Marriott International - Montgomery, AL
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 to 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 and a deep understanding of SAFe Agile Scrum principles and practices, as you will be guiding the development of agile capabilities within the Global Technology organization and across Marriott's diverse portfolio of products. You will specifically support one or more of the Technology Workplace Products agile teams, ensuring that the teams are aligned with the guiding business strategy and effectively utilizing agile methodologies. In this role, 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, practices, 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 managing product roadmaps, scrum team metrics, and program/project status reporting. Additionally, you will guide and coach 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. Your role will also involve working with product owners to manage backlogs and new requests, optimizing team performance by recognizing strengths and areas for improvement, and employing appropriate coaching techniques. You will support the development of behavioral change management, communications, and training as needed to drive process and tool adoption, implementation, and compliance. Your collaboration with key stakeholder groups will be essential in validating the effectiveness of standard processes and continuously improving process quality.