Scrum Master II

$96,038 - $179,270/Yr

Marriott International - Harrisburg, PA

posted 3 months ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Hybrid - Harrisburg, PA
Accommodation

About the position

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 extensive 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. Your contributions will be vital in advancing and improving Agile practices within the organization. You will work closely with Agile coaches and other Scrum Masters to grow within your role and act as a servant leader for the Agile Team, directing the initiative delivery team. Partnering with Product Managers, you will maintain plans and communicate the progress of the team, which includes product roadmaps, scrum team metrics, and program/project status reporting. Additionally, you will develop high-level business requirements, including cost estimates for initiatives to determine their justification.

Responsibilities

  • Facilitates and supports all scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
  • Ensures Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines.
  • Contributes to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization.
  • Works with Agile coaches and other Scrum Masters to grow within the role.
  • Acts as servant leader of the Agile Team and directs the initiative delivery team.
  • Partners with Product Managers to maintain plans and communicate progress of the team, including product roadmaps, scrum team metrics, and program/project status reporting.
  • Develops high-level business requirements including cost estimates for initiatives to determine whether they are justified.
  • Guides and coaches the Scrum Team on how to use Agile practices and principles to deliver high-quality products and services.
  • Resolves team impediments with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of Scrum in the organization.
  • Works with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests.
  • Optimizes team performance by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques.
  • Collaborates with key stakeholder groups to validate the effectiveness of standard processes and continuously improve process quality.

Requirements

  • Undergraduate degree, equivalent experience, or certification.
  • SAFe 6.0 Certification - SA, PO/PM, etc. (Scaled Agile).
  • 7+ years of information technology experience.
  • 5+ years applying Agile and Scrum principles within teams and/or organizations using agile metrics to analyze and improve sprint planning.
  • 5+ years' experience working within agile frameworks or methods (i.e., SAFe, Scrum, Kanban) and applying techniques such as story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, etc.
  • 5+ years' planning and problem-solving experience with product management and delivery teams.
  • 5+ years creating and delivering presentations and project plans.
  • 2+ years working with tools such as Atlassian (JIRA/Confluence), Microsoft M365 suite, and/or Cloud-based platforms (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud).

Nice-to-haves

  • Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), or PMI's Agile Certified Professional (ACP).
  • Servant leadership experience as Scrum Master on an Agile Release Train.
  • Familiarity with product/project development experience on Agile Teams in a technology-focused organization.
  • Ability to align change management strategies with product development/deployments.
  • Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings at multiple levels of an organization and an understanding of facilitation techniques.
  • Ability to understand and represent both the business and technology.
  • Thrives in a highly collaborative, matrixed, complex, fast-paced environment.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Health care flexible spending account.
  • Dependent care flexible spending account.
  • Life insurance.
  • Disability insurance.
  • Accident insurance.
  • Adoption expense reimbursements.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Educational assistance.
  • 401(k) plan.
  • Stock purchase plan.
  • Discounts at Marriott properties.
  • Commuter benefits.
  • Employee assistance plan.
  • Childcare discounts.
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