Scrum Master

Sun Communities; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental & Vision

On-site gym

401(k) plan

Education reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

Sun Communities in the United States seeks a skilled Scrum Master to drive team performance by championing Agile practices, guiding multiple project teams, and removing obstacles to delivery. You will foster collaboration and enable teams to achieve commitments across releases.

You will facilitate ceremonies, mentor members, collaborate with stakeholders, and ensure alignment on backlog priorities, release plans, and quality throughout the software lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience as Scrum Master
• 1 year leading and facilitating Scrum ceremonies
• Experience with NetSuite
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Wrike experience preferred
• Must have a valid driver's license

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage, and deliver solutions using agile methods
• Improve Scrum team velocity and performance
• Ensure risk, security, and development requirements are met
• Communicate delivery status to stakeholders
• Facilitate Scrum events and ceremonies
• Mentor Scrum teams and support continuous improvement
• Coordinate release handoffs between Dev and QA
• Collaborate with onshore and offshore teams to manage schedules
• Prepare backlog status reports for stakeholders
• Promote prioritization and team readiness for releases
• Resolve issues by consulting peers and leaders

Skills

Agile/Scrum principles

Facilitation

Mentoring

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Wrike

NetSuite

Job description

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The Scrum Master drives team performance by championing Agile principles, fostering collaboration, and removing obstacles to delivery. This role guides teams in adopting and evolving Scrum practices, facilitates key ceremonies, mentors team members, and supports continuous improvement across multiple projects.

Job Duties

• Using agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions. (Essential)
• Optimize Scrum team velocity to identify improvement opportunities to achieve higher levels of team performance. (Essential)
• Deliver capabilities using agile practices while following the software development lifecycle, business process mapping, and various release processes to ensure all risk, security, and development requirements are met. (Essential)
• Collaborate with stakeholders to communicate delivery of work product from the teams and elevate key risks and issues impeding Scrum team effectiveness. (Essential)
• Training, mentoring, and supporting Scrum teams to follow agile values, principles, and practices.
• Scheduling and facilitating Scrum events, meetings, and decision‑making processes.
• Monitoring progress and performance and helping teams make improvements.
• Planning and organizing release handoff sessions between the Development and Quality Assurance teams.
• Facilitate planning and prioritization discussion for agile activities.
• Ability to work with onshore and offshore teams, managing schedules and expectations of Scrum teams.
• Preparing and presenting backlog status reports to stakeholders.
• Guide the teams to follow agile and Scrum practices to promote prioritization, team readiness, and commitment for each release.
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals.
• Receive direction from leaders and exercise independent judgment while developing the knowledge to understand function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements.
• Train the Scrum team and serve as a mentor to less experienced staff.
• Determining and managing tasks, issues, risks, and action items.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED (Required)
• Bachelor's Degree (Required)
• 3 years in experience as a Scrum Master (Required)
• 1 year in ability to lead and facilitate Scrum ceremonies (Required)
• Experience with NetSuite
• Strong knowledge of agile Scrum principles and practices
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem‑solving and analytical skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with functional and technical audiences
• Effective at working across organizational boundaries
• Extensive knowledge of Work Management Software, preferably Wrike
• Must have a valid driver's license
• Preferred Certifications/Licensures:(Certification in Agile methodologies, like Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM).)

BENEFITS

At Sun Communities, you will be part of an industry‑leading organization where you will be challenged, inspired, rewarded and transformed. We place a high priority on our team members, and this is a big part of what sets us apart. We will ask you to give us your very best every day, and will challenge you with interesting work, stretch assignments, a collaborative and supportive work environment and plenty of learning and growth. In exchange, we will reward you with great pay, advancement opportunities, paid time off, great benefits, and flexibility.

• Comprehensive Medical and Prescription coverage with 4plan optionsso you can choose the plan that best meets the needs of you and your family
• Comprehensive Dental and Vision Plans
• On‑Site Fitness Center
• Voluntary Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
• Life,Accidental Death &Dismemberment Insurance and Dependent Life
• Short and Long‑Term Disability Coverage
• 401(k) Plan with Sun matching contribution
• Employee Assistance Program
• Identity Theft Insurance
• Legal Assistance Plan
• Pet Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement program providing financial support to team members who further their formal education
• Vacation RV Site Discounts for team members when visiting Sun resorts across the nation
• Team Member Perks & Discounts program with hundreds of discounts on things like travel, merchandise, mobile phone service, and more
• Up to six weeks of paid parental leave for the birth of achild, adoption, or placement of a child
• Paid Time Off including tenholidays, vacation, personal, sick time, bereavement and pay for jury duty

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