Marriott International - Juneau, AK
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 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 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). Your leadership abilities will be crucial in guiding the development of agile capabilities within the Global Technology organization and across Marriott's extensive portfolio of products. In this role, you will support one or more software delivery teams using Scrum or Kanban methodologies. You will facilitate and support all scrum events, including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Refinement, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective. It will be your responsibility to ensure that Scrum is understood and that the team adheres to Scrum theory, practices, and guidelines. You will also 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, including product roadmaps, scrum team metrics, and program/project status reporting. Your coaching responsibilities will involve guiding the Scrum Team on how to effectively use Lean and Agile practices to deliver high-quality products and services to customers. You will resolve team impediments with other Scrum Masters to enhance the effectiveness of Scrum application within the organization. Additionally, you will work with product owners to manage backlogs and new requests, optimizing team performance by recognizing strengths and areas for improvement. You will also 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.