At DICK’S Sporting Goods, we believe in how positively sports can change lives. On our team, everyone plays a critical role in creating confidence and excitement by personally equipping all athletes to achieve their dreams. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, reflecting the communities we serve.
If you are ready to make a difference as part of the world’s greatest sports team, apply to join our team today!
OVERVIEW:
DICK’S Sporting Goods Portfolio, Program and Technology Business Management group seeks a Lead Scrum Master with a proven track record of delivering world-class products within complex digital environments to advance our platform and applications. Our ideal candidate will bring a broad range of lean and agile experiences working within large-scale organizations with specific knowledge working with digital technologies and processes at scale.
Responsibilities:
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Responsible for guiding the development of an agile team into an effective delivery unit with a sustainable cadence
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Responsible for ensuring the team’s process evolves within organizational guidelines and standards of practice
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Must be able to nurture self-organizing, high performing teams through servant leadership and mentoring
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Encourage, support, and guide continuous improvement of the team, its products and processes
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Excellent communicator, able to gain the respect of the team, external stakeholders, and management
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Able to resolve conflict through arbitration, negotiation, reasoned discussion, or escalation
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Must be willing and able to identify problems, impediments, dependencies, and other team dysfunctions, and then facilitate quick resolution
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Must be able to facilitate the development process
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Uphold and defend, as well as coach and mentor, agile values and principles as expressed in the Agile Manifesto
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Skilled at creating a fully transparent development process
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Capable of being a scrum master for one to three scrum teams with a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work
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Facilitate agile activities and meetings, including sprint planning, retrospectives and sprint reviews
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Assist the product manager with keeping the backlog groomed
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Assist the team with implementing effective agile disciplinary practices
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Ensure cross-team coordination
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Reach out to the larger company network for impediment removal
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Maintain relevant metrics that provide organizational visibility and help the team see how they are doing
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Provide oversight and guidance to the Scrum Masters engaged on contract basis
QUALIFICATIONS:
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8+ years of relevant IT experience including strong understanding of customer/stakeholder relationships, business analysis, prioritization, estimation and capacity management
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Must have a thorough understanding of iterative/incremental software development
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Complete understanding of agile processes such as Scrum, XP and Kanban
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Must have recognized education in agile processes, certifications preferred
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Must have been a member of an agile team for at least 5 years
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Able to lead a team to make realistic and achievable delivery commitments
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Understand agile metrics and reporting techniques
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Experience to explain and promote agile engineering practices such as pair programming, continuous delivery, TDD, BDD and refactoring preferred
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Experience using Jira and Aha! to track and make visible sprint backlog, agile metrics and product roadmaps preferred
Targeted Pay Range: $95,200 - $158,800. This is part of a competitive total rewards package that could include other components such as: incentive, equity and benefits. Individual pay is determined by a number of factors including experience, location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We review all teammate pay regularly to ensure competitive and equitable pay.DICK'S Sporting Goods complies with all state paid leave requirements. We also offer a generous suite of benefits. To learn more, visit www.benefityourliferesources.com.
Top Skills
What We Do
YOU LIVE AND BREATHE SPORTS. SO DO WE.
In work and in life. On the field, the court or the ice. Nothing wins like a commitment to excellence; to your team and your goals. At DICK’S Sporting Goods, it’s this kind of thinking that inspires our mission.
Our culture is the result of people who give their all and always have their head in the game. People who are Passionate, Committed, Skilled and Driven to help athletes – and one another – achieve their personal best. That includes sharing our success to fund local teams, coaches and mentors.
Sports can shape who we are and who we’re becoming. They can build character, transform communities and change lives. Our recognition of the power of sports creates a sense of purpose that empowers us to perform at the highest level for the athletes and communities we serve.
If you love sports as much as we do, join us now. Opportunities exist at our 800+ Retail Stores, 5 Distribution Centers, and Corporate/Customer Support Center in Pittsburgh. Apply online at: DicksSportingGoods.jobs
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, DICK'S also owns and operates Golf Galaxy and House of Sport stores, as well as GameChanger, a youth sports mobile app for scheduling, communications, live scorekeeping and video streaming. DICK'S offers its products through a dynamic eCommerce platform that is integrated with its store network and provides athletes with the convenience and expertise of a 24-hour storefront.
To learn more about DICK'S visit our:
Investor Relations Page: investors.dicks.com
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