Remote Principal Engineer - Scrum Master

Description:

• The Principal Engineer - Scrum Master will partner in facilitating product/program-related agile events and maintaining product/program artifacts.
• They will collaborate with Product Ownership to deliver the product/program's prioritized backlog.
• The role involves understanding/anticipating and engaging in the escalation/mitigation of risks and impediments.
• Developing and maintaining a productive working relationship with all agile team roles and key product/program stakeholders to ensure execution alignment is crucial.
• Demonstrating servant leadership by educating and enabling teams on how to self-organize, self-manage, and deliver via Lean-Agile practices.
• Partnering with senior leadership and technology partners to deliver prioritized innovation ideas that align best with PepsiCo priorities while leveraging technology partners' capabilities & expertise.
• Managing both up and down the personnel hierarchy and supporting the Technical Program Manager in all product delivery activities.
• Driving Azure DevOps best practices within and across products/programs.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required, with a concentration in either Business or Information Systems Management preferred.
• 5+ years of work experience, or 2-3 years of relevant experience either in CPG delivery teams or with a Top-Tier consulting firm.
• Azure DevOps skills and expertise are a must.
• Ability to articulate Scrum Team's performance building data-driven dashboards in Azure DevOps and ensure Team's velocity is improved.
• SAFe (or noteworthy alternative) Scrum Master certification.
• Project management experience, including balancing schedules, costs, and timelines.
• Credible delivery experience with a proven track record of agile team leadership and/or project/product delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, communicate, and deliver clear program/team status and action plans.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to articulate delivery plans and challenges to senior and executive leadership.
• Ability to work in cross-functional team environments and matrix organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority, people management experience is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with both business and technical audiences effectively and concisely.
• Preference for experience leading Scrum/Agile team events; preference for experience supporting PI Planning events.

Benefits:

• Full-time position with the flexibility to work remotely.
• Opportunity to work for a Digital Product Engineering company that is scaling rapidly.
• Dynamic and non-hierarchical work culture.
• Chance to collaborate with a diverse team of experts across 33 countries.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity for professional growth and development in a global organization.