Job Title
Purpose of the role
At Navitaire, the Principal Scrum Master is accountable for accelerating the flow of value delivery at the Agile team level by embracing and promoting the Lean-Agile values and principles. Facilitates the team and scaled agile ceremonies and is the guardian of the Scrum/Kanban artifacts; communicates with stakeholders, mentors less experienced colleagues, escalates impediments, helps manage risks, and strives to improve this all in a robust way, restlessly.
In this role you'll:
Coach team leaders and team members in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets
Responsible for implementing Agile (Scrum, Kanban) best practices by federating & coaching stakeholders on adopting Agile mindset
Facilitate Agile events and stakeholder collaboration, as well as sync meetings as required.
Foster an environment of mutual influence, encourage personal development, and support the commitment made by the Agile team.
Support team members with problem identification and decision-making
Identify and implement techniques to improve team effectiveness utilizing an empirical approach
Manage risk and dependencies and cause the removal of impediments
Summarize Team goals and communicate to team members and stakeholders for visibility and transparency
Collaborate and coach Product Owners and other stakeholders and help create and maintain a value-focused team backlog
Collaborate with Product Management and portfolio leads to create long-term delivery plans and forecasts
Collaborate with Agile coaches and contribute to org-level Agile transformation
Coach teams to improve predictability and transparency
Coach individuals and teams to optimize their flow of value
Coach individuals and teams to monitor metrics and analytics using real-time data and dashboards
About the ideal candidate:
BA or BS or equivalent experience is required. Masters degree preferred
Minimum 10 years of experience with software development methodologies and agile development
Minimum 8 years of experience as a ScrumMaster, Product Owner, RTE, or Agile Coach
Experience working with multiple Agile teams working from a single product backlog in a scaled environment
Proficient in technical knowledge to support and provide highly credible leadership to various cross-functional Agile teams
Ability to operate effectively in a highly complex environment with critical business importance and collaborate with stakeholders to drive process improvements at both team and portfolio levels.
Proficient with tools such as Github, Azure Dev Ops (ADO), Jira, Rally, VersionOne, etc
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Sharepoint, Confluence, etc
Experience querying data and building reports using PowerBI
Airline or travel industry experience is helpful
Certifications from Scrum.org, PMI, SAFe, Scrum Alliance, LeSS, or similar
Expert understanding of project management principles and vendor management
Experience overseeing multiple cross-functional teams with at least 5-7 team members each
Strong technical knowledge of cloud computing
Open to work in a hybrid set-up.
Diversity & Inclusion
Amadeus aspires to be a leader in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the tech industry, enabling every employee to reach their full potential by fostering a culture of belonging and fair treatment, attracting the best talent from all backgrounds, and as a role model for an inclusive employee experience.
Amadeus is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, beliefs, disability or any other characteristics protected by law.
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What We Do
Travel powers progress. Amadeus powers travel. Amadeus’ solutions connect travelers to the journeys they want, linking them via travel agents, search engines and tour operators to airlines, airports, hotels, cars and railways.
Technology has always been critical to developing global travel, increasing scale, choice and access. We have developed our technology in partnership with the travel industry for 30 years.
We combine a deep understanding of how people travel with the ability to design and deliver the most complex, trusted, and critical systems our customers need.
