Scrum Master

Build a Bigger, Better, Bolder Future Imagine working for a company that measures its success based off the growth of its colleagues, a company that invests in its future by investing in you. Little Caesars is a company where our colleagues make an impact. Your Mission: In this role, you will ensure Agile teams execute exciting software products, and help us take our processes to the next level. You will play a key role working with IT leadership and all aspects of the team to ensure the success of high-profile projects. As a servant leader, you will find the best balance delivering products at an indefinitely sustainable pace. How You'll Make an Impact: Work closely with product owners and technology leads to implement Agile methodologies (As set by Agile Delivery Lead) for multiple software development products in the Little Caesars Technology Enterprise portfolio. Develop iterative plans applying estimation metrics, documenting assumptions, refining plans and manage performance against them. Help coordinate releases and stay on track with external dependencies. Provide regular updates and statuses to senior-level IT management. Facilitate daily scrum meetings with the entire product team, participating in sprint demos, product backlog and sprint backlog refinement sessions, sprint planning and retrospectives. Track and manage project status through traditional agile tools such as the burndown chart, velocity metrics, and sprint goals. Facilitate the team’s progress towards sprint goals by resolving or escalating conflicts, issues and roadblocks. Provide work guidance and coach team members, fostering a collaborative culture and resolve conflict involving prioritization, design or preference. Drive a continuous improvement culture within the team and business. With the teams collaboration, audit user stories for clarity and acceptable level of detail. Help facilitate feature planning sessions with the oversight of the Agile Delivery Lead, and Product Owner or Business Analyst. Capable of overseeing approximately 2-3 teams which may or not have product overlap. Who You Are: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field. A combination of education and/or experience may be considered in lieu of degree. Has worked on Agile scrum teams, has firm understanding of Agile methodology. Ability to manage multiple scrum teams simultaneously. Prior experience working on custom software development projects. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate with all levels of colleagues, both technical and non-technical. Strong working knowledge of burndown/up metrics and velocity. Highly proficient in the use of MS Office applications such as Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Ability to drive results in a team-oriented, collaborative environment. Ability to understand technical issues at a high level. Ability to resolve interpersonal and team issues Previous success working with distributed teams across multiple time zones Demonstrated flexibility, ability to deal with ambiguity and willingness to learn new skills. Where You'll Work: This position may require minimal travel to vendor locations, assessment at stores and Ilitch Companies facilities, data centers or seminars/networking. Requires extended periods of time sitting and talking on the phone. Works in a normal office environment where there is no physical discomfort due to temperature, noise, dust, and the like. A state-of-the-art building with a modern-day, open environment in the heart of The District Detroit. A colleague fitness center, work café and an outdoor patio with grills. Over 60 different meeting spaces to help promote a collaborative environment. Disclaimer: The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. All items listed above are illustrative and not comprehensive. They are not contractual in nature and are subject to change at the discretion of Blue Line Distribution. Blue Line Distribution is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to that individual’s race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. 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