Scrum Master (4 Month Contract)

Role: Scrum Master (4 Month Contract)
Team: Project Management Office
Scope: Individual Contributor
Years of Experience: 3+
Location: Remote -Ventura Supported
COVID-19 Vaccinations: Patagonia requires all employees to demonstrate proof of receiving a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of their employment.
As the Scrum Master - EDP you will lead cross-functional teams to ensure the highest value user stories are delivered meeting and exceeding expectations. You will be required to coach team(s) on Agile best practices, processes, and tools. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring teams are appropriately resourced, focused on the key priorities, and aligned between roadmaps to project objectives. The teams you will be supporting are the data teams migrating scalable Snowflake data models. You will be responsible for motivating and empowering collaborative teams to deliver quality, accurate, highly scalable data models into Snowflake that will impact our quest to Save Our Home Planet.
What You’ll Do

• Guides and coaches teams on how to use Agile practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services
• Seek opportunities to implement improvements and efficiencies with processes, work with teams to continuously improve speed and efficiency
• Assist and collaborate with Product Owner with backlog management and provide coaching on agile product ownership best practices.
• Utilize JIRA/Azure DevOps to provide visibility to status metrics, predictability, quality, impediments, and dependencies, and progress to stakeholders
• Communicate and coordinate with multiple scrum teams and multiple stakeholders proactively and help to prioritize work based on business leads.
• Facilitates and supports all scrum events: Sprint planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective
• Removing impediments and coach teams on removing impediments
• Participate in and contribute to internal agile communities of practices and/or Scrum Master forums

Who You Are

• Strong communicator– You have an ability to effectively communicate information and ideas in written, visual, and verbal format.
• Quick-thinking, hands-on, collaborative and a natural problem solver
• Passionate about Patagonia’s brand and mission
• Adaptable: able to work in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment
• Inclusive – experience working with groups and individuals in a respectful and equitable manner
• Collaborative - comfortable with team-based work structure; ability to remain flexible to change within the work environment and scope of responsibility.
• Knowledgeable – Strong understanding of Agile principles, concepts, and methodologies
• Influential – is tactful, persuasive, and versed in leadership soft skills
• Demonstrates initiative - is conscientious and provides complete follow-through on areas of responsibility, without the need for continuous direction. Works well under pressure.
• Strategic & Organized – able to put plans together and keep the team/project ahead of schedule. Reliable and punctual in scheduling.

Experience You Bring

• College degree required
• 3+ years of demonstrated experience as a Scrum Master
• Prior experience on scrum team and coaching development teams
• Certifications: Professional Scrum Master (PSM 1)
• Understanding of Agile methodologies and best practices
• Familiarity with SAFe
• Experience in managing the evolution of user stories, breaking down stories, eliciting clarification, and facilitating story refinement sessions
• Experience leading Agile adoption at the team level.
• Advanced knowledge and skill set with Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.)

Target Hiring Range: $95,000-120,000
At Patagonia, pay ranges are assigned to a job based on the location specific market median of similar jobs according to 3rd party salary benchmark surveys. Individual pay within that range can vary for several reasons including skills/capabilities, experience, and available budget
Employee Conduct
It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers and vendors.
COVID-19 VACCINATIONS
Patagonia requires all employees to demonstrate proof of receiving a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of their employment.
Equal Employment Opportunity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.