Scrum Master

Job Description

Job Description

Do you have a passion for leading and coaching teams while fostering an environment of experimentation and continuous improvement?

We’re hiring a Scrum Master for our company’s headquarters in Bridgeton, Missouri. If you possess :

• Ability to coach and guide Developers, Product Owners, stakeholders, leadership, and the organization
• Experience in a fast-paced and complex environment
• Experience in Agility in more than one prior role and can demonstrate a breadth of skills, practices, and a pragmatic approach to Agility

Hunter could be a great fit for you! Family-owned since 1946, Hunter Engineering is the global industry leader in wheel alignment systems, wheel balancing systems, vehicle inspection systems, and more.

Hunter equipment, made in America, is approved, and used by vehicle manufacturers, tire companies, and dealers in over 130 countries.

Hunter was named a 2024 finalist for Best Places to Work award by St. Louis Business Journal.

As a Scrum Master : What you will do :

What you will do :

• Mentor, coach, and guide Developers, Product Owners, stakeholders, leadership, and the organization to understand Scrum, Kanban, and business agility.
• Support and enable Product Owners in Backlog Refinement practices, multiple horizon planning, and establishing an ordered Product Backlog aligned with business goals.
• Assist and mentor Product Owners in their accountabilities for Backlog Management and facilitate effective Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, Refinement sessions, and other interactions on an as-needed basis.

You will also be expected to reduce the team’s reliance on your facilitation over time.

• Empower team members to size and sequence work, define testing scenarios, and make decisions about their work.
• Collaborate with Tech, Quality, and Engineering leads to drive decisions down into the team, fostering engagement and innovation.
• Facilitate purpose-driven Scrum Events that demonstrate the empiricism of Scrum.
• Facilitate timely team decisions while assisting with impediments to the team's progress.
• Maintain and improve team working agreements to ensure effective collaboration.
• Ensure data hygiene in team workflow tools, such as Jira and Azure DevOps, by verifying accurate and complete data attributes for reliable reporting.
• Develop expertise in workflow tools like Azure DevOps, Jira, and associated tools so that you may more easily assist the team.
• Support Product Owners in product inception and planning techniques to incorporate the customer's perspective in day-to-day work.
• Visualize and address dependencies in their work.
• Use workflow tools, data, and visualizations to enable improved forecasting and reporting as needed.
• Collaborate closely with Product Management to ensure product strategy drives delivery efforts.
• Actively contribute, perhaps even lead, a Community of Practice around agility, mentoring others, and sharing best practices.

Additional Qualifications Include :

• Established background as a Scrum Master or similar role for engineering or technical teams is preferred.
• Proactive self-starter with strong organizational skills and a high degree of individual initiative and personal accountability.
• Excellent time-management and personal agility skills.
• Exceptional communication skills that can engage, influence, and inspire others, fostering collaboration and alignment across multidisciplinary teams.
• Scrum Master certifications such as PSM II, PSPO-A, A-CSM, CSP, etc.
• Kanban certifications such as PSK, PK1, TKP or KMP
• Leadership credentials, including PAL, PAL-EBM, CAL, etc.
• Coaching certifications
• Facilitation or complementary skill education or credentials
• Project Management Institute : PMI-ACP

Hunter Fosters a Culture of :

• Innovation & Continuous Improvement
• Appreciation & Recognition
• Advancement Opportunities
• Pay for Performance

Some Benefits and Perks Include :

• Industry Leading Healthcare
• Industry Leading Profit-Sharing Plan w / Safe Harbor Contribution
• Generous Paid Time Away
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Parental Leave
• Free Onsite Fitness & Recreation Center

Our people come first as we aim for excellence. We value work / life balance and take pride in our culture of excellence, respect, innovation, teamwork, and service to others.

Will you join us in our mission to align people and innovation to drive excellence ?’