative delivery team and partner with Product Managers to maintain plans and communicate the team's progress, which includes product roadmaps, scrum team metrics, and program/project status reporting. Your role will also involve guiding and coaching the Scrum Team on how to effectively use Agile practices and principles to deliver high-quality products and services to our customers. You will resolve team impediments in collaboration with other Scrum Masters to enhance the effectiveness of Scrum application within the organization. Working with product owners, you will manage backlogs and new requests, optimizing team performance by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques. Furthermore, you will support the development of behavioral change management, communications, and training as needed to drive process and tool adoption, implementation, and compliance. Collaboration with key stakeholder groups will be essential to validate the effectiveness of standard processes and continuously improve process quality.