Scrum Lead

Company Description

We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we’ll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.

Job Description

NBCUniversal’s Video Platform team owns the video supply chain which delivers content to traditional playout distribution and streaming services worldwide, and we are seeking a talented Scrum Lead to join this team. 

The Scrum Lead will collaborate with product owners and software engineers to develop and prioritize a roadmap supporting the Enterprise Application portfolio. The successful candidate will possess a strong background in workflow management, Agile systems, and methodologies. In addition, the ideal candidate will possess a strong grounding in Enterprise management systems and be conversant with DevOps tools and methods. This individual will be responsible for ensuring the team follows agile values and principles.

Responsibilities will include:

• Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team, organization, and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
• Serving as Coach and Mentor within the organization to facilitate adoption & maturity
• Working with product managers to generate new, improved, or unique solutions and embrace new ideas to sustain and/or expand our organization, focusing on continuous improvement as well as new innovations, including deliverables and release deadlines
• Facilitating scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo, and retrospective meetings to help teams be creative while improving efficiency
• Achieving specific milestones through accurate forecasting and providing deliverables in an iteration while tracking and removing any impediments
• Guiding teams to get the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution, while guiding the team on how to get the most out of self-organization
• Coaching software engineers on engineering best practices and non-functional features
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
• Ensuring that a Scrum team lives by the practices and rules of Scrum and its value
• Define key quantitative and qualitative SCRUM/KPI’s

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Development, IT/IS Management, Engineering or equivalent experience required
• 5+ years of experience in a role demonstrating strong technical, quantitative, and analytical skills
• 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Lead or part of a high-performing Scrum Team
• Expertise in the SDLC process, with a focus on scoping, iteration planning, user story and acceptance criteria writing, rollout management
• Experience with Jira preferred

Desired Characteristics:

• 3+ years of product or related management experience in development management, gathering client requirements, writing product and/or technical specifications, working with development teams, and managing product roadmaps as well as launches
• 3+ years of direct client engagement experience
• 3+ years of experience directly managing or developing workflow, Agile, or ITSM management systems
• Knowledge of Agile methodology and frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.
• Knowledge about Agile techniques like User Stories, Continuous Integration, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
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