Principal Scrum Master United States, Georgia, AtlantaTechOps23-Feb-2024Ref #: 22938How you'll help us Keep Climbing (overview & key responsibilities)The Predictive Technology Engineering (PTE) group at Delta seeks an Agile Scrum Master (ASM) to join the software development and data engineering teams within the Engineering Analytics team. As an ASM, you would drive value by helping the development teams define work, prioritize work, and focus on delivery. You will serve as both a coach and an advisor for the teams demonstrating how to leverage Agile frameworks most effectively and, specifically, to increase speed to market, eliminate waste, and ultimately delight our business partners and customers. The broader PTE team employs data scientists, data engineers, optimization engineers, and analysts that are focused on advancing the decision-making ability of Delta’s Technical Operations through simulation, prediction, and analysis.The ASM plays a pivotal role guiding the Team to be more self-organizing and empowered. One of the key responsibilities of an ASM to the team is to remove the impediments that can hinder progress. The right candidate will build strong relationships with other teams and stakeholders, understand the products, support work definition, teach the teams, and effectively network their way to success. In addition, they will develop and collect meaningful metrics that reflect the teams’ progress and maturity. Responsibilities:
Have a pragmatic approach to Agile delivery – less theory, more experience
World-class communicator and relationship builder able to deliver difficult news, guide conversations around reprioritizations, and remove impediments
Ensure that project goals, scope, and product domain are clearly understood by the team
Coach Product Owners to maximize value within the backlog
Define work in collaboration with the team and product owners
Facilitate ceremonies that engage the team and generate valuable outputs
Collect the right data to develop meaningful metrics that accurately reflect the Team’s progress through the sprint and increment
Encourage and enable teams to develop cross-functionally
Remove impediments to each team’s progress.
Work with other ASMs to strengthen the Community of Practice
Benefits and Perks to Help You Keep ClimbingOur culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values – Care, Integrity, Resilience, Servant Leadership, and Teamwork – every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way:
Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives
401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9%
Paid time off including vacation, holidays, paid personal time, maternity and parental leave
Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life benefits
Family care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stages
Holistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health
Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family members
Career development programs to achieve your long-term career goals
World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint
Business Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategies
Recognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable Together
Access to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcare
What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications)
Consistently prioritizes safety and security of self, others, and personal data.
Embraces diverse people, thinking, and styles.
Possesses a high school diploma, GED, or high school equivalency.
Is at least 18 years of age and has authorization to work in the United States.
Prefer experience with an analytical or data science team
Prefer experience doing release planning and milestone planning (based on the velocity)
Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM)
3-5+ years recent dedicated Scrum Master experience
3+ years experience with Agile development processes, AWS, Confluence, JIRA, Gitlab
3+ years’ experience in an Information Technology / Software Development organization
Embraces diversity in people, thinking, and styles
Relevant education and work experience
Industry recognized certification in Scrum or Scaled Agile
What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications)N/ADelta Air Lines, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and provides reasonable accommodation in its application process for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you are a qualified individual, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings through this site, apply for jobs through Delta’s online system, or at any point in the selection process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please click here