Minor Hotels Europe and Americas

Scrum Master – Manufacturing

Minor Hotels Europe and Americas

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Chicago • California • Illinois • United States

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Salary

💰 $65,200 - $158,550 per year

Job Level

SeniorLead

About the role

  • Plan, facilitate, and lead all Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, demos, board reviews, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
  • Ensure effective breakdown of work by guiding the decomposition of epics and stories into sub-stories, tasks, spikes, and other actionable items.
  • Coach the team on Scrum principles and ensure consistent adherence to Agile processes, enabling a high-performing and self-organizing team.
  • Ensure stories are properly progressed through all required workflow steps to maintain transparency and delivery momentum.
  • Identify, remove, and escalate impediments that impact team productivity, while encouraging focus on committed sprint work.
  • Partner with Development Managers to support effective planning, prioritization, and capacity management.
  • Conduct retrospectives and facilitate continuous improvement initiatives based on team feedback and performance insights.
  • Schedule and facilitate backlog grooming sessions to ensure readiness of upcoming work.
  • Support the development of delivery timelines and schedules in collaboration with PMO, including capacity planning, resource loading, and forecasting.
  • Assess resource capacity and proactively identify gaps or the need for additional resources; support resource balancing strategies as needed.
  • Collaborate with clients and end users to clarify business requirements and ensure alignment with development output.
  • Act as a liaison between development teams and product management to ensure project processes, governance, and delivery standards are followed.
  • Monitor risks and delivery issues, escalating concerns beyond the development team when needed and driving resolution through appropriate management channels.

Requirements

  • Overall 10+ years’ experience with minimum 5+ years of related experience in Robotic / Embedded / Manufacturing environment
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related technical or engineering field OR equivalent work experience
  • Strong working knowledge of Agile methodologies and the Scrum framework
  • Hands-on experience with Scrum and Agile tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, JAMA)
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, and conflict resolution skills
  • Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional and distributed teams
  • Solid understanding of basic project management principles and practices
  • Scrum Master Certification (e.g., Certified ScrumMaster – CSM) preferred
Benefits
  • Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade
  • Company paid holidays
  • Personal Days
  • Sick Leave
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
  • Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Employee assistance programs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
Agile methodologiesScrum frameworkproject management principlescapacity managementresource loadingbacklog groomingrisk monitoringimpediment removalcontinuous improvementwork decomposition
Soft Skills
communicationfacilitationconflict resolutioncollaborationteam coachingtransparencyproblem-solvingleadershiporganizational skillsperformance insights
Certifications
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)