Scrum Master

Founded in 1866, The Sherwin-Williams Company is a global leader in the manufacture, development, distribution, and sale of paints, coatings and related products to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers. The company manufactures products under well-known brands such as Sherwin-Williams®, Valspar®, HGTV HOME® by Sherwin-Williams, Dutch Boy®, Krylon®, Minwax®, Thompson’s® Water Seal®, Cabot® and many more. Sherwin-Williams® branded products are sold exclusively through a chain of more than 4,100 company-operated stores and facilities, while the company’s other brands are sold through leading mass merchandisers, home centers, independent paint dealers, hardware stores, automotive retailers, and industrial distributors. The company supplies a broad range of highly-engineered industrial and OEM coatings for wood and general industrial, coil, packaging, protective and marine, and transportation applications worldwide. Our 60,000 employees are diverse, innovative and passionate. With a variety of rewarding and challenging opportunities, Sherwin-Williams is a great place to find a career that takes you places.

The Scrum Master is an inward facing organizer and facilitator who will work with a delivery team on projects and/or application(s). This individual will be responsible for facilitating team activities, developing and tracking metrics, and reporting all project activities for a delivery team. Encouraging teams to adhere to Agile values and team norms will be a crucial component of this position.

Essential Functions
Strategy & Planning

• Share Agile best practices with the Enterprise.
• Actively participate, both internally and externally, in the Agile community.
• Motivate teams while promoting Agile values.

Acquisition & Deployment

• Facilitate collaborative activities within the Agile delivery team.
• Champion Agile principles, values, and practices.
• Facilitate the development and accountability of team norms.
• Track delivery team process, ensuring sustainable pace and quality.
• Promote continuous improvement within the Agile delivery team.
• Identify and eliminate any impediments beyond the team’s authority.
• Collaborate with other project leadership to effectively manage risks and coordinate mitigation efforts.
• Collaborate with external teams/groups to create awareness and facilitate execution of delivery team goals.
• Provide transparency to the team and stakeholders by ensuring metrics are relevant, available, and up-to-date.

Operational Management

• Create and maintain work effort reports.
• Provide business reports to management and clients as assigned.
• Insure adherence to Agile processes and methodologies.

Incidental Functions

• Assist with other projects as required to contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the work.
• Prepare and lead presentations to team members and executives.
• Minimal travel as required
• Work outside the standard office 7.5 hour workday as required.

Position Requirements
Formal Education & Certification

• Bachelor degree in IT, Business or related field or equivalent experience.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), PMI Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) preferred.

Knowledge & Experience

• 2+ years IT and/or Business experience.
• 2+ years hands on experience managing IT projects.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications and Project Management tools.
• Experience with Agile project methodology.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience working with external partners preferred.

Personal Attributes

• Good analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Proven ability and initiative to learn and research new concepts, ideas, and technologies quickly.
• Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Ability to transform an idea or need into a completed solution or work product.

Preferred Candidate Identified.

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status now or in the future.