NRG is the leading integrated power company in the U.S., built on the strength of our diverse competitive electric generation portfolio and leading retail electricity platform. A Fortune 500 company, NRG creates value through best-in-class operations, reliable and efficient electric generation, and a retail platform serving residential and commercial businesses. Working with electricity customers large and small, we implement sustainable solutions for producing and managing energy, developing smarter energy choices and delivering exceptional service as our retail electricity providers serve almost three million residential and commercial customers throughout the country.

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Job Summary:

The Sr. Scrum Master will support and lead multiple scrum teams in agile development and guide them towards product releases within set guidelines and serve as the servant leader for the team to ensure clear communication and organization of the team/program, along with maintaining the production backlog and release plan and facilitating the core scrum ceremonies and practices.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Acting as a peer mentor to other Scrum Masters and partners with Agile Coaches to drive agility scale throughout the organization
• Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers.
• Guiding the team on how to get the most out of self-organization
• Guiding the team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks.
• Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
• Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
• Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem-solving.
• Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
• Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially on grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
• Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example.

Working Conditions:

• Open office environment.
• Some overtime required as special projects arise.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 4 years of experience as a scrum master leading multiple software development project teams to deliver high-quality software solutions using Agile techniques
• Certified Scrum Master

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced agile certifications preferred
• Team or people leadership preferred
• Experience with facilitation, continuous improvement, empowerment, transparency and servant leadership

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to create and facilitate team level training
• Ability to lead multiple scrum teams
• Ability to serving as a team lead for junior level Scrum Masters
• Knowledge of Agile approaches – Kanban, Scrum, XP, etc.
• Knowledge and experience with Agile techniques – Automated Testing, User Stories, TDD, Continuous Integration, Testing, Pairing, Agile Games, etc
• Familiarity and experience with Agile Tools – (e.g., Rally, Jira, TFS, etc)

Physical Requirements:

• Job frequently requires prolonged sitting.

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Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant’s experience or skills.

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