Scrum Master in Chicago, IL

Scrum Master - Therma-Tru Doors - Chicago, IL - work from home job Company: Therma-Tru Doors Job description: Job Description The Scrum Master serves as a change agent and helps facilitate the scrum process, protects the team from interference, and removes obstacles so that the team can deliver the sprint goal. Working alongside the Product Owner, this role aligns the team with the vision, sprint goals, and other key objectives. They remove impediments, coach external distractions, and help create a safe working environment for the team. They are innovators who constantly seek continuous improvement to guide and build higher performing teams. The Scrum Master has a primary responsibility to help the self-organizing, self-managing team achieve its goals. POSITION LOCATION: This position is eligible for a fully remote work schedule with all work performed remotely. RESPONSIBLIITIES: • Facilitates daily scrums, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and sprint planning meetings. • Serves as a coach and mentor to the team, helping build a high-performing group and strengthening understandings of agile/scrum concepts and principles. • Prioritizes transparency and communication to build trust with business leaders. • Identifies and implements ways to strengthen agile teams and the organization through agile/scrum concepts and principles. • Ensures agile team's actions are aligned with the project goals and vision and that the agile team's progress and successes are highly visible to all stakeholders. • Assists the Product Owner and the agile team in identifying trade-offs between short- and long-term benefits to drive shared vision. • Fosters communication and close cooperation between all team members, encouraging cross-training and mutual support. • Works with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of scrum in the organization. • Shields the team from external interferences and removes all impediments to the team's success. SKILLS & ABILITIES: • Understanding of flow metrics like cycle time, flow efficiency, cumulative flow, etc. and ability to implement what makes sense. • Confident and skillful ability to navigate teams through roadblocks impeding delivery progress. • Able to resolve conflicts within the team before they become an issue, i.e., strong mediator. • Experience facilitating meetings, identifying risks/dependencies/impediments, and handling multiple priorities at once. • Brings high-energy, passionate outlook, and the ability to positively influence those around them. • Ability to build trust and rapport, creating a comfortable and effective work environment. • Knowledgeable about various agile methodologies and skilled in coaching scrum and kanban teams. • Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills, with the ability to coach and mentor all roles on a scrum team. • Good understanding of technology-enabled business transformation, digital transformation, organizational transformation, and delivering enterprise-level IT and digital projects. • Skilled at navigating complex organizational structures and dynamics. QUALIFICATIONS: • Bachelor's degree in relevant field. • 4+ years of relevant work experience with agile, scrum, or kanban. • Agile Certifications, preferably via Scrum.org (PSM I, PSM II, PSK I) or ProKanban.org (PK I). • 3+ years of experience in leadership or project team role preferred. • Extensive experience with JIRA/Confluence or other software to help agile teams visualize their work. Additional Information Hiring Pay Range: $95,000 - $148,500 • Actual pay will vary based on qualifications and other factors Company Description: At Fortune Brands Innovations, we believe that our innovation and success are fueled by the passion of our people and the strength of our teams. Together, we work to fulfill dreams of home by aligning around common goals, being agile in the face of change, holding ourselves accountable, and acting with integrity and transparency. We succeed when everyone belongs and strive to build a Home for All where all associates can be their true, authentic selves at work. Learn more about our culture At Fortune Brands Innovations, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates' unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy), inclusive fertility / adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) to support inclusivity and our associates' feeling of belonging at work. Fortune Brands Innovation (FBIN) is built on industry-leading brands and innovation within our operating segments: water, outdoors and security. We have an impressive track record of strong financial results, market outperformance and growth, which translates into career and professional growth opportunities for associates. Please visit our website at to learn more Equal Employment Opportunity FBIN is an equal opportunity employer. FBIN evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability/handicap status, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Reasonable Accommodations FBIN is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please contact us at and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information. Scrum Master - Therma-Tru Doors - Chicago, IL - work from home job Expected salary: $95000 - 148500 per year Location: Chicago, IL Scrum Master - Therma-Tru Doors - Chicago, IL - work from home job Job date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 23:04:17 GMT Apply for the job now! Scrum Master - Therma-Tru Doors - Chicago, IL - work from home job