Sr Agile Scrum Master

Date Posted:

Country:

United States of America

Location:

UT6: 4 Farm Springs 4 Farm Springs Road, Farmington, CT, 06032 USA

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access certain necessary systems.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

RTX Corporation is an Aerospace and Defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 185,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Summary of Role:

Raytheon Technologies Enterprise Services – Infrastructure is seeking an experienced and motivated Sr Agile Scrum Master (SM) to support the Cloud Hosting Portfolio within the PMO.  This Sr SM is responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating multiple Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Scrum teams to deliver a high level of performance, quality, and exceptional business value.  They may also be responsible for managing multiple concurrent high-visibility projects in a fast-paced environment crossing multiple organizations.  This sometimes requires communicating and managing leaders and stakeholders of increasing seniority.

What You Will Do:

• Guide, facilitate, and educate Scrum teams on Scrum practices and values to successfully implement critical projects, leveraging cloud technologies, frameworks, and methodologies.

• Assess Scrum maturity of the teams and organization, and coach the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.

• Remove impediments and blockers or guide the team to remove impediments and blockers themselves; escalate impediments and blockers as necessary.

• Assisting with internal and external communication, managing dependencies, and radiating information transparently.

• Apply Agile practices to facilitate better ways of working and improved execution of teams

• Implementing SAFe/Scrum/Kanban frameworks.  Actions often include visualizing work, limiting work in progress, managing workflow, planning, and providing guidance for daily standups, sprint and Product Increment planning, short, mid, and long-range planning, backlog refinement, and retrospective meetings.

• Ensure progress that is trackable toward objectives, KPIs, and commitments; guide assigned Hosting teams to deliver the required product increments and outcomes.

• Partner with key stakeholders and management team (i.e. Agile Coach, Release Train Engineer, and Team Leads) in backlog prioritization and product increment planning as well as tracking and reporting metrics, providing visibility to the team and stakeholders, ensuring a data-driven approach to decision-making.

• Support and educate the Product Owner and Team Leads, especially on the product backlog and ongoing backlog refinement.

• Assist with other coordination and senior stakeholder activities as assigned

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 14 years of relevant experience

• Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as expert knowledge of both SAFe or Agile and traditional project management principles and practices with the ability to blend them together properly to fit our project and business environment.

• Prior experience with Scrum/Agile methodologies with enterprise-level development projects.  PMI-ACP, CSM, SSM, RTE or equivalent certifications preferred.

• Experience overseeing multi-function Scrum teams with at least multiple team members each including Developers, Business Analysts, Product Owners, and QA engineers

• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract 

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Certifications such as PMP, Certified Scrum Master, and/or SAFe

• Strong organizational, interpersonal, analytical, communication and technical skills, including the ability to build and maintain customer relationships; be a strong team player while meeting deadlines and adjusting to changing priorities.

• Ability to manage ambiguous or competing requirements, collaborating with project teams to align on solutions and clear impediments or blockers.

• Experience operating in US Government regulated environments with strict compliance requirements.

• Ability to author and present professional user-facing documentation, presentations, and reports targeted at various personas.

• Consistently able to run multiple Scrum teams simultaneously while maintaining high quality servant leadership and facilitating multiple teams' growth

• Expertise with tools such as Jira, Confluence, PowerBI, and ServiceNOW desired

What We Offer:

Whether you're just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.

Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite.  Ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader. 

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

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