Senior Scrum Master & Agile Coach

About the Role

Skechers Global Retail IT is seeking an experiencedSenior Scrum Master & Agile Coachto join a growing team. This is a unique ground-floor opportunity to build and shape the Agile practice for Global Retail Technology from the ground up. This role operates within a product-centric organization where the technology portfolio consists primarily of third-party software solutions requiring a pragmatic Agile leader who can adapt principles and frameworks to configuration customization and operational workstreams.

This individual will serve as both a hands-on Scrum Master for one or more hybrid Agile teams and as an internal Agile coach building capability and maturity across the organization educating business stakeholders on Agile ways of working and championing a culture of continuous improvement.

Agile Practice Establishment

• Design and implement a fit-for-purpose Agile practice tailored to the team and organization where work consists primarily of configurations customizations integrations and operational enhancements
• Define and standardize Agile ways of working across the department including ceremonies roles artifacts and cadences appropriate for hybrid Agile teams operating at a global scale
• Establish a common Agile framework and language including Themes Epics Features and User Stories to ensure consistency in how work is defined estimated prioritized and delivered
• Develop and maintain an Agile playbook tailored to the Retail IT context serving as the foundational reference for teams Product Managers and stakeholders
• Define and track Agile maturity metrics and KPIs to measure adoption team health and continuous improvement over time

Scrum Master Leadership

• Serve as an active hands-on Scrum Master for one or more hybrid Agile teams facilitating all ceremonies including sprint planning daily stand-ups backlog grooming sprint reviews and retrospectives
• Establish team capacity velocity and sprint cadence; instill a practices like Definition of Ready and Definition of Done among others
• Guide Product Managers in backlog management best practices including structuring Epics and User Stories story pointing and prioritization
• Identify escalate and remove impediments and dependencies that may impact delivery commitments
• Monitor and improve team velocity sprint predictability and delivery consistency through data-driven insights and retrospective action items
• Partner with Product Owners to communicate sprint demos feature updates and delivery outcomes to stakeholders
• Manage daily triage of defects and operational tickets driving timely resolution in partnership with production support teams
• Handle incoming requests issues and decisions via Jira and Confluence tracking to resolution and unblocking work as needed

Agile Coaching & Capability Building

• Coach Product Managers team leads and functional stakeholders on Agile principles frameworks and ways of working
• Develop and deliver Agile training programs workshops and onboarding materials tailored to a non-software development IT environment
• Mentor less experienced team members and serve as the go-to subject matter expert for Agile practice questions and challenges
• Champion a growth mindset and culture of continuous learning experimentation and iterative improvement across the Retail IT organization

Stakeholder Alignment & Change Management

• Partner with IT leadership Product Managers and business stakeholders to drive Agile adoption and ensure organizational alignment on ways of working
• Lead change management efforts associated with the introduction of Agile practices managing expectations and communicating the value of transformation
• Facilitate cross-team alignment sessions and planning events to synchronize priorities dependencies and delivery commitments across workstreams
• Connect teams and stakeholders across IT Digital Retail and other groups
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on Agile best practices team structure capacity planning and organizational design

Third-Party Software Adapted Agile Delivery

• Apply Agile principles pragmatically within the constraints of a third-party software solution environment adapting standard frameworks to accommodate vendor release cycles patch management configuration windows and external dependencies
• Establish practices for managing vendor-driven change including the intake sizing and prioritization of platform upgrades patches and regulatory-driven modifications
• Ensure Agile ceremonies and artifacts reflect the realities of working within enterprise platforms where delivery is influenced by vendor capabilities and contractual boundaries

Tooling & Reporting

• Define and govern the use of Agile project management tooling (e.g. Jira Confluence Azure DevOps or equivalent) to support backlog management sprint tracking and reporting
• Establish standardized dashboards and reporting cadences that provide leadership and stakeholders with real-time visibility into team progress backlog health and delivery performance
• Drive consistency in how Agile data is captured and reported enabling meaningful trend analysis and benchmarking across workstreams

• Deep knowledge ofScrumtechniques and artifacts including definition of ready & done user stories backlog refinement etc.
• Servant leadership mindset with high emotional intelligence knowing when to push and when to pull back
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to simplify and explain complex topics to business stakeholders at all levels
• Strong problem-solving and conflict-resolution capabilities
• Bias for action efficiency and continuous improvement
• Outstanding organizational skills with sharp attention to detail
• Proven ability to operate effectively across global teams time zones and cultures

QUALIFICATIONS

• Deep experience using Atlassian Agile toolset (Jira Trello Confluence or similar)
• 10 years in Scrum Master roles
• 7 years experience working in non-software development projects preferably in consumer retail brands
• 5 years working as an agile coach and teaching agile practices
• Agile SCRUM or SAFe education or certifications required
• Experience working with diverse global teams in different time zones and cultures
• Advanced Scrum Master certification (e.g. A-CSM SAFe SSM PSM II or equivalent) preferred
• Agile coaching certification (e.g. ICP-ACC ICAgile or equivalent) preferred
• Familiarity with SAFe or other scaling frameworks applicable to large distributed IT organizations
• Experience with enterprise retail technology platforms preferably point-of-sale and other retail store solutions

Pay range for this position is $165000 $200000/year USD.

About Skechers

Skechers a global Fortune 500 company developsand markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear apparel and accessories. Serving over 180 countries and territories Skechers connects customers to products through department and specialty stores e-commerce and digital stores and through our more than 5300 Skechers retail locations.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Skechers is committed to providing a safe inclusive and respectful work environment. Skechers provides equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment without regard race color religion gender gender identification and expression national origin marital status age disability genetic information military status sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic established by local state or federal law.

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