Scrum Lead: Agile Coach for High-Impact Delivery

American Airlines; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel Perks

Health Benefits

Wellness Programs

401(k) Program

Additional Benefits

Job summary

American Airlines in Fort Worth, TX seeks a Scrum Lead to drive agile delivery across digital products. You will coach teams, promote empirical product planning, and remove impediments to accelerate value delivery.

You will lead through servant leadership, foster transparency, and coach Product Owners with backlog management techniques. The role requires strong collaboration across functions in a high-performing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field and equivalent experience.
• 4+ years in an agile environment.
• Experience coaching agile methodologies to teams and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of servant leadership, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment and transparency.
• Proven ability to promote cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Optimize the flow of value from generation of ideas to release.
• Coach teams to create high-value items while eliminating rework and waste.
• Promote transparency on barriers to change, progress, and impediments.
• Enable teams to practice Professional Scrum and other agile techniques.
• Cultivate continuous learning, experimentation, and improvement toward high performance.
• Coach teams to understand the why and adopt new ways of working.
• Serve as internal trainers contributing to learning across teams.
• Coach Product Owners/Managers with backlog planning techniques.
• Maintain information radiators to support inspection and adaptation.
• Coach teams to self-organize and facilitate events.

Skills

4+ years agile experience

Coach agile methodologies

Servant leadership

Situational awareness

Conflict resolution

Continual improvement

Empowerment

Transparency

Cross-functional collaboration

CI/CD experience

Scaled agile frameworks

Analytical and communication skills

Agile adoption in cross-functional org

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Job description

American Airlines in Fort Worth, TX seeks a Scrum Lead to drive agile delivery across digital products. You will coach teams, promote empirical product planning, and remove impediments to accelerate value delivery.

You will lead through servant leadership, foster transparency, and coach Product Owners with backlog management techniques. The role requires strong collaboration across functions in a high-performing environment.