Digital Marketing Scrum Lead

Okta•Chicago, WA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Okta is seeking a Scrum Lead to support the Digital team’s operational PODs, focusing on work across their digital initiatives. The role involves facilitating scrum team events across multiple teams, requiring strong scrum/agile/lean experience, a motivated self-starter attitude, and experience in a SaaS environment. This position emphasizes a people-oriented approach with high emotional intelligence, a desire for team member growth, and the ability to maintain transparency and collaboration in a dynamic and sometimes ambiguous setting. The goal is to enable organizations to safely embrace the new era of AI by building trusted, neutral infrastructure.

Requirements

5+ years’ experience running multiple scrum teams in a SaaS environment.
5+ years’ experience coaching and mentoring technical Scrum teams.
Excellent knowledge of Agile Software Development.
Excellent knowledge of Asana, Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence) and/or other work management/collaboration tools.
Knowledge and demonstrated ability in working with collaboration tools (Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, Lucid).
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to analyze and think quickly to resolve roadblocks.
Ability to adapt to a changing environment and influence without authority.
Self-motivated with the ability to stay focused in the middle of distraction.
Exposure and/or knowledge of Business Systems such as Salesforce, Financial Management, Workday, etc.

Nice To Haves

Scrum Leader certification preferred (CSM, A-CSM, etc).
Product Owner certification or equivalent preferred (CSPO, etc).

Responsibilities

Lead the Scrum Team(s) in being Agile with a focus on a product-driven organization embracing a customer-focused product operating model.
Lead with a continuous improvement mindset, evolving the team’s practices to deliver business outcomes.
Facilitate and support all Scrum events, removing impediments, coaching and onboarding team members.
Ensure critical blockers are removed and all parties are informed.
Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration.
Guide the Scrum Team and others to understand agile values, principles, and practices.
Help the scrum team achieve higher levels of maturity and effective delivery of value to the customers.
Partner with the Product Owner and Delivery team to understand priorities, groom the backlog, and set and deliver on sprint and quarterly plans.
Partner with Technical Program Managers to manage cross-functional programs with co-dependencies.