Schneider Electric Hub | Research & Engineering Center - Home & Distribution team

We are looking for an experimented Scrum Ma nager (or Scaled Scrum Master) , for Connected Offer LoB , part of Home & Distribution Division. We are developing and managing the end-to-end digital connected offer, with Hardware & Software, from Device to Could , included Apps! This Scrum Ma nager will be focused on the consolidation of different Software Squads , to ensure a full Customer journey , for Home Energy Management System League.

Scaled Scrum Masters are key leadership positions in a global organization and part of the Agile Excellence Chapter.

Role overview

Scaled Scrum Masters

• G uide the league focusing on creating high-value releases
• P artner with League Leader and Chapter Leaders to ensure strategy and execution alignment
• A re key facilitators and primarily responsible for facilitation of League-level rituals & key events (such as PI planning, execution, as well as monitoring/reporting and driving project steering committees)
• D rive continuous improvement by coaching the league's Squads and Squad members in Agile methodologies to maximize efficiency and self-improvement , and drive change management
• I dentify, escalate, and help find resolutions to league
  C onsolidate scenarios and impact in term of Scope evolution (Risk, Delay, Cost, ...)
• M aster Agile and Delivery processes, fine tune them to Squad needs (e.g., mixing Scrum & Kanban to manage maintenance & development) while providing tools and methodologies to accelerate Squad delivery

Responsibilites

Enable execution in alignment with the strategy and the backlog

• Work with League Leader, Chapter Leaders, Finance controller and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment
• Guide the League with respect to priorities and scope , focusing on creating high value releases, offer or system
• Assist with decision-making by facilitating feature estimation by teams
• Provide progress status and escalate impediments on a regular basis
• Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks
• Highlight and follow the adherence to guardrails, alerting the League Leader where needed
• Consolidate Mitigation plan with Impact Analysis, and propose solution to the Product Owner

Identify and manage interdependencies

• Map interfaces between Squads of the same league or different leagues & propose synchronization strategy
• Support the League's efforts to continuously improve communications and relationships between squads
• Ensure good synchronization between HW & SW Squad

Foster effective working relationship between Product Owners, Agile Squads and stakeholders

• Ensure Product Backlogs are easily accessible and understood by the League's Squads and other stakeholders
• Pilot the Sizing of the feature/product/system to develop (schedule, competencies, OpE x , CaP ex , . .), with the other Chap Leader, to help the PO to make prioritization, adapt/develop tools if needed
• Identify techniques for product goal definition and effective product backlog management and coach the Scrum Masters and Squads to support adoption of best practice

Support the Squads

• Ensure all Squads within the League have progress/performance metrics in place well understood
• Create and sustain within the League an environment of trust and openness
• Ensure all Squads within the League focus on excellence in product quality and customer value
• Ensure all Squads within the League will learn from previous Sprint/PI (Sprint Retrospective, PI Retrospective, ...) seriously and puts a sincere effort in to follow up actions
• Ensure all Squads within the League performance are transparent by setting-up relevant KPI's and visual management on backlog, risks, planning, etc. using suitable tools and techniques

Help remove impediments

• Understand impact of roadblocks and implement effective risk response plans
• Ensure all Squads within the League get necessary trust and support from Senior Management when necessary to work effectively
• Ensure all Squads within the League are able to respond to required changes and new unplanned requests in an effective manner

Promote Agile values

• Promote Agile values, culture and practices ; continuous improvement and challeng ing the status-quo
• Enable all Squads within the League to improve efficiency and quality of deliverables by following Agile development best practices
• Secure and promote the values of the selected framewor k, self- organization and self-management
• Coach and mentor all SMs within the league

Other

• Exposure of key league-level ceremonies (schedule, chair and drive PI events, demos and PSCs)
• Produce, enforce, maintain and present league-level
• Programme Plans and Timelines (including highlight reports and Gantt charts to clearly expose any risks/issues and dependencies)
• Finance management (obtain and, where necessary, produce league-level financial forecasts, monitor actual costs and manage any deviation from budget)
• Manage PPM for the portfolio

What qualifications will make you successful for this role?

• Bachelor's degree
• 10+ years of product or project management/development experience is a must
• 2 years of programme management would be advantageous
• Strong facilitation techniques
• Ability to build and lead multiple Squads in a matrix
• Promote Agile values, principle, and be able to help/support/coach
• Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
• Knowledge of an Agile Framework ( i.e. Scrum, Kanban), and knowledge of at Agile at Scale frameworks ( i.e. SAFe , Scrum at Scale, Nexus)
• Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery Squads
• Experience obtaining effort estimations and resource (bandwidth) management
• Experience producing financial forecasts and managing budgets
• Qualifications in PM are highly desirable

NOTE: This role requires occasional traveling | 2-3 times per quarter, mostly in Europe

What we offer:

• Hybrid working model (3 days office, 2 days WFH) & flexible working hours
• 24+ days of annual leave
• International team with the possibility for training & upskilling
• Gym & sports activities
• Learning & Development for each employee (including internal platforms & additional budget)
• Having a chance to be mentored by any worldwide expert inside Schneider Electric
• The financial, legal, and psychological assistance program
• Private health insurance
• Lunch inside our Hub with discounts
• Family policy - Parental leave and Care leave
• Recognition culture through our own StepUp platform & annual bonus
• Building a career in the #1 world sustainable multinational company

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