Need Scrum Master - Sandy Springs, GA, United States - Cox Automotive

Description

The Scrum Master has primary responsibility of facilitating the learning and growth of one or more Agile teams in developing a lean-Agile mindset, improving practices and guiding them to more predictable delivery.

The Scrum Master plays a role in facilitating Agile ceremonies and cadences, guiding service delivery orientation, and supporting teams in establishing and managing effective practices related to; The Scrum Master has intermediate knowledge of Agile, Lean, Scrum, and Kanban to help shift the team from 'Doing Agile' to 'Being Agile'.

The SM understands the value of managing queue lengths, limiting WIP, recognizes the patterns, and is able to coach the team on these concepts while helping them achieve organizational "Customer-Driven" maturity and resiliency.

Those in this role will be skilled in facilitation at the team level as well as in partnership with Engineering, Product, and Operations.

Responsible for improving quarterly intent planning and associated processes to develop and drive vision, roadmap, backlog and pre- and post- quarterly intent planning
Monitors and tracks planning, completion and implementation metrics
Provides data and informational updates to help all stakeholders track planning / implementation progress
Summarizes team planning objectives, publishing and communicating for visibility and transparency

Lean /

Agile Ceremony Facilitation:
Teaches new team members Agile-Lean values, principles, methods and frameworks, practices, and process
Influences the organization in the removal of organizational impediments and development of healthy Agile practices
Mentors Product Owners and team members in agile practices and continuous improvement

Helps identify and mitigate impediments to the team's Flow & Service Level Expectations
Leverages coaching skills to help the team learn to solve its own problems

Introduces and encourages team to explore healthy Agile development practices, focus on quality and technical excellence, predictable delivery, automation, and continuous delivery
Helps the team to develop, capture, and analyze metrics to facilitate team improvements
Promotes transparency through healthy communications and data integrity

Coaches the Lean-Agile mindset.

Helps team manage and improve flow leveraging limiting WIP, risk hedging (classes of service), feedback loop improvements, and establishment of outcome focused policies.

Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 2 years' experience as a Scrum Master. or 14 years' experience in a related field

Working experience in more than one of the following Lean-Agile methods or frameworks: Kanban, Scrum with Kanban, Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), Lean applied to Knowledge Work.

Working experience with Agile scaling frameworks, preferably SAFe.

Scrum Master certification or equivalent certified professional
Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK).
Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK).

seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, parental leave, and COVID-19 vaccination leave.

About Cox Automotive
At Cox Automotive, people of every background are driven by their passion for mobility, innovation and community.

We transform the way the world buys, sells, owns and uses cars, accelerating the industry with global powerhouse brands like Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, Manheim and more.

Drive your future forward and join Cox Automotive today

With exciting investments and innovations across transportation, communications, cleantech and healthcare, our family of businesses - which includes Cox Automotive and Cox Communications - is forging a better future for us all.

Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO).

Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.

Please do not forward resumes to our applicant tracking system, Cox employees, Cox hiring manager, or send to any Cox facility.