Principal, Scrum Master

JOB SUMMARY:

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

• guide the squad focusing on 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 Product Owners 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 multi discipline cross functional squad -- Design & Engineering, Industrialization, Purchasing, Quality, Manufacturing plants, Launch.

Identify and manage inter dependencies

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 - External

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical / Electronics / Instrumentation engineering:

2+ years in Electro Mechanical (Encloser and Electronics) Offer Development / Program 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

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• Country-specific programs and initiatives may be available.
  
  

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€40 billion global revenue

+9% organic growth

150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

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