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CEI is seeking a Scrum Master in the Greater Pittsburgh area supporting projects for a retail client The Scrum Master is responsible for leading team/project level activities and some program related efforts working directly with stakeholders across product teams and business functions to ensure successful execution and delivery of value and outcomes. This role is responsible for driving alignment and managing dependencies across product & technology teams and across projects/programs. The Scrum Master will help to manage project efforts and team level scrum activities ensuring consistency in execution and deliverables, while delivering value for athletes and teammates. The Scrum Master may drive or support change management and process improvement efforts, as well as help to manage vendors and third parties. Scrum Masters may be responsible for coaching Scrum Master roles from an execution perspective. The Scrum Master must exhibit the ability to lead managers and their teams and drive collaboration and alignment.
Responsibilities:• Serve as Scrum Master for one or more teams, and/or manage one or more agile projects.• Manages dependencies and drives alignment across product/technology teams and stakeholders• Integrated planning and roadmap alignment across product teams and business teams.• Provides a central point for communication and escalation across product teams and business teams.• Ensures resource alignment within and across product teams.• Build schedules / plans (iterations, release plans, outcome roadmaps, activity & milestone plans• Track and report on progress (velocity and burndown, activity/milestone tracking, progress reporting)• Facilitate ceremonies and manage the overall delivery process (iteration planning meetings, standups, recurring team meetings, retros, demos)• Issue tracking and action planning / ownership• Coordination, planning & alignment with teams/stakeholders; dependency tracking• Resource planning and coordination; capacity planning and tracking• Vendor management, planning and coordination; contracting• Manage Change (change management, communications, storytelling, backlog grooming support, scope change)• Provide coaching/mentoring and training to build competencies across key technology and stakeholder groups• Drives Process Improvement efforts across product and business teams• Help the Scrum Team achieve higher levels of scrum maturity Requirements:- 7-10 years of relevant work experience , with 2-3 years experience in a retail and/or eCommerce environment.
- 4-5 years of highly effective scrum management experience leading product and technology teams, as well as experience with agile-based tools.
- Experience and knowledge of organizational change management principles, methodologies and tools
- Experience managing alignment across programs, projects or product teams in an enterprise environment
- Experience managing strategic vendor relationships or acting as the primary point of contact for strategic partnerships
- Proficient in the planning and execution of programs and projects and risk mitigation strategies
- Proficient in project management execution in a modern software environment via multiple methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, etc)
- Experience translating ideas, approaches, and dependencies between technical and functional team members
- Experience communicating program status, risks, issues, and needs to senior leaders, and managing up
- Proficient in managing and growing team members in a professional setting
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Proficient in effective troubleshooting and issue resolution techniques
- Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences
- Strong Experience using Microsoft Office tools (Project, Excel, Powerpoint, MS Project)
- Good Knowledge of Retail E-Commerce Domain Agile / Scrum certification
- Exposure to a CI/CD toolchain
- Degree in Organizational Development, Organizational Behavior, or Industrial/Organizational Psychology;
- Understanding of modern microservice-based architectures and methodologies
- OCM or Change Management Professional Certification
- Experience with Agile Development and knowledge on Agile Deployment practices
- PMP Certification
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