Scrum Master II

Job Summary

In this role, you will ensure agile teams execute exciting, mission-critical software products across project teams, and help us take our processes to the next level. You will play a key role working with IT leadership and all aspects of teams to ensure the success of high-profile and mission-critical projects. You will provide work direction to multiple project teams and act with discretion and authority as a servant leader, finding the best balance between delivering multiple products with an indefinitely sustainable pace.

Key Responsibilities :

• Work closely with Product Owners and technology leads to advance Agile methodology adoption (As set by the Agile Delivery Lead) for multiple software development products in the Little Caesars Enterprise Technology portfolio.
• Along with developing iterative plans, work with product management to coordinate feature delivery; implementing products to specification in a timely manner in collaboration with the Agile Delivery Lead.
• Lead Feature Planning sessions in collaboration with Agile Delivery Lead, Architects, Product Owners, and development team members.
• With oversight of the Agile Delivery lead, kick new teams off by setting up working agreements, definitions of ready and done, roles and responsibilities,
• and general day to day agile processes.
• Create a calendar of sprints and releases via “Scrum of Scrums” in collaboration with Product Management. Communicate this schedule to stakeholders.
• Facilitate daily scrum meetings with the entire product team, participating in sprint demos, product backlog and sprint backlog refinement sessions,
• sprint planning and retrospectives.
• Facilitate the team’s progress towards sprint goals by resolving or escalating conflicts, issues and roadblocks.
• Track and manage project status through traditional agile tools such as the burndown chart, velocity metrics, and sprint goals.
• Act as a mediator between product owner and development team to determine stable release points for product increments.
• Construct and lead team adoptions of Wiki's for Agile and technical best practices with continual upkeep.
• Oversees 3 or more product teams which may or may not have product overlap.
• Responsible for project level Dev Ops administration, including adding users to teams and upkeep of team dashboards.
• Onboarding for new team members regarding Agile process, Dev Ops, and respective team working agreements.
• Help to balance tech debt reduction with feature delivery.
• Provide work guidance and coach team members, fostering a collaborative culture and resolve conflict involving prioritization, design or preference.
• Drive a continuous improvement culture within the team and business.
• With the teams collaboration, audit user stories for clarity and acceptable level of detail.

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