Senior Scrum Master

Job Description
Here at Kraft Heinz, we grow our people to grow our business, because we believe that great people make great companies. When you join our table, you can expect access to an array of holistic wellness benefits* and perks, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 7% 401(k) matching, Business Resource Groups (BRGs) to help foster diversity, inclusion, and belonging for all employees, an industry-leading total rewards package that emphasizes a high discretionary bonus.
*Benefits begin immediately upon hire for salaried employees.
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Senior Scrum Master at a glance...
You will requires a combination of Agile expertise, business acumen, and leadership skills. The successful candidate will facilitate Agile practices, connect with business stakeholders, and drive improvements to increase efficiency and impact of different initiatives in KHC.
What's on the menu?

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their context, challenges, and goals.
• Select and implement agile practices to fit specific team and business contexts.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies and routines for teams and PODs, ensuring adherence to agile principles (eg. Scrum, kanban, other frameworks).
• Lead/Facilitate workshops, co-creation sessions to foster collaboration where necessary, to ensure effective collaboration between the Team, Product Owner, and Stakeholders.
• Support the Team in creating overall transparency on the status of their work, ensuring appropriate information sharing and collaboration.
• Establish and track metrics to measure team performance, identify areas for improvement, use data to identify bottlenecks and drive iterative improvement
• Remove impediments to allow the Team to continuously deliver value.
• Identify areas for improvement and propose changes to increase efficiency, quality, and customer satisfaction in agile PODs and non-agile portions of the company.
• Help the team create a culture of collaboration, focus, and continuous improvement, while keeping a sustainable pace.
• Act as a change agent in the organization, coaching, teaching, or facilitating as required to help the organization improve its overall business agility and culture.
• Mentor and develop POs and new Scrum Practitioners, ensuring the Agile community is following best practice.
• Be able to train others in agile practices (POs, devs, team members, leaders).
• Track and continuously improve agile maturity of PODs, encouraging innovative ideas to address wider business challenges.
• Stay up to date with industry trends, best practices, and new Agile techniques, applying this knowledge to improve team performance.

Recipe for Success - apply now if this sounds like you!

• Agile Expertise: 5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach.
• Proven success in launching and maturing teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Business Acumen: Understanding of business operations, market dynamics, and customer needs.
• Proven ability to lead, influence, and keep teams engaged.
• Strong facilitation, servant leadership and conflict resolution skills
• Proficiency in Agile Tools ( Jira, Miro, Monday.com or similar tools)
  Experience in enterprise transformation/Digital Product delivery
• Ability to Coach remote and hybrid teams effectively
• Knowledge of other Agile approaches and practices (e.g. Retrospective formats, Kanban, visualization frameworks, user stories, relative estimations, ...).

Please note: This job positing is just a preview of the full scope of the position. A comprehensive job description will be shared
We hope to find you a seat at our table!
Our Total Rewards philosophy is to provide a meaningful and flexible spectrum of programs that equitably support our diverse workforce and their families and complement Kraft Heinz' strategy and values.
New Hire Base Salary Range:
$102,100.00 - $127,600.00
Bonus: This position is eligible for a performance-based bonus as provided by the plan terms and governing documents.
The compensation offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors
Benefits: Coverage for employees (and their eligible dependents) through affordable access to healthcare, protection, and saving for the future, we offer plans tailored to meet you and your family's needs. Coverage for benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.
Wellbeing: We offer events, resources, and learning opportunities that inspire a physical, social, emotional, and financial well-being lifestyle for our employees and their families.
You'll be able to participate in a variety of benefits and wellbeing programs that may vary by role, country, region, union status, and other employment status factors, for example:

• Physical - Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Screenings/Assessments
• Social - Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Leave of Absence, Flexible Work Arrangements, Recognition, Training
• Emotional - Employee Assistance Program , Wellbeing Programs, Family Support Programs
• Financial - 401k, Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Disability

Location(s)
Chicago/Aon Center
Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for protected individuals, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact [email protected] for assistance.