Scrum Master
Curitiba, PR, BR
About us
At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net-zero future. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.
The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.
We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together.
More about us
Come be part of the EMIT Department of ExxonMobil Business Support Center Brasil Ltda. at our Global Business Center (GBC) in Curitiba, with more than 21 years of presence in the country and a workforce of ~1800 employees, that provides support to an extensive portfolio of businesses across the globe. Our offices are located in Brazil, USA, Europe and Asia.
What role you will play in our team
The Scrum Master’s primary role is to enable a team to deliver value to the customer by fostering collaboration and continuous improvement. They facilitate and coach the team to be self-improving and self-accountable, rather than relying on centralized command. Additionally, the Scrum Master promotes Agile values across the organization and works closely with the Product Owner to ensure the team consistently delivers high-value work.
Location: Curitiba - Paraná
What you will do
To foster team collaboration and drive value to the customer, a Scrum Master should employ, but not be limited to the following responsibilities:
· Coach teams on how to integrate Agile values and principles
· Facilitate and establish a rhythm of touchpoints by ensuring full team engagement in Agile ceremonies (e.g. Retrospective, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Planning, Refining)
· Communicate with Project Managers on impediments/issues affecting project User Stories
· Elicit dependencies the team has with other teams and build team ownership for crossteam collaboration
· Shield teams from external interference to achieve teams optimal functionality and productivity (when not careful, this could hinder necessary cross-team collaboration)
· In Agile at scale environments, participate and represent the teams in Program Increment Planning meetings and other equivalent ceremonies
· Educate the organization, including management and business contacts on how to better engage with teams
· Work with Product Owners to ensure there is a vision and objectives that would be necessary to motivate the team
· Work with Product Owners to support short and long-term release planning and to keep the work backlog healthy and ready for execution
· Work with Project Managers to provide visibility on progress of project User Stories and agree on best ways for Project Manager to engage the team
To drive team self-improvement in how to better deliver value to the customer, a Scrum Master should employ, but not be limited to the following responsibilities:
· Facilitates discussion, decision-making, and conflict resolution
· Drive teams to improve continuously its health and ability to deliver value to the customer
· Work with the team to employ metrics and other methods to help the team continuously improve
· Facilitates purposeful retrospection ceremonies that lead to action
· Foster teams collective responsibility and accountability
Anticipate and enable team ownership to its potential or existing impediments
Abot you
Skills and Qualifications
· Leadership at Team level (such as Team Lead)
· Ability to lead without authority
· Ability to facilitate problem solving in a group setting
· Ability to manage and facilitate conflict resolution
· Team oriented with strong interpersonal skills
· Analytical skills and critical thinking
· Ability to coach and train
· Proficiency in English (written and verbal)
· Ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal)
Preferred Knowledge or Learning Opportunities
· General Agile adoption experience
· User Story formatting, prioritization and estimation
· Agile team-level metrics
· Work experience with Kanban and/or Scrum
· Experience with Agile work management (AWM) tools including set-up, planning and reporting
· Familiarity with Agile at scale
· Familiarity with benefits of Test Driven Development (TDD), Automated Testing, Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Pair Programming / Mob Programming
Your benefits
An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.
We offer you:
• PAE – Programa de Assistência aos Empregados
• Seguro de Vida
• Auxilio Creche / babá
• Tickets alimentação
• Assistência funeral
• Auxilio Filho Excepcional
• Plano de pensões
• Among others.
Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.
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