Scrum Master

Meijer Inc.; Grand Rapids (MI); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Scheduling flexibility

Paid parental leave

Paid education assistance

Team member discount

Development programs for advancement

Job summary

Meijer Inc. in Grand Rapids, MI invites experienced Scrum Master to lead Agile teams within Meijer ITS. You will drive value delivery by guiding SAFe ceremonies, aligning teams to PI Objectives, and mentoring team members.

The role emphasizes servant leadership and collaboration across product owners, developers, and QA to ensure successful increments. The position follows a hybrid schedule: Monday-Wednesday at the Grand Rapids corporate office, Thursday-Friday remote.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS/IS/Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience as Scrum Master, RTE, or PM in Fuel, POS, or Retail is required.
• SAFe for Teams certification (SA) is preferred.
• Proven track record leading high-visibility Agile initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead Agile teams and align with PI Objectives to deliver value.
• Provide high-level technical/functional guidance for new and existing systems.
• Remove impediments and enable self-organization.
• Facilitate discussions, decisions, and conflict resolution to achieve value.
• Collaborate with Product Owner to groom product backlog.

Skills

Scrum Master

SAFe

Servant Leadership

Facilitation

Agile Methodologies

Communication

Mentoring

Cross-functional teamwork

Conflict Resolution

Project Management

PI Objectives

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Engineering or related field

Job description

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!

Meijer Rewards

• Weekly pay
• Scheduling flexibility
• Paid parental leave
• Paid education assistance
• Team member discount
• Development programs for advancement and career growth

The purpose of this job role is to provide leadership of Scrum activities for Agile teams within Meijer ITS. The person filling this role will work with business product owners, developers, and quality analysts to drive value delivery and will participate in all phases of Agile software development. This position provides overall business process and technical guidance, acting as a subject matter expert and leader for an Agile team.

Position will follow our hybrid schedule: Monday-Wednesday in Grand Rapids MI corporate office, Thursday-Friday remote. Not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

What You'll be Doing:

• This role will be held accountable to the following Key Deliverables/Responsibilities:
• Provides leadership and high-level technical or functional consultation for new systems development and for the enhancement of existing systems.
• Alignment of teams to the Program Increment (PI) Objectives and delivery of value. Guidance for the team relating to utilization of Agile practices and how to best ensure successful self-organization.
• Ability to lead without explicit authority. Removal of impediments to the teams’ success.
• Facilitation of discussion, decision-making, and conflict resolution in support of attainment of value without coercion or dictating the work to be completed.
• Support of and collaboration with the Product Owner (= business owner) with respect to grooming and maintaining the product work backlog.
• Facilitates SAFe ceremonies for the Agile team. Understands Agile principles and systems thinking.

What You Bring with You (Qualifications):

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Business Information Systems, Engineering, Organizational Management, or related discipline or equivalent work experience and technical training is required.
• Prior experience in a Scrum Master, RTE or Project Management Role in Fuel, POS, or Retail required
• Experience in being a key driver and enforcer on high visibility initiatives and complex projects.
• SAFe for Teams certification (SA)
• Strong skills in managing high profile projects with many complex/new integrations and many dependencies across the organization and vendors
• 5 years performing in a developer, software engineer, application engineer or business analyst role.
• Knowledge of and/or experience with the Scaled Agile (SAFe) framework.
• Proficient skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, relentless improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
• An understanding of how to apply the principles, practices, and theory of the Scrum Master role in Agile development.
• Comprehensive knowledge of and experience with Agile process, tools, and techniques, including Program Kanban boards, User Story writing, Burndown techniques, and Retrospective facilitation.
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills.
• Strong knowledge and experience in developing large systems or many smaller systems.
• Strong knowledge of Agile software development processes and techniques.
• Understanding and translating complex technical concepts into easy to understand business language.
• Strong leadership and team building skills. Ability to work well on cross-functional Agile teams and foster team commitment to tasks.
• Ability to navigate intra-team conflicts and drive resolution.

We opened our doors more than 85 years ago with the goal of helping people provide for themselves and their family. Today we’re a multi-billion dollar retailer with more than 70,000 employees across six states. Our Midwest geography includes corporate offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan, plus manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and over 240 stores across Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Meijer is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are committed to treating all persons with dignity and respect. Meijer's policy is to not discriminate because of any applicant or team member's race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, age, physical or mental disability, uniformed service or veteran status, or any other lawfully-protected classification. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of your application, please click here to submit your request. Submissions that are not seeking help to complete the application due to a disability will not be responded to.