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Herman Miller, Inc. Senior SCRUM Master in Zeeland, Michigan
The Herman Miller Group Technology Team is building a customer-centric, digitally enabled business model to reshape the way our family of brands does business. We’re driving new revenue growth and creating frictionless internal processes through our innovative technology solutions, and we need a Senior SCRUM Master to help us get there!
As a Senior SCRUM Master, you’ll interact with teams across the globe to help guide them on their Agile journey.
Why Join Us?
Our purpose is to design for the good of humankind. It’s the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of Herman Miller Group means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We create places where people love to be, places that reflect who they are, places that truly matter to people. And our success allows Herman Miller Group to support causes that align with our values, so we can help create a more equitable and sustainable future for all.
Inside the Job
Your day-to-day work will involve:
Acting as a SCRUM Master for up to three product teams of varying maturity
Participating as an Agile coach to evaluate and guide teams beginning their Agile journey
Working with the organization to champion Agile methodologies
Collaborating with other SCRUM Masters to establish best agile practices for the Herman Miller Group
Acting as the center for project rhythm and facilitating the ceremonies of Scrum
What You Bring
Needed skills and experience for this role include:
A Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field
3 years of experience
Certified SCRUM Master
Experience working as a SCRUM master for multiple Product Teams simultaneously
Experience coaching organizations on the principles of Agile
Experience with various software development methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, etc.)
Experience with CI/CD, QA and UAT strategies
Experience with user story writing, burndown techniques, and retrospective facilitation
Experience working with remote/offshore teams in an agile environment
Familiarity with common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and various development engineering practices
Familiarity with agile enablement tools such as Jira
Understanding of the fundamentals of iterative development
Critical Skills
Problem Solver:Removes impediments that stand in the way of the team delivering software
Servant Leader:Garner respect from your team and be willing to get your hands dirty to get a job done
Communicative and social:Communicate well with teams
Facilitative: Lead and demonstrate value-add principles to a team
Assertive: Ensure Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, be a voice of reason and authority, make the tough calls
Enthusiastic and Optimistic: Have high-energy and be eternally optimistic in trying/challenging times
Continual improvement: Continually grow your craft learning new tools and techniques to manage yourself and a team
Conflict resolution: Facilitate discussion and alternatives or different approaches especially with differing personalities
Attitude of empowerment: Lead a team to self-organization
Attitude of transparency: Bring disclosure and transparency to the business about development and grow business trust
Our Values
Our values speak to our shared beliefs. They describe how we live our purpose through the way we lead, the way we see one another, and the way we approach our work.
/We are difference-makers/reflects our commitments to creating places that matter, to being a good neighbor in our communities, and to using business as a force for good.
/We are all extraordinary/is our statement about the worth of individuals and our commitment to help everyone reach their full potential.
/We are better together/demonstrates how challenging one another, making room for everyone, and working and winning as one makes us stronger.
Who We Hire
Simply put, we hire everyone. Herman Miller is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more. Here, you can bring your whole self to work. We’re committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.
Title: Senior SCRUM Master
Location: Michigan-Zeeland
Requisition ID: 22602