Scrum Master

Our client is seeking a Scrum Master for a 6-month contract in Irving, TX. Will be working in an onsite schedule.

Contract Duration: 6 Months

Required Skills & Experience

• 6+ years of experience in SDLC with at least 4 years of experience as a scrum master for more than 1 team across various geographical areas.
• 6+ years of experience with Agile Scrum, Kanban methodologies and metrics especially SAFE.
• 6+ years experiences working with project tracking software like Jira.
• Assessing and leading scrum team(s), organization and coaching to higher level of maturity.
• Facilitate agile team ceremonies, participate and contribute to daily synchronization meetings.
• Very strong and proven project management experience with focus on First time right & quality SW development.
• Experience facilitating the estimation and planning for creation of useful, reliable and practical plans for next Program Increment and support Product management Team in high level estimation of the product roadmap.
• Experience with servant leadership, confident and inspirational, able to convey goal and purpose, while encouraging self-organization
• Good understanding of product life cycle management.
• Strong Investigation, Analytical and Problem-Solving skills
• Good communication and documentation skills.
• Experience assisting Product Managers/ Owners, System Architect and stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Certified Scrum Master.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Familiarity with code versioning tools - Git (Gitlab), Jira and Confluence.
• Exposure to retail industry, experience with e-commerce applications.

What You Will Be Doing

• As a Scrum Master, you are joining a multidisciplinary team of product owners, designers and engineers who create digital products that thousands of people experience every day.?We are seeking a creative, hands-on, talented scrum master to be a member of the 7-Eleven Global platform development team. Your primary responsibilities will be,
• Managing multiple scrum teams and projects.
• Own project deliverables with right quality, execution/monitoring working with cross functional teams.
• Work with engineering managers for resource commitments & hold the teams accountable for quality & timely deliverables.
• Support teams in project planning by defining and estimating work including defining of tasks, stories.
• Removing impediments for the team with tenacity and urgency.
• Encourages collaboration between teams, Suppliers, Architects and Engineers.
• Guiding and coaching the project teams in technology as and when applicable.
• Playing a leadership role for the overall project/program success.
• Why choose 7-Eleven? Because we are disruptors. We are makers. We are innovators. We are here to make a lasting change, and that change starts with you.
  

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.