Agile Scrum Lead

Overview:

The Agile Scrum Lead is a pivotal role that employs Agile methodologies and Scrum practices to guide and facilitate the development team's journey towards efficiency and excellence. As an experienced leader of organizational change, you will be responsible for the continuous care and feeding of the Agile mindset. This role is instrumental in shaping the team's approach to project management and performance, ensuring that each member is empowered to contribute to the team's success in a meaningful way. By embracing the unique dynamics of the team and the projects at hand, the Agile Scrum Lead will take charge in creating a flexible, responsive, and high-performing environment that thrives on the principles of Agile and Scrum.

This position is ideally based near one of our 3 offices, Fort Wayne, IN / Boulder, CO / Costa Mesa, CA but is also open to remote candidates.

Base Pay Range Salary Range: $114,000 - $149,000

We will be accepting applications until a final candidate is identified.

QSC thrives where innovative technology and compelling audio-visual experiences intersect. For over 50 years, QSC has pioneered the technology and solutions that enable immersive cinema, live performance audio, themed entertainment, digital collaboration and meeting experiences for our customers and partners around the world. A globally recognized innovator in the design, engineering, and manufacture of category leading high-performance loudspeakers, digital mixers, power amplifiers, audio processors, digital cinema solutions, and the Q-SYS™ software-based audio, video and control Ecosystem.

By joining the QSC team, you will be in a challenging, collaborative, fun, and innovative environment. We encourage employees to take ownership, to color outside the lines, and to imagine possibilities. Our culture is casual but dynamic, with cross-functional teams collaborating on creating memorable audio-visual experiences that deliver joy to people, wherever they are. At QSC, fun and hard work go hand in hand. Join us and make a difference in the way people experience movies, meetings, presentations, live performances, and much more.

• Coordinate and manage our scrum development cycle and quarterly market releases, as well as releasing patches and maintaining LTS releases.
• Proactively communicate delivery targets, commitments and progress
• Drive and optimize the release process for efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to prepare release documentation and artifacts.
• Identify and remove impediments and shield the team from external interruptions to maintain productivity
• Enable and support asynchronous communication, work to minimize regular meetings and ceremonies and ensure they are well-run and efficient.
• Drive metric-informed continuous improvement across all scrum teams.
• Collaborate with DevOps engineers to track effective quality and delivery metrics.
• Mentor team members who have Scrum Master responsibilities and serve as the Scrum Master for some of our scrum teams, facilitating regular meetings including daily stand-ups, backlog pruning, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Where appropriate, coach the teams to improve collaboration and outcomes.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience working in the engineering organization of a software company using common agile methodologies
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a cross-functional role related to delivery and software development processes, e.g. as a Release Manager, Delivery Manager or Scrum Master
• Experience using agile tools (Jira preferred) and techniques (e.g. burndown charts, cycle time and MTTx) to track software development quality and delivery
• Solid understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and release management processes.
• Good general understanding of the role of product managers, engineers, testers and product marketers
• Deep understanding of Agile methodologies, especially Scrum and Kanban
• Experience in collaborating with DevOps teams and understanding of CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in data analysis and metric development.

Plus

• Experience in software development working with C++, JavaScript, or similar
• Experience in a product or project management role