Job DescriptionResponsibilities
Embrace servant leadership and lead agile behavioral change by example.
Educate, coach, and mentor, teams and development managers to help improve organizational outcomes thru the application and adaptation of agile frameworks to our business needs.
Work with a variety of styles (hands-on, consultant, or coaching) with new and existing teams of various sizes and locations, depending on need.
Help identify impediments and work to create effective strategies to overcome them.
Facilitate, teach, and/or mentor conflict resolution discussions and alternative approaches to achieve desired business outcomes.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement through the implementation and facilitation of a continuous improvement framework that captures and tracks improvement items through identification, ownership, and completion.
Drive transparency and trust, identify and measure KPIs that assess team agility relative to business performance and use those metrics to help drive improvements.
Partner with Agile Coaches, Release Train Engineers, and Scrum Masters across the organization to align on driving the intended agile transformation outcomes.
Facilitates one or more agile teams, each working under the Scrum methodology, and within a SAFe framework, on a diverse, moderately complex IT project.
Education:
Bachelor’s Degree required.
Experience:
5+ years of experience working in software development companies using Agile methodologies as a Scrum Master.
Have hands-on experience utilizing Scaled Agile Framework ® and Scrum in software development organizations
Expert in agile values, principles, and practices and lean ways of working.
Have demonstrated experience transitioning software teams to an agile framework and/or improving organizational outcomes thru application and adapting agile frameworks to organizations.
Have excellent presentation, facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills, including coaching and mentoring
Experience influencing peers and stakeholders and leading change.
Passionate about sharing your experiences and knowledge and growing your peers.
Driven, curious, and a continuous learner who strives to understand the business impact of work.
Professional Scrum Master and/or Professional Agile Leadership certification(s)
Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) or SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) certification.
Ideal to have
Have hands-on experience utilizing Scaled Agile Framework® and Scrum in software development organizations
SAFe Agilist (SA), SAFe Practitioner (SP), or higher-level SAFe certifications SAFe Agilist (SA), or higher-level SAFe certifications
Experience in software development industry
Benefits:A comprehensive benefits package that begins your first day of employment. Additional Information: Wolters Kluwer offers great benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave . Full details of our benefits are available - https://www.mywolterskluwerbenefits.com/index.htmlDiversity MattersWolters Kluwer strives for an inclusive company culture in which we attract, develop, and retain diverse talent to achieve our strategy. As a global company, having a diverse workforce is of the utmost importance. We've been recognized by employees as a European Diversity Leader in the Financial Times, as one of Forbes America’s Best Employers for Diversity in 2022, 2021 and 2020 and as one of Forbes America’s Best Employers for Women in 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018. In 2020, we placed third in the Female Board Index, and were recognized by the European Women on Boards Gender Diversity Index. Wolters Kluwer and all of our subsidiaries, divisions and customer/departments is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Wolters Kluwer U. S. Corporation and all of its subsidiaries, divisions and customer/business units is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
