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Currently, Meijer is seeking an Advanced Scrum Master for our NextGen Point of Sale (POS) solution team. This team is building a best in class POS solution using the latest technologies. The Advanced Scrum Master provides leadership of Scrum activities, overall business process and technical guidance, and acts as a subject matter expert for an Agile team. The Advanced Scrum Master will work with business product owners, developers, and quality analysts to drive value delivery and will participate in all phases of Agile software development..
What You'll be Doing:
Act as subject matter expert for SAFe and for the business area to coach team members on Agile principles, LEAN, systems thinking, business process, system design, and alternative solutions as appropriate. Ability to mentor other Scrum Masters on the train.
Provides leadership and high-level technical or functional consultation for new Point of Sale systems development.
Alignment of teams to the Program Increment (PI) Objectives and consistent 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
What You Bring with You (Qualifications):
Bachelor’s or 12 years' experience (or comparable combination of education and related experience).
Scrum Master certification.
Any SAFe certification or training is preferred.
Must have proven experience leading multiple scrum teams concurrently
Experience performing in a developer, software engineer, application engineer, or business analyst role.
Experience with Retail Point of Sale and/or payment systems is preferred.
Knowledge of and/or experience with the Scaled Agile (SAFe) framework.
Excellent communication and mentoring skills.
Skilled at presenting and participating in Program-level Agile ceremonies, such as ART Sync, Feature Grooming, and PI Planning events.
Leads application of 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.
Understanding and translating complex technical concepts into easy to understand business language.
Strong knowledge of Agile software development processes and techniques.
Experience with large/multiple projects.
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.
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