Senior Scrum Lead

PTR Global; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

PTR Global in Irving, TX seeks an experienced Scrum Master to lead agile delivery across multiple teams. You will coach teams to apply Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe, remove impediments, and promote continuous improvement.

Responsibilities include facilitating events, maintaining backlog health with Product Owners, and fostering high-performing, collaborative teams that deliver high-value software increments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 5+ years serving as a Scrum Master, Scrum Lead, Agile Delivery Lead, or similar role.
• 7+ years working within Agile software development environments.
• Experience supporting medium-to-large scale enterprise technology initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead Agile delivery teams and remove impediments.
• Coach teams on Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe.
• Promote transparency on barriers to change, progress, and address impediments and opportunities.
• Facilitate events and foster self-organizing teams.
• Maintain backlog health and collaborate with Product Owners to deliver incremental value.

Skills

Agile delivery leadership

Scrum

Kanban

SAFe

Facilitation

Communication

Conflict resolution

Agile coaching

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Aha!

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Office

Job description

• Optimize the flow of value from generation of ideas to release
• Coach your team(s) to create high-value items, while eliminating or reducing rework, waste in the process, etc.
• Promote transparency on barriers to change, progress, and remove or seek assistance in addressing impediments and opportunities
• Enable your team(s) to practice Professional Scrum and other frameworks/techniques that drive agility
• Cultivate a habit of continuous learning (from prior increments, retrospectives, etc.), continuous experimentation, and continuous improvement to reach a high-performing state
• Coach your team(s) to understand (the why) and practice new ways of working
• Serve as internal trainers contributing to the learning and development of one or more team(s)
• Coach Product Owners/Managers with techniques for establishing empirical product planning and maintaining a healthy Product Backlog
• Maintain, share, and promote information radiators that enable inspection and adaptation
• Coach teams to self-organize and facilitate events, as necessary

Minimum Qualifications – Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 5+ years serving as a Scrum Master, Scrum Lead, Agile Delivery Lead, or similar role.
• 7+ years working within Agile software development environments.
• Experience supporting medium-to-large scale enterprise technology initiatives.

Top 3 Mandatory Skills and Experience

1. Agile Delivery Leadership

• Proven experience leading Agile delivery teams.
• Deep understanding of Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to drive execution and remove delivery impediments.

2. Agile Tool Expertise

Strong experience with:

• Aha!
• Microsoft Teams
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders across Product, Engineering, UX, Architecture, QA, and Business teams.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and conflict-resolution skills.

Nice-to-Have Skills and Experience

• SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)
• Experience supporting mobile application development teams
• Experience in the airline, travel, hospitality, or transportation industry
• Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD practices
• Experience with distributed and globally dispersed teams
• Familiarity with digital customer-facing applications
• Exposure to Lean Portfolio Management practices