Scrum Master II

$96,038 - $179,270/Yr

Marriott International - Sacramento, CA

posted about 2 months ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Hybrid - Sacramento, CA
Accommodation

About the position

The position of Scrum Master at Marriott International involves effectively managing the development sprints from planning through execution to review within an agile development environment. The Scrum Master will run daily scrums, collaborate on requirement documentation, and unblock barriers to ensure the team remains productive. This role requires strong leadership abilities to guide the development of agile capabilities within the Global Technology organization and across Marriott's extensive portfolio of products. The Scrum Master will specifically support Infrastructure and Cloud Delivery and will have a dual reporting relationship with the Infrastructure Cloud Delivery (ICD) and the Agile Center of Excellence (COE). In this role, the Scrum Master will support one or more software delivery teams using Scrum or Kanban methodologies. They will facilitate all scrum events, including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Refinement, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective. The Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring that Scrum is understood and that the team adheres to Scrum theory, practices, and guidelines. They will contribute to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization and work closely with Agile coaches and other Scrum Masters to grow within their role. As a servant leader, the Scrum Master will direct the initiative delivery team and partner with Product Managers to maintain plans and communicate the team's progress, including product roadmaps and scrum team metrics. The Scrum Master will also guide and coach the Scrum Team on how to effectively use Lean and Agile practices to deliver high-quality products and services. They will resolve team impediments and work with product owners to manage backlogs and new requests. The role requires optimizing team performance by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching techniques. The Scrum Master 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 is essential to validate the effectiveness of standard processes and continuously improve process quality.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the development sprints from planning to execution to review in an agile environment.
  • Run daily scrums and collaborate on requirement documentation.
  • Unblock barriers to keep the team moving forward.
  • Coach and collaborate with cross-functional teams, Product Owners, and other Scrum Masters.
  • Support one or more software delivery teams using Scrum or Kanban methodologies.
  • Facilitate all scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Refinement, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
  • Ensure Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines.
  • Contribute to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization.
  • Act as a servant leader of the Agile Team and direct the initiative delivery team.
  • Partner with Product Managers to maintain plans and communicate progress of the team.
  • Proactively identify impediments and resolve them using a network of peers or escalation if needed.
  • Support Release Train Engineer, Product, and Tech teams to manage and remove dependencies and optimize flow.
  • Guide and coach the Scrum Team on Lean and Agile practices to deliver high-quality products and services.
  • Resolve team impediments with other Scrum Masters to increase effectiveness of Scrum application.
  • Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests.
  • Optimize team performance by recognizing areas of strength and improvement.
  • Develop understanding and encourage team in engineering practices, DevOps, and innovation.
  • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to influence and drive decision making.
  • Support the development of behavioral change management, communications, and training as needed.

Requirements

  • Undergraduate degree, equivalent experience, or certification.
  • 7+ years of information technology experience.
  • 4+ years of Agile Delivery experience using Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe methodologies.
  • 4+ years of planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams.
  • 4+ years of creating and delivering presentations and project plans.
  • 2+ years working with tools such as Atlassian (JIRA/Confluence), Clarity, and/or Cloud-based platforms (AWS, 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).
  • SAFe certified - SAFe Agilist or SAFe Scrum Master.
  • 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.
  • 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 and disability insurance.
  • Accident insurance.
  • Adoption expense reimbursements.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Educational assistance.
  • 401(k) plan and stock purchase plan.
  • Discounts at Marriott properties.
  • Commuter benefits.
  • Employee assistance plan.
  • Childcare discounts.
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