Scrum Master

Fortune Brands • Chicago, IL

435d • $115,000 - $130,000

About The Position

The Scrum Master at Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. plays a crucial role in facilitating the scrum process, acting as a change agent to help teams achieve their sprint goals. This position involves coaching teams, removing obstacles, and ensuring alignment with project objectives while fostering a safe and collaborative work environment. The Scrum Master is responsible for continuous improvement and building high-performing teams within an agile framework.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field.
• 4+ years of relevant work experience with agile, scrum.
• Agile Certifications, preferably via Scrum Alliance or Scrum.org (CSM, PSM I, PSM II, PSK I) or ProKanban.org (PK I).
• Proven track record in coaching scrum teams.
• Experience working with supply chain functional teams to deliver tools and capabilities to support business goals.
• 3+ years of experience in leadership or project team role preferred.
• Extensive experience with JIRA/Confluence or other software to help agile teams visualize their work.
• Good understanding of end-to-end supply chain business processes and complexities.

Nice To Haves

• Kanban is a nice to have.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates daily scrums, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and sprint planning meetings across multiple agile teams.
• Serves as a coach and mentor to the teams, helping build high-performing groups and strengthening understandings of agile/scrum concepts and principles.
• Prioritizes transparency and communication to build trust with business leaders.
• Identifies and implements ways to strengthen agile teams and the organization through agile/scrum concepts and principles.
• Ensures agile team's actions are aligned with the project goals and vision and that the agile team's progress and successes are highly visible to all stakeholders.
• Assists the Product Owners and the agile teams in identifying trade-offs between short- and long-term benefits to drive shared vision.
• Fosters communication and close cooperation between all team members, encouraging cross-training and mutual support.
• Works with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of scrum in the organization.
• Shields the teams from external interferences and removes all impediments to the team's success.
• Partners with Supply Chain Functional Teams to support successful outcomes for the enterprise.

Benefits

• Robust health plans
• Market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution
• Product discounts
• Flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy)
• Inclusive fertility / adoption benefits
• Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and belonging at work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree