[Remote] Scrum Master
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Foot Locker is seeking a Scrum Master to guide and coach multiple Scrum Teams within the Data and Analytics team. The role involves facilitating Scrum ceremonies, improving team efficiency, and supporting the team in overcoming impediments while ensuring high-quality feature delivery.
Responsibilities
- Guide and coach multiple Scrum teams (2-3) with different team sizes, different cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc
- Responsible for facilitating daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo, backlog grooming / refinement and retrospective meetings
- Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution for the team(s)
- Remove internal or external impediments or guide the team to remove impediments
- Ensure observance of DoD (definition of done)
- Support and educate the TPM/POC, especially with respect to refining (i.e. grooming) and managing the product backlog, to ensure that the work is well understood so the team can continually make progress
- Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
- Demonstrates awareness and deep understanding of team metric: velocity and cycle time
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Minimum 1 year of dedicated full-time Scrum Master
- Experience being a Scrum Master on multiple Scrum teams
- Strong understanding of software development life cycle and DevOps
- Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
- Knowledge about tasks, backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, user stories etc
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Plainview PPM Pro
- Excellent communication and mentoring skills
- Experience in software development
- Certification
- Experience with Data teams
Benefits
- Employee Discount
- Paid Time Off
- Medical | Dental | Vision Coverage
- 401(k) | Roth 401(k)
- Stock Purchase Plan
- Life Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Opportunities for Advancement
- Tuition Reimbursement for Qualified Courses
- Strong Company Culture
- Employee Resource Groups
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