Scrum Master IV

About the position

Our Retail client with over $80B in annual revenue has over 2,000 stores, across 21 US states, with over 400,000 employees. This company is a leader in sustainable retailing with a passion for delivering excellence. By driving omni channel growth, efficiency in the shopping experience and continuing to develop with new technologies; this company is growing and developing continuing success. The leadership team strives for work-life balance for all its employees, with options for overtime if desired. This is a Senior Scrum Master / Agile Project Manager role who will support several high priority initiatives. Requires a seasoned, professional, and experienced scrum master with deep agile expertise as well as strong experience with waterfall project management who has proven success.

Responsibilities

• Deep knowledge and experience across agile practices
• Standing up new teams through 'sprint 0' activities
• Leading efforts in support of Product Management to develop the product roadmap in alignment with the team's backlog
• Understanding of both Scrum and Kanban team models
• Facilitating all scrum ceremonies and practices
• Leading teams consisting of both internal team members and external vendors
• Proven experience measuring and leading teams to improve delivery predictability
• Assessing teams' maturity through retrospectives, metrics, and observations
• Developing and executing a coaching plan to drive continuous improvements
• Providing coaching and training on targeted practices to enable improving a team's ways of working
• Working in a scaled agile environment (i.e. SAFe, or other scaling framework)
• Strong communication skills and relationship development
• Understanding of Waterfall Project Management, including strong issues, risk management, cost management, dependency management, etc.

Requirements

• Deep knowledge and experience across agile practices
• Experience standing up new teams through 'sprint 0' activities
• Experience leading efforts in support of Product Management to develop the product roadmap
• Understanding of both Scrum and Kanban team models
• Experience facilitating all scrum ceremonies and practices
• Experience leading teams consisting of both internal team members and external vendors
• Proven experience measuring and leading teams to improve delivery predictability
• Proven ability to assess teams' maturity through retrospectives, metrics, and observations
• Experience developing and executing a coaching plan to drive continuous improvements
• Experience providing coaching and training on targeted practices
• Experience working in a scaled agile environment (i.e. SAFe, or other scaling framework)
• Strong communication skills and relationship development
• Understanding of Waterfall Project Management

Benefits

• Work-life balance options
• Overtime options if desired