Plan, facilitate, and lead all Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, demos, board reviews, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
Ensure effective breakdown of work by guiding the decomposition of epics and stories into sub-stories, tasks, spikes, and other actionable items.
Coach the team on Scrum principles and ensure consistent adherence to Agile processes, enabling a high-performing and self-organizing team.
Ensure stories are properly progressed through all required workflow steps to maintain transparency and delivery momentum.
Identify, remove, and escalate impediments that impact team productivity, while encouraging focus on committed sprint work.
Partner with Development Managers to support effective planning, prioritization, and capacity management.
Conduct retrospectives and facilitate continuous improvement initiatives based on team feedback and performance insights.
Schedule and facilitate backlog grooming sessions to ensure readiness of upcoming work.
Support the development of delivery timelines and schedules in collaboration with PMO, including capacity planning, resource loading, and forecasting.
Assess resource capacity and proactively identify gaps or the need for additional resources; support resource balancing strategies as needed.
Collaborate with clients and end users to clarify business requirements and ensure alignment with development output.
Act as a liaison between development teams and product management to ensure project processes, governance, and delivery standards are followed.
Monitor risks and delivery issues, escalating concerns beyond the development team when needed and driving resolution through appropriate management channels.
Requirements
Overall 10+ years’ experience with minimum 5+ years of related experience in Robotic / Embedded / Manufacturing environment
Bachelor’s degree in a related technical or engineering field OR equivalent work experience
Strong working knowledge of Agile methodologies and the Scrum framework
Hands-on experience with Scrum and Agile tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, JAMA)
Excellent communication, facilitation, and conflict resolution skills
Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional and distributed teams
Solid understanding of basic project management principles and practices