What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scrum Master position at Eaton Corporation?
At Eaton, we are modernizing the way we use data to accelerate our digital transformation. Join our Information Technology team and help positively impact our business through leading technologies, exciting and challenging enterprise projects, and new platforms. We are currently hiring a Scrum Master to join our team.
This position can be based at our Beachwood, OH; Moon TWP, PA; Raleigh, NC; Houston, TX; Galesburg, MI or Menomonee Falls, WI office locations. The position is eligible for a hybrid work setup.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $116-250 - $160,000 a year.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
What you’ll do:
This position will oversee and manage the product and software development teams as a servant leader. The Scrum Master will ensure that teams follow Agile practices and Scrum framework values, work to increase team efficiency, and provide motivation and guidance for process improvement.
You will ensure that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox. The Scrum Master will work to eliminate team impediments. Additionally, the Scrum Master works directly with Product Owners, engineers and other product team members to execute the product roadmap, guide the product development lifecycle, help create user stories, and manage the product backlog.
Job Responsibilities:
- Accountable for all Agile ceremonies of a Scrum team including planning, review, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups
- Drive a Secure Product Development Lifecycle approach that establishes a strong cybersecurity focus and culture across the entire engineering lifecycle
- Trains, mentors, and supports Scrum teams to follow Agile values, principles, and practices
- Use Agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions
- Assists the Product Owner with road mapping, epic creation and decomposition, and multi-sprint planning
- Support the estimation and prioritization of user stories
- Collect, track, and report Agile metrics on performance and progress
- Support the identification and implementation of improvement opportunities
- Support the resolution of impediments and escalate where required
- Coordinate with other Agile teams to ensure alignment and management of dependencies including participation in Scrum of Scrums or related ceremonies where applicable
- Ensures a safe and trusting environment for the team to raise and resolve issues
- Leads the capacity planning for each sprint
- Communicates risks, status and general updates to stakeholders
- Manage one or more Scrum teams across multiple geographies
- Improve the Agile maturity of the team on a continuous basis
- Support the Product Owner in cost tracking for scrum projects
- Manages project budget, estimates, approval submissions, capitalization and reporting
Qualifications:
Required (Basic) Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum of five years of Scrum Master experience
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future.
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of the work location will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.
• This position requires use of information or access to hardware which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with product management and modern product delivery processes
• Experience working with Agile, including Scrum or Kanban
• Experience with Agile software tools and producing Agile artifacts
• Experience DevSecOps principles
• Experience with modern software development principles including code management, test automation, APIs, microservices, and cloud services.
• Experience with HR, Payroll and/or Workforce Management domain
Skills:
Soft skills:
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Patience and empathy working with mentees and people new to Agile
- Comfortable working directly with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Effective listening skills with the intention of understanding
- Experience working with diverse, global cultures, organizations and teams
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Eaton considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with local laws. To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.
We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
