Scrum Master

MISSION

The primary responsibility of this role is to lead squads executing Development & Launch of New or evolutions to existing Value ( product, solution, service, software) in Low Voltage & Medium Voltage switchgears switchboard panel boards domain for ensuring that the initiatives meets its goals for customer satisfaction & quality, time to market, development expenses, product costs and adherence to a validated Business case. Manage animation of cross functional squad(s) of 10 plus people capacity each.

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

JOB 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 multidiscipline cross functional squad -- Design & Engineering, Industrialization, Purchasing, Quality, Manufacturing plants, Launch.

Identify and manage interdependencies

• 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 squads

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

• 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

Bachelor's degree, MBA is a plus

7 to 10 plus years of work experience

5+ years of product or project development experience would be advantageous

Strong facilitation techniques

Ability to build and lead Squads in a matrix

Promotes Agile values and principles

Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills

Knowledge of an Agile Framework (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), and knowledge of at Agile at Scale frameworks (i.e. SAFe, Scrum at Scale) will be a plus

Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery Squads

Basic financial management experience will be preferred such as budget planning, resource planning & forecast, monthly reconciliation actual vs forecast, ability to detect & escalate high financial risks as occurs

Strong organization, communication, and interpersonal skills. Able to communicate priorities. Interaction with senior leadership.

Experience in one or more of the cross functional disciplines for New product development lifecycle (Design, Test , Quality, Industrialization etc....)

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