About the position
As part of the Agile Enablement Office (AEO), the Senior Manager/Chief Scrum Master will have a leadership role in establishing, facilitating and continuously optimizing the agile processes needed so that value can be delivered through products and solutions to customers. Needs to be passionate about developing and mentoring a team of scrum masters so they can effectively coach the delivery teams. Advance our agile practice maturity by leading agility practices within the Distribution and Corporate Services domains. This will include facilitating the planning process, removing domain impediments and supporting the enterprise transformation roadmap. In addition, they will closely partner with product management and IT Leadership to mature delivery practices.
Responsibilities
- Directly manage a dynamic team of scrum masters and coach them in performing mature agile practices.
- Facilitate effective domain planning exercises (e.g. quarterly planning, monthly product synch, etc.).
- Leverage and build on metrics framework to assist in coaching teams and domains to improve delivery and product management.
- Assist teams in effective use of JIRA and Aha to optimize delivery.
- Remove domain impediments that are escalated by teams or through self-identification.
- Spearhead enterprise transformation initiatives as identified by the AEO.
- Encourages and promotes strong engineering practices like unit testing, test-driven development, continuous integration and automated testing.
- Coaches, mentors, and advises technology, business, and management teams in applying Agile values, principles, frameworks, and approaches.
- Active participant in the Scrum Master Community of Practice.
Requirements
- 8 - 12 years of experience in training, mentoring, and coaching teams in adopting and maintaining an Agile mindset.
- Hands-on experience as a Scrum Master using scrum and kanban framework.
- Minimum of 5 years of direct people management experience.
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Ability to manage a globally distributed team of Scrum Masters.
- Experience designing and delivering presentations and training to diverse audiences.
- Strong understanding of systems development lifecycle.
Nice-to-haves
- Advanced certifications in Scrum or Agile methodologies.
Benefits
- Generous time-off provided: including 'Responsible time off' for many roles, paid company holidays when the US Stock Exchange is closed, plus paid volunteer time.
- Family Focus: Up to 20 weeks of paid leave for new parents, back-up care program, dependent care flexible spending account, adoption assistance, generous caregiver leave.
- Health and Welfare: Competitive medical, vision and dental plans, plus tax-free health savings accounts with company contributions.
- Wellness Programs: Robust wellness webinars, employee assistance program, gym reimbursement through our medical plans, fitness center discounts and more.
- Life & Disability Benefits: Company-paid basic life insurance and short-term disability.
- Financial Benefits: 401(k) savings plan, Defined Contribution plan- 15% of base salary invested into the Plan, competitive total compensation programs.
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