Scrum Master, Senior

Overview

At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges.

Being a part of Zebra Nation means you are seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are a part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.

You'll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward-thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about – locally and globally.

Come make an impact every day at Zebra.

The Scrum Master Senior will mentor and guide our employees in how to figure out the best solutions for

their specific departmental challenges. This person will analyze our organization’s existing infrastructure

and implement improvements to help streamline processes and create efficiencies. Ultimately, the Scrum

Master Senior is a agile team delivery coach that will play a key role in long-term strategy across the

business, helping our teams deliver better products in a faster, more efficient manner.

Responsibilities:

• Work with product teams to analyze current systems and processes and design a strategy for
  
  

adopting agile best practices

• Guide teams in how to stay on track with agile techniques, fine-tuning their approach to ensure
  
  

that overall strategy is being met

• Lead agile workshops for developer and functional teams, as well as for key stakeholders
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, setting goals and milestones and assigning
  
  

responsibility

• Drive cultural change by championing an agile mindset, and ensure the organization is adhering
  
  

to industry best practices

• Facilitate learning and development among employees through individual and team coaching
• Coach teams in agile practices to ensure adoption of best practices
• Communicate agile principles, scrum practices, and overall operating model across the
  
  

organization

• Champion the use of metrics and other objective measures by teams
• Undertake daily follow-ups with individual team members to ensure projects are on track and
  
  

goals are being met

• Maintain objectivity regarding issues and how to troubleshoot them by applying agile principles
• Facilitate Scrum events as needed or requested. This may include but is not limited to Sprint
  
  

Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.

• Guide, coach, and mentor the Developers and Product Owners in understanding and using
  
  

Scrum through its practices, principles, and values.

• Identify and cause the removal of impediments that may be preventing the Scrum Teams from
  
  

delivering maximum value or reaching Product or Sprint goals.

• Foster a collaborative and positive team environment, encouraging effective communication and
  
  

teamwork.

• Help the team define and implement systems that promote transparency and continuous
  
  

improvement.

• Ensure the team can protect itself from external distractions and interruptions to allow more focus
  
  

on delivering high-value and high-quality work each and every Sprint.

• Ensure the Developers know how to monitor and track their progress toward Sprint Goals
  
  

providing transparency to whoever requires it.

• Continuously improve the team’s understanding and implementation of Scrum including the use
  
  

of complementary practices found in the broader agile development industry.

Qualifications:

Minimum Education:

• Bachelor's Degree required. Advanced Degree preferred
  
  

• 5+ Years of experience
  
  

• Four or more years of experience as agile transformation coach or equivalent servant leadership role, leading and coaching product development teams.
• Six or more years of experience as a scrum master.
• Four or more years of experience as a product owner and working with product leadership to define product strategy.
• Experience in using scrum, kanban, and scaled agile frameworks.
• Track record of implementing agile techniques in different work cultures and environments.
• Experience in running agile projects of varying size and complexity
• Strong skills for leading, educating, and coaching.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Certifications as agile coach or scrum master. Advanced certifications from Scrum Alliance, ICAgile, SAFe are strongly recommended
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to facilitate and lead meetings effectively
• Experience leading 6+ product teams simultaneously
• Experience in coaching at mid to large organizations or Fortune 1000 companies
  
  

• Range of different advanced agile coaching certifications from Scrum Alliance, SAFe, ICAgile, Kanban University
  
  

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