Company Alaska Airlines
The Team
Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams set the strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, marketing, or any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for travel and our guests is what motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion for creating an airline people love, we want to hear from you.
Role Summary
The Senior Scrum Master is a subject matter expert in modeling Agile values and is responsible for facilitating for 2-3 teams while embodying and modeling Agile values and principles at Alaska Airlines. As an individual contributor, this role holds the standard Scrum events for teams practicing Scrum, assist Product Managers with achieving a well-refined backlog, removing impediments, and empowering your team(s) to continually evolve.
Key Duties
Acts as a subject matter expert in modeling Agile values and helps the Product Managers understanding of value-based prioritization in an Agile environment.
Coaches techniques for effective product backlog management and leads the team to understand the need for clear and concise product backlog items.
Contributes to the development of release plans with data and insight and leads the team to develop quicker service delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics to identify areas of opportunity.
Leads and coaches the organization and teams they support in their Agile adoption, including planning Agile implementations within the organization and leading change that increase the productivity of the team.
Leads the team to make measurable, continuous improvement and coach the team in self-organization and cross-functionality.
Removes impediments to the team’s progress and manages cross team dependencies, including working with peers to resolve cross-team impediments.
Facilitates Agile events and provides transparency to team process and progress, including measuring and diagnosing team performance.
Trusted representative of Team members and leaders, viewed as a strategic partner in the delivery of high-quality, high-value products that contribute to the success of our technology initiatives while creating an environment which embraces Agile Values and Principles.
Leads in developing and maintaining team standards, tools, and best practices, operationalizing the plan, build, delivery process, while mentoring other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Agile in the organization.
Makes recommendations to set the strategic direction for planning and tracking artifacts and tools, and in establishing and maintaining team metrics which provide a comprehensive view of team health, and encourage continuous improvement.
Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills
Required
4 years of experience in technology industry and customer-centric applications.
Bachelor’s degree, or an additional two years of training/experience in lieu of this degree.
Experience with Agile team coaching.
Deep understanding of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, XP, Lean, and Agile scaling patterns.
Certified Scrum Master (CSM).
Fluency using Agile Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools.
Excellent interpersonal skills, including communication and the ability to work with diverse personality types and to lead and coach the team to reach their highest potential.
Ability to understand technical issues at a high level.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Minimum age of 18.
Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Preferred
- Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), ICAgile Certified Expert in Agile Coaching (ICE-AC) or similar.
Job-Specific Leadership Expectations
Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be kind-hearted, deliver performance, and be remarkable.
Salary Range
$110,900 - $166,300 / year
Salary Details
Pay will be based on multiple factors, including and not limited to location, relevant experience/level and skillset while balancing internal equity relative to other Alaska/Horizon employees. Alaska/Horizon is committed to fair, unbiased compensation along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate.
Total Rewards
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air pay and benefits can vary by company, location, number of regularly scheduled hours worked, length of employment, and employment status.
Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines & Horizon Air
Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits
Generous 401k match program
Quarterly and annual bonus plans
Generous holiday and paid time off
For more information about Alaska/Horizon Total Rewards please visit our career site and view benefits.
FLSA Status Exempt
Employment Type Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
Requisition Type Management
Apply by 7:00 PM Pacific Time on 3/20/2024
Location Seattle
Equal Employment Opportunity We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action (AA) employer that is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees and do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information (including family medical history), political views or activity, or other legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. We may use your information to maintain the safety and security of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, its employees, and others as required or permitted by law. People of color, women, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
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Job Locations USA-WA-Seattle
Requisition ID 2024-12044
Category Corporate & Operations
Workplace Type Onsite
