Senior Scrum Master

At DICK’S Sporting Goods, we believe in how positively sports can change lives. On our team, everyone plays a critical role in creating confidence and excitement by personally equipping all athletes to achieve their dreams.  We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, reflecting the communities we serve.

If you are ready to make a difference as part of the world’s greatest sports team, apply to join our team today!

OVERVIEW:

OVERVIEW:

Independently establishes, leads and manages scrum teams and scrum-of-scrums on complex agile programs. Interfaces with product managers,

engineering managers and other stakeholders to maximize development team effectiveness by engaging the right teams, supporting the estimation of day-to-day work and leading delivery for assigned teams. Positively influences the scrum community by role modeling standards of excellence.

• Agile Development Team Facilitation: Lead scrum ceremonies, remove obstacles and facilitate problem-solving, collaboration and conflict resolution to enable the most effective work delivery for one or more complex product and/or program teams

• Agile Release Planning: Plan and replan software releases for complex initiatives or programs as they are produced to ensure timely updates and to deliver the planned benefits as

  early as possible in the initiative or program.

• Agile Backlog Management: Facilitate refinement of the backlog with the product manager and optimize the deployment of resources to reduce costs and increase the value of the work delivered to the business.

• Culture of Innovation: Define the execution plan to disseminate innovative capabilities across the businesses, helping people develop these competencies and enabling them to

  innovate through solutions such as idea generation platforms, jam sessions, and hackathons.

• Digital Strategy/Transformational Projects Execution: Lead execution of digital road map, establishing and managing business processes, programs, and initiatives, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and governance activities.

• Program Risk and Issue Management: Manage identification of risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with one or more programs or initiatives, escalating these where appropriate. Where necessary, develop, agree on, and implement solutions to overcome these.

• Ongoing Learning and Development: Develop own and more junior team member capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.

• Program/Portfolio Planning: Produce workstream or program plans, ensuring that all activities are identified, are appropriately organized to deliver program objectives, and comply with the organization's approved methodologies, frameworks, and standards.

• Continuous Improvement: Contribute to reviewing existing operations in area of work and generate new ideas to assist in identifying continuous improvements.

• Transformational Change Management: Act as a transformational change agent within assigned program and area of responsibility, ensuring integration with other disciplines/functions; use structured change management methodologies to drive acceptance of change and to embed desired culture and behaviors.

• Benefit Realization: Carry out baseline assessment and post-implementation analyses to contribute to the measurement and tracking of business benefits.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's Degree or equivalent level preferred

• General Experience: Experience enables job holder to deal with the majority of situations and to advise others (Over 3 years to 6 years)

• Managerial Experience: Experience of supervising and directing people and other resources to achieve specific end results within limited timeframes (13 months to 3 years)

VIRTUAL REQUIREMENTS:

At DICK’S, we thrive on innovation and authenticity. That said, to protect the integrity and security of our hiring process, we ask that candidates do not use AI tools (like ChatGPT or others) during interviews or assessments.

To ensure a smooth and secure experience, please note the following:

• Cameras must be on during all virtual interviews.

• AI tools are not permitted to be used by the candidate during any part of the interview process.

• Offers are contingent upon a satisfactory background check which may include ID verification.

If you have any questions or need accommodations, we’re here to help. Thanks for helping us keep the process fair and secure for everyone!