Project Manager II (Scrum Master) - Core Enterprise Data and Analytics, IS Core

Posted 23 Days Ago
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Seattle, WA
80K-125K Annually
3-5 Years Experience
Logistics • Transportation • 3PL: Third Party Logistics
The Role
As a Scrum Master for the Core Enterprise Data and Analytics group, you will guide a team of developers in Agile practices, lead project management efforts, and facilitate communication with stakeholders. Key responsibilities include coaching, ceremony facilitation, dependency management, and tracking progress to ensure timely delivery of core applications that enhance logistics reporting.
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Company Description

“We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business” -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder

Global supply chain management is what we do, but at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics.

  • 18,000 trained professionals
  • 350+ locations worldwide across 60+ countries
  • Fortune 500
  • Globally unified systems

Job Description

We're seeking a technical Scrum Master to join our Core Enterprise Data and Analytics Group, a team dedicated to shaping the quality of our data used for logistics reporting. You'll be responsible for guiding our team of talented developers in developing core applications that enable management of customer data, driving superior supply chain execution and reporting for Expeditors and our customers. Our dynamic, cloud environment provides a powerful platform for analyzing data and supporting strategic business decisions. Your project management skills will be essential in ensuring that our team delivers on time and meets our goals.

Responsibilities:

  • Agile Coaching: Coach the team in Agile principles, values, and practices, ensuring adherence to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) guidelines. Ensure adherence to standards and best practices.
  • Team Leadership: Lead the team in self-organization, ensuring quality software delivery with predictability, efficiency, and velocity.
  • Ceremony Facilitation: Conduct Agile ceremonies like daily stand-ups, iteration planning, iteration reviews, and iteration retrospectives.
  • Positive Environment: Foster a positive and productive team culture, encouraging collaboration and teamwork.
  • Stakeholder Communication: Effectively communicate with stakeholders to address their needs and expectations while providing timely information. Serve as a point of contact for project teams.
  • Dependency Management: Proactively manage dependencies and ensure committed work is delivered on time. Coordinate projects across teams.
  • Contextual Understanding: Understand the context and status of each feature and story within the iteration plan. Keep the team organized and focused on goals.
  • PI Planning Collaboration: Collaborate with the Program Manager in administering quarterly Planning Interval (PI) sessions.
  • Impediment Removal: Identify and remove impediments, escalating issues as needed. Efficiently resolve issues and conflicts.
  • Continuous Improvement: Promote a mindset of relentless and continuous improvement.
  • Progress Tracking: Track work completion and report progress. Provide metrics for the team and Agile Release Train, such as capacity, planned/actual velocity, and story point burn down.

This position is on-site and will reside in the greater Seattle, WA. area at one of the following locations depending on availability. Candidates must be local or willing to relocate. Relocation assistance is not offered for this position.

  • Downtown Seattle
  • Federal Way
  • Lynnwood
  • Bellevue (Factoria)

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • 3-5+ years of Project Management or Scrum Master experience, or experience in related fields (e.g., software development, IS, or Agile leadership).
  • Working knowledge of Agile development methodologies, especially Scrum and SAFe.
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Excellent communication and execution skills.
  • Continuous learner with a growth mindset and a desire for improvement.
  • Strong problem-solving skills, collaboration abilities, and organizational skills.
  • Assertive personality, interpersonal skills, and a focus on action and results.
  • Ability to inspire, coach, mentor, and motivate team members.
  • Ability to navigate and execute effectively in ambiguous situations.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience managing 3rd Party Vendors.
  • Knowledge of Azure, Data Fabric, and/or cloud data engineering.
  • Experience working in cloud data engineering, Azure, and data warehouses.
  • Strong technical acumen.
  • SAFe Scrum Master certification or similar.
  • Experience working in cross-functional Agile teams to deliver results within deadlines.
  • Understanding of the transportation/logistics industry.

Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not transfer or sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (such as an H-1B visa) for this opportunity.

Additional Information

Expected base salary: $80,000 to $125,000

Expeditors offers excellent benefits:

  • Paid vacation
  • Holidays (10)
  • Flexible Days (2)
  • Paid Sick Time (accrual rate of 1 hour of sick time per 30 hours paid)
  • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental & Vision Coverage
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Life and Disability Insurance
  • Paid Parental Leave (additional eligibility criteria)
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DC FSA)
  • Commuter Benefit
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Training and Personnel Development Program
  • Educational Assistance and Reimbursement
  • Position is full time (40 hours per week) Monday through Friday 
  • Business professional dress code

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO Guidelines.

Top Skills

Agile
Scrum
The Company
HQ: Seattle, WA
15,812 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1979

What We Do

Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. As a Fortune 500 (374) company, we employ over 16,500 trained professionals in a worldwide network of over 320 locations across six continents. Expeditors is focused on the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through customized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems. Our services include air and ocean freight consolidation and forwarding, vendor consolidation, customs clearance, cargo insurance, distribution and other value-added logistics services.

We pride ourselves on being a solutions-based organization that takes the time to understand each customer's individual business needs. As a non-asset based organization, we have considerable flexibility when managing customers'​ supply chains. Our relationships with local suppliers and global air and ocean partners provides our customers with the best routing and pricing options. Expeditors'​ comprehensive, flexible spectrum of services is supported by leading-edge information technology providing the highest level of end to end visibility.

To maintain consistent quality and customer service across the globe, Expeditors has regional headquarters located in London, Dubai, Shanghai and Singapore.

At Expeditors, our industry professionals, award winning processes and globally unified systems ensure that we always live up to our promise, "You'd be surprised how far we'll go for you."​

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