Scrum Master (Flexible Work Location)

Company: Old Dominion Freight Line
Location: Central Point
Posted on: May 25, 2023

Job Description:

All responsibilities related to the successful iterative delivery employing an Agile framework: scheduling and facilitating agile ceremonies (daily stand-up, sprint planning, and sprint retro), supporting Product or Solution Owner with backlog development and refinement and sprint demos, and proactively drive the teams or teams continuous improvement efforts.
Primary Responsibilities
+ Using agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions.
+ Training, mentoring, and supporting scrum teams to follow agile values, principles, and practices.
+ Determining and managing tasks, issues, risks, and action items.
+ Scheduling and facilitating scrum events, meetings, and decision-making processes.
+ Monitoring progress and performance and helping teams to make improvements.
+ Planning and organizing demos and product/system testing.
+ Ensuring the proper use of collaborative processes and removing impediments for the scrum team.
+ Tracking project processes, deliverables, and financials.
+ Preparing and presenting status reports to stakeholders.
+ Be accountable for project results ensuring the needs of the project and team are met
+ Ensure the completion of all Project deliverables including project documentation per the PMO Guidelines for project delivery
+ Clearly communicate expectations to both stakeholders and team members: Develop and deliver multi-mode communications (verbal and written) that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
+ Track and report on project milestones, metrics and provide status updates to sponsor and IT Management
+ Lead and empower the agile project team to deliver on each given sprint plan
+ Escalate issues and risks as appropriate according to the Project Management Plan processes
+ Ensures that proper unit, systems integration and user acceptance testing is completed with the required documentation and the appropriate point in the life cycle.
+ Plan and execute a project management process in a way that will ensure compliance to security, privacy and regulatory aspects of all projects.
+ Adhere to the architectural principles and policies to the security, privacy and compliance regimes.
+ Manage supplier performance to ensure that suppliers provide their contribution to the project according to contractual agreements and within the agreed budget and schedule.
+ Schedule the work within the time, budget and quality constraints and document assumptions and risks.
+ Monitor and control critical project dependencies preventing these dependencies to become issues for the overall project.
Job Qualifications
Education:
+ Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems or related field and/or equivalent education and work experience
Experience:
+ 5+ years of project management experience in a waterfall/agile framework with at least 3 years as a scrum master in a pure agile framework
+ Problem solving ability and proven ability to meet deadlines
+ Demonstrated strong attention to detail and strong interpersonal skills
+ Excellent verbal and written communication skills
+ Ability to work as a team player
+ Proficient with Microsoft Office
+ Knowledge of Agile, Kanban, and DevOps
+ Scrum Master Certification (CSM or PSM)
Preferred:
+ Experience with MS Project
+ Advanced Agile Certifications (Practitioner, PO/PM)
Join the OD Family Today!As a Full Time member of our Family, you and your family are eligible to receive:
+ Health, Dental & Vision Benefits
+ Short Term & Long Term Disability
+ Flex Spending Accounts
+ 401(k) Retirement Plan
+ Life Insurance
+ Wellness Program
+ Credit Union access, Vacation & Holiday
+ Birthday Holiday who doesnt love some extra attention on their Birthday?
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, and/or gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, military status, Vietnam Era and/or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law(s).
Welcome to Old Dominion. If you are looking for a new career with the best LTL (Less-than-Truckload) carrier in the industry youve come to the right place. Many companies tout their family atmosphere, but at OD it truly is a reality. Weve grown from our humble beginnings of a single truck and one route in 1934 started by Earl and Lillian Congdon to a company of over 23,000 employees. At OD we strive daily to keep the family spirit alive and help the world keep promises.

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