Columbia is growing! A lot! Adding buildings and products and a great deal of revenue. And to help us with that growth and all of the projects that growth creates, we need a solid senior Scrum Master. This is a key role here and calls for someone with senior skills in Scrum. We have good people here but need someone who can coach and mentor other team members, facilitate work and guide 5 or more Scrum teams. Is this you? Could you flourish in a growing, positive, welcoming organization? Then we want to hear from you!
Yes, this role will mentor other Scrum Masters, as well as Product Owners, teaching them and guiding them when they need coaching. And letting them run when they have everything in hand. At Columbia, our Scrum Masters function much like a conduit between the business, the development team and the project managers. And we are dealing with some very large-scale projects, involving up to 150 people.
We are looking for a senior person who has a very solid e-commerce background, is an Agile guru who can improve a team and is adept with bugs and other issue solutions. If you have some kind of advanced Scrum Master certification and the ability to work cross-functionally, we want to meet you! You will certainly be empowered in this role, will be comfortable acting autonomously.
This Scrum Master III position is responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating Agile Scrum teams to achieve a high level of performance, velocity, and quality in delivering projects that provide exceptional business value. This role will interact heavily with P.O.s across our eCommerce business landscape.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Work with Product Owners, Business Stakeholders, User experience group and digital technology team to successfully create meaningful epics and user-stories.
Schedule and facilitate and respect all Scrum rituals, including sprint planning sessions, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint demos, and sprint retrospectives.
Maintain the Scrum teamâs capacity plan, Scrum board, sprint backlog, velocity charts and burn down charts using Jira as the framework.
Assist the team with implementing effective agile disciplinary practices creating meaningful ways of working artifacts that help remind their teams of their commitments to each other and our partners.
Identify and communicate potential risks to the completion of the Sprint, including resources, costs, and external dependencies, with proactive escalation as appropriate.
Provide timely communication to stakeholders and leadership throughout the Sprint.
Support cross-team coordination and collaborations
At a team level, playing a consultative role to help facilitate communication and the appropriate people, process, and tools and coaching and mentoring members of the team as needed to optimize efficiency.
REQUIREMENTS
Bachelorâs degree in Business, Computer Science, Accounting, or related field
6+ years of experience as a Scrum Master overseeing large, complex projects in a high-tech development environment with multi-function teams
Second-level Scrum Master Certification (CSM, CSP)
Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as in-depth knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment
A proven track record of successfully implementing projects using Agile methodologies including prior experience with SCRUM/Agile methodologies with enterprise-level application development projects
Strong level of technical background to provide highly-credible leadership and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues
Possesses strong written and oral communication skills, writes structured and compelling messaging, and tailors presentation style that lend to sharing the vision and stories of the project
Must have strong experience implementing and running Scrum of Scrums
Experience of managing projects in JIRA and Confluence; providing software training and mentoring to team members as needed
Experienced using Agile performance metrics to drive accountability and continuous improvement
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Columbia Sportswear Company and our portfolio of brands, including Columbia, SOREL, Mountain Hardwear and prAna, know a thing or two about adventures. After all, we’ve been on one for over 70 years, constantly working to perfect the art and enjoyment of the greater outdoors. Behind everything we make is an employee who’s found that the greatest adventure starts with joining a company that offers them much more than just a paycheck.
This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position’s scope and function in the company.
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At Columbia Sportswear Company (CSC), we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. CSC believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
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