Sr Scrum Master

Position Title: Senior Scrum Master (P4)

Company Summary:

Crown Castle is the nation’s largest provider of shared communications infrastructure: towers, small cells and fiber. It all works together to meet unprecedented demand-connecting people and communities and transforming the way we do business. Whenever you make a call, track a workout or stream music and videos, we’re the ones providing the communications infrastructure that makes it all possible. From 5G and the internet of things to drones, autonomous vehicles and AR/VR, we enable the technologies that help people stay safe, connected and ready for the future. Crown Castle is publicly traded on the S&P 500, and one of the largest Real Estate Investment Trusts in the US, with an enterprise value of ~$70B.

We offer a total benefits package and professional growth development for teammates in any stage of their career. Along with caring for our teammates, we’re an active member in the communities where we live, work and do business. We have a responsibility to give back, which we do through our Connected by Good program. Giving back allows us to improve public spaces where people connect, promote public safety and advance access to education and technology.

Role

Crown Castle’s Data & Digital team has been evolving its capabilities across all technology functions, investing in the team, technology, data, and processes. The Data and Digital team is leading innovation by developing microservice and event- based solutions across products, applications, platforms, and data utilizing open source technologies in the cloud to drive Crown Castle’s technology evolution.

As a Sr Scrum Master, you are responsible for ensuring teams embrace agile principles by serving as a coach and guide to establish an environment where the team can be most effective in delivering value with high quality. You’ll focus on leading the development teams and product owners to deliver new functionality to the business through Agile/Scrum development concepts and principles.

Responsibilities

  • Guide multiple scrum teams on Agile/Scrum principles and practices
  • Lead inexperienced teams and coach them to a higher level of maturity, developing self-organized teams
  • Assess the maturity of multiple scrum teams and coach the teams to higher levels of maturity
  • Remove impediments or guide the team to remove impediments
  • Build a trusting and safe team environment
  • Understand the value of commitments made by the team(s) and hold them accountable to their commitments
  • Leads internal and external communication for their Scrum Teams
  • Support the Product Owner with respect to refining and maintaining the product backlog
  • Organize and facilitate ceremonies, recommend, and execute on improvement opportunities to optimize velocity and while mitigating risk
  • Tracks and communicates the overall team progress providing visibility to stakeholders
  • Protect the team(s) from outside influences to ensure the team remains focused on Scrum Team priorities
  • Provide coaching to the team(s), including newly formed teams, on how to execute the Scrum Framework

Expectations

  • A principally based servant leader with excellent skills and knowledge of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
  • Enthusiastic learner and contributor on the Agile Center of Excellence team
  • Ability to encourage, motivate, and guide individuals or teams in learning and improving effectiveness through agile coaching concepts and methods
  • Demonstrate a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive as well as the ability to work well with diverse teams.
  • Ability to effectively articulate and document technical challenges and solutions to business users and other technical teams
  • Seeks to develop compelling insights and logical arguments to persuade others.
  • Demonstrate curiosity and flexibility to diverse styles and perspectives that could drive business outcomes

Education/Certifications/Licenses

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
  • Advanced Scrum Master certification or equivalent experience
  • Scaled Certification (SAFe SM) is preferred

Experience/Minimum Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience as a Scrum Master for agile team(s)
  • Experience leading multiple teams
  • Experience applying different agile techniques to optimize the team’s effectiveness

Working Conditions: This is a remote role with the expectation of occasional on-site/in-person collaboration with teammates and stakeholders that may require up to 20% travel.

For NYC, Colorado, California, and Washington state residents: The hiring range offered for this position is $120,000 – $135,000 annually. In addition to salary, employees are eligible for an annual bonus of up to 20% of annual salary and restricted stock. Employees (and their families) are eligible for medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan. Employees will also receive 18 days of paid time off each year and 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Job Category
Data and Analytics
Job Type
Full Time/Permanent
Salary
USD 120,000.00 - 135,000.00 per year
Country
United States
City
Cecil
Career Level
unspecified
Company
Crown Castle
JOB SOURCE
https://recruiting2.ultipro.com/CRO1010CCUSA/JobBoard/74c30440-80fa-4099-8981-2e10b7193d27/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=2e4ef8bc-6c9f-4e9a-a653-7c334c96a1c8