Scrum Master

Advanced Scrum Master

JOB SUMMARY:

Scrum Masters are key leadership positions in a global organization and part of the Agile Excellence Chapter.

• Drive the squad in focusing and creating high value releases

• Partner with Product Owners to ensure strategy and execution alignment

• Are key facilitators and primarily responsible for facilitation of squad(s) rituals & key events

• Drive continuous improvement by coaching Squads and Squad members in Agile methodologies to maximize efficiency and self-improvement, and drive change management

• Identify, escalate, and help find resolutions to Squad obstacles

• Master Agile processes and fine tune them to Squad needs (e.g., mixing Scrum & Kanban to manage maintenance & development) while providing tools and methodologies to accelerate Squad delivery

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Enable execution in alignment with the strategy and the backlog

Work with Scaled Scrum Master, Product Owner and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment
Guide the Squad with respect to priorities and scope
Help the squad focus on creating high value releases
Assist with decision-making by facilitating feature estimation by teams
Provide progress status and escalate impediments on a regular basis
Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks
Highlight and follow the adherence to guardrails, alerting Product Owner if needed
Facilitates Daily stand up, Sprint planning, Sprint review, Sprint retrospective
Lead animation of a multidiscipline cross functional squad - Design & Engineering, Industrialization, Purchasing, Quality, Manufacturing plants, Launch.
Identify and manage interdependencies

Map interfaces between Squads (products, bricks, integration, sub-assy) of the same league or different leagues & propose synchronization strategy
Support the squad’s efforts to continuously improve communications and relationships with other squad
Foster effective working relationship between Product Owner, Agile Squads and stakeholders

Ensure Squads members understand and embrace Agile values.
Ensure Product Backlog is easily accessible and understood by the Squad and other stakeholders
Ensure the participation of the Product Owner and stakeholders to the events when needed
Where needed, facilitate interaction between Product Owner, Squad and stakeholders to ensure all sides get an opportunity to share their concerns and motivations
Ensure both Product Owner and Squad actively participate in decision making regarding commitment to scope and schedule
Identify techniques for product goal definition and effective product backlog management through Program Increment (PI) planning.
Support the Squad

Ensure Squad's progress/performance metrics are in place well understood
Create and sustain an environment of trust and openness
Ensure Squad focuses on excellence in product quality and customer value
Ensure Squad takes kaizen events (e.g., retrospective) seriously and puts a sincere effort in to follow up actions
Ensure Squad transparency by setting-up relevant indicators and visual management on backlog, risks, planning, etc. using suitable tools and techniques
Help remove impediments

Understand impact of roadblocks, create a sense of urgency
Implement effective risk response plans
Ensure the Squad gets necessary trust and support from Management to work effectively
Ensure the Squad can respond to required changes and new unplanned requests in an effective manner

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical / Electronics / Instrumentation engineering:
4+ years in Embedded Product Offer Development / Project Management experience in Hybrid Agile Methodology would be advantageous
Strong facilitation techniques in particular to synchronization of activities on Design, Industrialization and manufacturing activities.
Ability to build and lead Teams of squads in a matrix
Promote Agile values and principles
Outstanding communication, negotiation, and coaching skills
Knowledge of Agile frameworks (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), and Agile at Scale frameworks (i.e. Hybrid Agile, SAFe, Scrum at Scale, Nexus)
Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery Squads
Excellent 'team player' & relevant experience in large change management projects