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Position Summary

The Information Technology (IT) Scrum Master/Release Train Engineer (SM/RTE) is a key role responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of value within the IT organization. This role combines the responsibilities of an SM with the specialized duties of an RTE. The RTE serves as a servant leader and coach for the Agile Release Train (ART), facilitating ART events and processes, coaching and supporting teams in delivering value.

The SM/RTE in Midstream IT team will have persistent focus on relentless improvement for how MPC uses technology that enables our business. The SM/RTE will work closely with Midstream Product Owners, Managers, and product teams. The role will provide daily leadership for the team to ensure alignment of goals and plans, relieving impediments, and most importantly holding teams accountable for delivering commitments and value.

The SM/RTE provides transparency to Midstream value delivery through open communication with and between Product Owner, Product Manager, delivery team and other stakeholders. The SM/RTE will facilitate collaboration with other product teams, other portfolios, onsite teams, and non-product team members. The SM/RTE will ensure visibility of delivery progress, challenges, risks, and successes. The SM/RTE is responsible for supporting the organization's portfolios, products, programs, and structured work efforts whilst applying continuous improvement to advance portfolio maturity, increase predictability, and achieve Midstream and MPC goals.

The SM/RTE will advance the MPC agile journey by serving as a champion and change-lead for MPC agile transformation. The SM/RTE will coach, mentor and promote the use of agile principles, standards and best practices to teams, and teams of teams. In the enterprise, the SM/RTE will collaborate and contribute to Agile process maturity through the Agile Community of Practice.

A successful candidate will possess exceptional communication skills with particular emphasis on facilitating discussions and driving for consensus, often among the highly diverse participants and interests. A successful candidate must be able to gain trust and build confidence with all team members and Lead leadership to establish effective collaboration.

This position belongs to a family of jobs with increasing responsibility, competency, and skill level. The actual position title and pay grade will be based on the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications.

Key Responsibilities

• Establishes Agile practices (Scrum or Kanban) for multiple teams that may be more complex by creating optimal environments for development and collaboration.
• Oversees specific project or team schedules, tasks and resource requirements; Coaches, facilitates, and may participates in decision-making for resourcing multiple teams or teams-of-teams.
• Organizes, conducts, and promotes communications on behalf of large groups and teams of teams to leadership and strategic partners; Facilitates large teams-of-teams events.
• Guides proactive planning routines and events for teams and teams-of-teams. Ensures adherence to large-scale planning and goal-setting methods to define roles and develop detailed timelines.
• Identifies opportunities to proactively reduce risk through new processes, procedures, automation, etc. while upholding Agile principles. Shares best practices across area, department, or company.
• Identifies critical stakeholders across multiple teams or departments; proactively forms trusted partnerships for collaboration on development, risk, value, etc.
• Leads and influences best practices in team documentation, shares approaches across multiple areas, and trains and mentors Product Management, Product Owners, etc.
• Acts as Coach to teams, teams-of-teams and the organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices to deliver value to customers by partnering with product teams and removing obstacles, facilitating ceremonies and running backlogs.
• Develops an Agile maturity roadmap and offers ongoing coaching and support toward Agile adoption.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, related field or equivalent work experience.
• 7+ years of relevant experience required.
• 7+ years of relevant RTE experience required.
• 7+ years of relevant SM experience preferred.
• SAFe Scrum Master Certification or equivalent preferred.
• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) Certification preferred.

Skills

• Agile Methodology - Agile project management is an i