Scrum Master

2 Months ago • 1-2 Years • Project Management

Job Summary

Job Description

The Scrum Master will be responsible for executing and optimizing Agile processes (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, etc.) and supporting product delivery for both consumer and enterprise products. They will closely collaborate with Product, Data Science, Platform and Engineering organizations to ensure proper scoping of deliverables and managing dependencies. The Scrum Master will also work closely with the Technical Project Manager to ensure cross-team projects meet their goals and deadlines. This role involves running daily stand-up meetings, reviewing the team's backlog, facilitating project status meetings, reporting statuses, planning for sprint meetings, and collaborating with stakeholders.
Must have:
  • 1-2+ years of enterprise-level technology project management experience
  • Expert/certified in Scrum and/or other Agile methodologies
  • Technical project management experience in software development
  • Admin experience with Atlassian Jira and Confluence
  • Deep experience with Jira and building Jira Dashboards
Good to have:
  • Familiarity with Waterfall
  • Experienced using Google Sheets
  • Internet, cellular, broadband, telecom technology experience
  • Baseline understanding about data ingestion
  • Basic understanding of large-scale implementations of AWS infrastructure, Redshift, Athena and other technologies

Job Details

Description

Position at Ookla

Ookla® is a global leader in connectivity intelligence, offering unparalleled network insights through the combined expertise of Speedtest®, Downdetector®, RootMetrics®, and Ekahau®. Ookla’s complementary datasets combine crowdsourced and controlled, public and private collection methods, QoS and QoE metrics, and more to unlock correlations and actionable insights — helping organizations optimize networks, enhance digital experiences, and create better connected experiences for end-users.
Our team is a group of people brought together through passion and inspired by possibility. We are looking for team members who love solving problems, are motivated by challenges, and enjoy turning clever ideas into exceptional products. When you work for us, you are using Ookla data and insights to advance our mission of better connectivity for all.
We are looking for a Scrum Master who can execute and optimize our Agile processes (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, etc.) and support product delivery for our consumer and enterprise products. You will work closely with the Product, Data Science, Platform and Engineering organizations. You will ensure deliverables are properly scoped and dependencies are accounted for. You will work closely with the Technical Project Manager to ensure cross-team projects are meeting goals and deadlines.
The ideal candidate has successfully managed the lifecycle of a software project, ensuring timely and successful delivery using Agile, Scrum and Waterfall best practices. You have demonstrable experience building and fostering relationships with internal stakeholders.

 

A Day in The Life:
  • Run daily Stand Up meetings
  • Review your team’s backlog and unblock team members
  • Run project status meetings to determine progress, identify roadblocks, drive their resolution or ensure a clear hand-off to the right owner and work to minimize risks
  • Report statuses and updates to the Senior Technical Project Manager, specifically identifying roadblocks, risks and delays to ensure a clear hand-off to mitigate risks to project plans
  • Work closely with all stakeholders, plan for the upcoming Sprint Planning meeting, review priorities, sprint capacity and team velocity.
  • Run Sprint Planning, close out the current Sprint, review the Sprint Report, discuss performance with the team, and align on Sprint Goals.
  • Collaborate with technical leads to ensure alignment between day-to-day execution and delivery priorities across workstreams.

 

Expectations for Success: 
  • Support Agile development processes by executing and continuously improving them
  • Manage project timeline including milestones, dependencies, risks and schedule and  communicate status
  • Track interdependencies, assess project risk and work across teams to develop contingency plans
  • Assist your teams with work estimation and resource allocation
  • Conduct regular project reviews, gather feedback, capture outputs in tickets and/or notes and communicate to stakeholders
  • Collaborate with Agile Coaches/TPMs focused on cross-team planning to ensure team execution aligns with broader strategic priorities and quarterly goals

 

Requirements:
The heading says “requirements” but we’re looking for the right person not the exact list. If your life experience prepares you for similar challenges, we’d like to hear from you. 
  • 1-2+ years of enterprise-level technology running software project/program management experience
  • Expert/certified in Scrum and/or other Agile methodologies.
  • Familiarity with Waterfall
  • Technical project management experience, specifically software development
  • Admin experience with Atlassian Jira and Confluence 
  • Deep experience with Jira and building Jira Dashboards
  • Experienced using Google Sheets
  • Self-starter with ability to work independently
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Internet, cellular, broadband, telecom technology experience
  • Baseline understanding about data ingestion 
  • Basic understanding of large-scale implementations of AWS infrastructure, Redshift, Athena and other technologies

 

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