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Scrum Master
iHeartMedia
Austin, TX, United States
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Job Summary:
Data Services Team Scrum Master
iHeartMedia, Inc. is one of the leading global media and entertainment companies specializing in radio, digital, outdoor, mobile, live events, and on-demand entertainment and information services for local communities and providing premier opportunities for advertisers.
iHeartMedia, Inc. consists of two main media businesses: Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings (NYSE: CCO) and the wholly owned iHeartMedia. Between these divisions, we focus on providing a spectrum of multi-platform advertising and marketing opportunities for partners and world-class entertainment content and events for listeners and users.
Position Overview
iHeartMedia is looking for a talented Scrum Master to work directly with our Engineering & Systems Integration team to support broadcast data services initiatives. The Scrum Master will be responsible for ensuring that the agile process is followed across all agile teams. Working closely with leadership in the data services space, this leader will help remove impediments, foster the environment for high performance, continuous flow and relentless improvement. The successful execution of this role will combine passion for delivering on time and with quality, excellent team collaboration skills and the ability to coach teams for the adoption and mastery of agile practices.
Responsibilities:
• Leads the agile process across the data services team
• Manages all scrum activities to coordinate progress in agile teams, both internal at
iHeartMedia and those sourced from resource augmentation partners
• Administers the basic scrum cadence (backlog grooming, sprint planning, stand up, demo,
retrospective)
• Minimizes bureaucracy while providing excellent reporting and status visibility
• Champions the adoption of common agile tools and methodologies
• Interfaces with the PMO organization to marry the agile and waterfall worlds, where
needed
• Defines agile productivity KPIs and ensures continuous progress
Required Qualifications:
• 3+ years of experience with Agile
• 3+ years of experience in IT involving process improvement, project management or requirements analysis or management
• Ability to lead software developers and manage peers through influence.
• Ability to establish a data-driven culture and a repeatable, structured and disciplined approach to the agile process.
• Ability to find solutions and remove impediments for the teams
• Ability to manage the dependencies between team capacity, prioritization, budget, software quality and committed deadlines.
• Ability to orchestrate and manage sprints in Jira, Slack and other agile tools to minimize bureaucracy and accelerate the flow of information in the organization
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Experience:
• B.S. in Computer Science or a related technical field