Scrum Master II

As a Scrum Master II, you will own the coaching and facilitation of scrum teams that deliver exceptional results to achieve business outcomes, irrespective of the challenges the team encounters. The ideal candidate is Hungry, Humble, and Smart. The Scrum Master role facilitates ceremonies, planning of releases, removing impediments, providing guidance, and supporting Agile development teams. Day-to-day, you will ensure that all team activities produce the benefits intended and enable Cox Automotive to deliver products incrementally using inspect and adapt cycles that continuously improve your teams' delivery of valuable; maximizing organizational performance and resulting in working software for Cox Automotive clients.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Backlog Management Practices

• Work with Product Owners and team members to learn and practice healthy backlog management and prioritization practices
• Facilitate the execution and improvement of backlog refinement
• Plan for successful delivery of value using capacity planning and continuous development best practices
• Prepare for and facilitate release planning with teams
• Assist in dependency management and cross-team coordination

Agile Ceremony Facilitation

• Facilitate continuous improvement and the development of a learning culture on teams
• Facilitate ceremonies, collaboration, communication, and conflict management
• Coach team members on Agile mindset and frameworks, practices, and process
• Influence the organization in the removal of impediments and development of healthy Agile practices
• Mentor Product Owners and team members in agile practices and continuous improvement

Delivery Team Support

• Remove impediments to the team's ability to perform
• Act as a buffer between external distractions to minimize disruptions
• Assist in the coordination of operational issue resolution
• Facilitate team development, mediate conflicts protecting the team and encourages healthy team dynamics.
• Foster team responsibility, self-accountability, transparency and self-organization
• Leverage coaching skills to help the team learn to solve its own problems

Advice and Guidance

• Introduce and encourage the team to explore healthy Agile development practices, focus on quality and technical excellence, predictable delivery, automation, and continuous delivery
• Teach and encourage a balanced backlog that delivers valuable features for customers, reduces technical debt, provides business value, and enables product sustainability
• Help the team to develop, capture, and analyze metrics to facilitate team improvements
• Promote transparency through healthy communications and data integrity

WHO YOU ARE

• Bachelor's degree + 2 years relevant experience
• 2 - 4 years of working experience as a dedicated Scrum Master
• Lives within a commutable distance to the office
• Scrum Master certification or equivalent certified professional
• Working experience in one or more of the following Agile methods or frameworks: Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), SAFe, Lean, or Kanban
• Loves working in a technology driven space
• Always looking to push your knowledge and understanding
• Master collaborator who appreciates others' contributions
• Strong social awareness with the ability to handle interpersonal dynamics effectively
• Preference to experience working in a scaled agile environment within an Agile Release Train

USD 79,400.00 - 119,000.00 per year
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary of $79,400.00 - $119,000.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Benefits:
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. 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, and parental leave.
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.