Marriott International - Sacramento, CA
posted about 2 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 primary responsibility will be to run daily scrums, collaborate on requirement documentation, and remove any barriers that may impede the team's progress. You will coach and collaborate with cross-functional teams, Product Owners, and other Scrum Masters to foster decision-making and continuous improvement. This position specifically supports Infrastructure and Cloud Delivery and has a dual reporting relationship with the Infrastructure Cloud Delivery (ICD) and the Agile Center of Excellence (COE). In this role, you will be expected to demonstrate strong leadership abilities and guide the development of agile capabilities within the Global Technology organization and across Marriott's extensive portfolio of products. You will support one or more software delivery teams using Scrum or Kanban methodologies, facilitating all scrum events including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Refinement, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective. Your efforts will contribute to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization, ensuring that Scrum is understood and adhered to by the team. You will also be responsible for partnering with Product Managers to maintain plans and communicate the progress of the team, which includes product roadmaps, scrum team metrics, and program/project status reporting. Proactively identifying impediments and resolving them using your network of peers or escalation when necessary will be crucial to your success. Additionally, you will guide and coach the Scrum Team on how to effectively use Lean and Agile practices to deliver high-quality products and services to our customers. Your role will also involve optimizing team performance by recognizing areas of strength and improvement, employing appropriate coaching and development techniques, and supporting the development of behavioral change management, communications, and training as needed to drive process and tool adoption, implementation, and compliance. You will collaborate with key stakeholder groups to validate the effectiveness of standard processes and continuously improve process quality, ensuring that all process-related activities address company needs.