Scrum Master

Who We Are

At Platform Science, we’re working to connect everything that moves.

Founded in 2015, we are an open IoT platform that partners with innovative fleets, application developers, vehicle manufacturers, and equipment providers in the transportation industry to deliver revolutionary solutions to supply chain professionals across the globe.

Our employees are an engaging, diverse group of people who believe in the power of great ideas. We hire people with different experiences and perspectives to build a company culture that fuels growth through innovation.

We value thoughtful actions and empathy for others.  We approach challenges with resiliency and creativity, while encouraging transparency because, no matter our backgrounds or responsibilities, we are one team.

About the Role

You are a Scrum Master with experience facilitating the learning and growth of one or more Agile teams in developing a Lean-Agile mindset, improving practices, and guiding them to more predictable delivery.

You are experienced in facilitating Agile events and cadences, guiding customer value delivery, and supporting teams in establishing and managing effective practices related to: workflow visualization, WIP limits, flow management, feedback loops, and continuous improvements.

You have intermediate knowledge of Agile, Lean, Scrum, and Kanban to help shift the team from ‘Doing Agile’ to ‘Being Agile’.

You are highly skilled in facilitation at the team level as well as in partnership with Engineering, Product, and Operations.

Essential Responsibilities

Backlog Management Practices

• Works with Product Managers and team members to learn and practice healthy backlog management and prioritization practices
• Facilitates the execution and improvement of backlog refinement
• Prepares for and facilitates release planning with teams
• Assists in dependency management and cross team coordination

Agile Event Facilitation

• Facilitates continuous improvement and the development of a learning culture on teams
• Facilitates Agile events, collaboration, communication, and conflict management
• Teaches new team members Agile-Lean values, principles, methods and frameworks, practices, and processes
• Influences the organization in the removal of organizational impediments and development of healthy Agile practices
• Mentors Product Managers and team members in agile practices and continuous improvement

Delivery Team Support

• Helps identify and mitigate impediments to the team’s Flow & Service Level Expectations
• Acts as a buffer between external distractions to minimize disruptions – champions “Stop Starting – Start Finishing” behaviors
• Assists in the facilitation of operational issue resolution
• Facilitates team development, mediates conflict, and encourages healthy team dynamics.
• Fosters team responsibility, self-accountability, transparency and self-organization
• Leverages coaching skills to help the team learn to solve its own problems
• Facilitates Product deliverable forecasting leverage empirical team delivery metrics.

Advice and Guidance

• Introduces and encourages team to explore healthy Agile development practices, focus on quality and technical excellence, predictable delivery, automation, and continuous delivery
• Teaches and encourages a balanced backlog that delivers valuable features for customers, reduces technical debt, provides business value, and enables product sustainability
• Helps the team to develop, capture, and analyze metrics to facilitate team improvements
• Promotes transparency through healthy communications and data integrity

Key Responsibilities

• Coaches the Lean-Agile mindset
• Coaches team in Kanban principles and practices
• Facilitates continuous improvement
• Assists Product Roadmap management and options selection
• Helps team manage and improve flow leveraging limiting WIP,  feedback loop improvements, and establishment of outcome focused policies
• Facilitates transparency of metrics, impediment removal, collaboration, and coordination
• Facilitates & supports establishment of continuous learning & continuous improvement

Experience

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree or related field or equivalent combination of industry related professional experience and education
• Work experience in a related industry
• 3+ years of working experience as a Scrum Master or Scrum Master with Kanban
• Working experience in more than one of the following Lean-Agile methods or frameworks: Kanban, Scrum with Kanban, Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), Lean applied to Knowledge Work

Desirable

• Scrum Master certification or equivalent certified professional
• Working experience with non-SAFe Agility scaling, such as LeSS, Nexus, or the Flight Levels Model
• Kanban experience and knowledge working with Lean-Kanban product technology and services teams
• Kanban or equivalent certification – Professional Kanban 1 Certification (PK1), Kanban Management Professional (KMP) or higher
• Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK)

Platform Science Benefits Highlights

The company offers various benefits to regular, full-time employees including: 

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurances
• AD&D and life insurance
• 401k plan
• Paid vacation, sick leave and holidays
• Six weeks of paid parental leave

For more information please see the Benefits Highlights brochure for regular, full-time employees.

In addition, you can access the Benefit Highlights brochure for regular, full-time employees by copying and pasting the link into your browser: https://www.platformscience.com/benefits

Our job titles for each posting may span across more than one job level. The estimated base salary for this role is between $78,923 and $131,250. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target range for new hire base salaries across all US locations. Compensation packages are based on many factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, work experience, relevant trainings and certifications, business needs, market demands and specific geographical location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, and benefits.
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