Scrum Master

Job Description

Hybrid - This position does not require an employee to be onsite full-time to perform most effectively. The employee's role enables them to work at a GM facility or off-site as frequently as needed or desired.

This position requires an employee to be onsite 1-4 x per year.

What You Do

• This role is responsible to lead cross-functional teams to deliver innovative products to the market. This key role will coordinate and facilitate the project team through the SCRUM process of release planning, sprint planning, sprint reviews, daily scrums, sprint reviews and retrospectives for cross-functional Scrum teams. The ability to communicate clearly and to all levels of the organization is essential. In addition, you will also:
  
• Build an environment in which your team(s) can execute
  
• Maintain a sprint release plan, release trajectory, and release burn-down, based on capacity and velocity predictions
  
• Enforce team rules, help resolve impediments, facilitate efficiency, and increase the probability of success in each sprint.
  
• Champion accountability within and outside the team Represent your teams at scrum-of-scrums, coordinating dependencies across teams
  
• Provide visibility of team status and issues to senior management Promote a collaborative team environment that fosters creativity and innovation Promote continuous team improvement, measure the team, and help the team and individuals measure themselves
  
• Mentor team members and others

What You Do

• This role is responsible to lead cross-functional teams to deliver innovative products to the market. This key role will coordinate and facilitate the project team through the SCRUM process of release planning, sprint planning, sprint reviews, daily scrums, sprint reviews and retrospectives for cross-functional Scrum teams. The ability to communicate clearly and to all levels of the organization is essential. In addition, you will also:
  
• Build an environment in which your team(s) can execute
  
• Maintain a sprint release plan, release trajectory, and release burn-down, based on capacity and velocity predictions
  
• Enforce team rules, help resolve impediments, facilitate efficiency, and increase the probability of success in each sprint.
  
• Champion accountability within and outside the team Represent your teams at scrum-of-scrums, coordinating dependencies across teams
  
• Provide visibility of team status and issues to senior management Promote a collaborative team environment that fosters creativity and innovation Promote continuous team improvement, measure the team, and help the team and individuals measure themselves
  
• Mentor team members and others

Additional Job Description

What You Need

• Bachelor's degree in technical discipline preferred or equivalent experience required
  
• Certified Scrum Master
  
• Ideally 2 years or more facilitating teams.
  
• 5 years in IT solutions provider environment
  
• Experience with globally distributed and virtual teams
  
• Detailed understanding of Agile software development methodologies, values, and practices
  
• Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle Experience in one or more software development roles such as architecture, design, development, test, configuration management or quality assurance.
  
• Proficient in MS Office, messaging, on-line purchasing, web-conferencing systems.
  
• Competent in enterprise and agile project management tools.
  
• Broad technical knowledge spanning applications, infrastructure, methodologies, and tools
  
• Experience in working with business partners, technology teams and customers in defining requirements and managing deliveries Exceptional listening and communication skills with a strong ability to communicate business problems, alternatives and project strategy to a project team and customer groups
  
• Must be facilitative, objective and team-oriented Must be able to thrive in a fast-paced environment and be willing to embrace change
  
• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills and strong presentation skills

What Would Be Even Better

• Master's Degree in technical discipline
  
• 2 years of Agile Coaching experience
  
• Agile Scrum Master, Product Owner Certification
  
• Experience as a developer, tester, business analyst, or UX designer, especially in an Agile environment
  
• Experience with Extreme Programming (XP), and other Agile engineering practices is a plus
  
• Outstanding presentation and public speaking skills.
  
• Experience conducting stand-up training
  
• Experience developing training materials
  
• Experience leading organizational change management
  
• Experience developing and growing business with new and existing accounts in a deliberate and strategic manner.
  
• Experience designing and deploying methodologies in many types of organizations

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us

We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Benefits Overview

The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes, the following benefits, in addition to many others:

• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents;
• Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family;
• Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement;
• Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values;
• Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing;
• Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends.

Diversity Information

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities.GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statements

The policy of General Motors is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally, General Motors is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us atCareers.Accommodations@GM.com. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.