Scrum Master

Insight Global
Chicago, IL, United States
2 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Microsoft Excel Data Analysis Asana Confluence JIRA Apache Hive Microsoft PowerPoint Scrum Methodology Planning Software Data Lakes Interactive Whiteboards

Job description

Insight Global’s client is looking for a Scrum Master to join their team to focus on two products. As a Scrum Master for Strategic Value Delivery, you will lead cross-functional teams through priority initiatives that deliver measurable business outcomes. You will combine project management discipline with Agile/Scrum practices to ensure teams are aligned on the desired value, focused on the highest-impact work, and accountable for results., * Translate strategic priorities into clear outcomes, success measures, milestones, risks, dependencies, and delivery plans.

  • Partner with business sponsors, Product Owners, and cross-functional leaders to ensure initiatives deliver the intended business value.
  • Lead the operating rhythm for strategic projects, including planning, prioritization, progress tracking, issue resolution, and decision-making forums.
  • Facilitate Agile/Scrum routines where they add value, including stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and backlog refinement.
  • Proactively identify barriers, trade-offs, capacity constraints, and dependencies; drive resolution with the right owners.
  • Create transparent visibility into progress, risks, decisions needed, team health, and value realization.
  • Help teams simplify work, focus on outcomes, and avoid activity that does not advance the business result.
  • Drive continuous improvement and build sustainable business capability so outcomes can be maintained after project delivery.

The two pods/products they will work on:

1.”The Hive” is a newly launched, global project management lifecycle tool.

Problem Statement: the Hive is a repository for financial P&Ls for new businesses. And they want to make sure that that information is accurate. So it’s how to build a process to make sure that that information that goes into the Hive is accurate. This person will run the Scrum for that.

  1. Consumer Insights Pod:
  • Overarching Objective: transform the several different data sets that this client has under consumer Insights into actual insights and not just random data sets spread all over the data lake.

  • Targets of Impact:

  • Innovation team: Identify and address areas where consumer expectations are not being met in product concepts.

  • Communication teams: Monitor and manage brand perception to improve what consumers are saying about the brands.

  • Return on Ad Spend (ROAS): Optimize marketing budgets to maximize campaign reach and brand visibility.

Requirements

5-8 year of Scrum Master experience- Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum practices with the judgment to tailor routines to the business context, open minded

-CPG experience -* Proven experience leading cross-functional business initiatives in a matrixed CPG environment.

-Jira experience

-Finance or Data background- If a candidate lacks CPG experience, they must have a strong background in data, data analysis, finance, or creating a new product.

-Outcome-driven mindset with the ability to connect work to measurable business value, including growth, productivity, speed to market, consumer impact, or capability building.

-Strong facilitation and communication skills, including the ability to clarify priorities, surface trade-offs, and drive decisions. Emotional maturity.

-Ability to influence without authority and partner effectively with business sponsors, Product Owners, functional leaders, and execution teams.

-Comfortable working through ambiguity, competing priorities, change, and organizational complexity * Experience with tools such as Monday.com, Miro, Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Planner, PowerPoint, Excel, or commercialization / PLM tools is preferred.

  • Scrum Master certification, PMP, SAFe certification, or similar credentials are a plus.

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