Sr. Scrum Master

Position: Technical Project Manager with Scrum Master exp Location: Plano, TX Job Type: Contract Only local candidate Accountabilities Partner in facilitating product/program-related agile events and maintaining product/program artifacts Collaborate with Product Ownership to deliver the product/program's prioritized backlog Understand/anticipate and engage in the escalation/mitigation of risks and impediments Develop and maintain a productive working relationship with all agile team roles and key product/program stakeholders to ensure execution alignment Develop and maintain a productive working relationship with all agile team roles, vendors, and key product/program stakeholders to ensure execution alignment Demonstrate servant leadership by educating and enabling teams on how to self-organize, self-manage, and deliver via Lean-Agile practices Partner with senior leadership and technology partners to deliver prioritized innovation ideas that align best with PepsiCo priorities while leveraging our technology partners' capabilities & expertise Manage both up and down the personnel hierarchy Support the Technical Program Manager in all product delivery activities Drive Azure DevOps best practices within and across products/programs Qualifications Bachelor's degree required, with a concentration in either Business or Information Systems Management preferred X years of work experience, or X-X years of relevant experience either in CPG delivery teams or with a Top-Tier consulting firm SAFe® (or noteworthy alternative) Scrum Master certification Project management experience, including balancing schedules, costs, and timelines Credible delivery experience with 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

Location: Plano, TX, US

Posted Date: 2/8/2025