Build a Bigger, Better, Bolder Future

Imagine working for a company that measures its success based off the growth of its colleagues, a company that invests in its future by investing in you. Little Caesars is a company where our colleagues make an impact.

Your Mission:

Imagine working for a company that measures its success based off the growth of its colleagues, a company that invests in its future by investing in you. Little Caesars is a company where our colleagues make an impact. In this role, you will ensure agile teams execute exciting, mission-critical web and mobile projects to help us take our processes to the next level. You will play a key role working with IT leadership and all aspects of the digital team to ensure the success of high-profile and mission-critical projects. You will provide work direction to multiple project teams and act with discretion and authority relative to project management.

How You’ll Make an Impact:

• Work closely with the product owners and technology leads to push the agile development process forward for multiple software development projects in Little Caesars digital portfolio for web and mobile.
• Develop integrated baseline project plans applying estimating models, identify resources and skills required, document estimating assumptions, refine plans and manage performance against them.
• Provide regular updates and statuses to senior-level IT management.
• Facilitate daily scrum meetings with the entire project team, participating in sprint reviews, product backlog and sprint backlog grooming sessions, and retrospectives.
• Track and manage project status through traditional agile tools such as burndown charts as well as baselines, metrics and goals.
• Create a calendar of sprints and releases at a “scrum of scrums” level in collaboration with IT Management. Communicate this schedule to stakeholders.
• Act as a gatekeeper for software releases to Quality Assurance (QA) and Production environments.
• Publish release notes to stakeholders and customers.
• Facilitate the team’s progress towards those goals by resolving or escalating conflicts, issues and roadblocks.
• Provide work guidance and coach team members, fostering a collaborative culture and resolve conflict involving prioritization, design or preference.
• Drive a continuous improvement culture within the team and business.
• Build relationships with the business in order to coordinate all aspects of project delivery and deliver product to specifications in a timely manner.
• Work with the team to develop and improve standard process methodologies for both IT and the business.
• Manage project closure initiatives, such as client satisfaction survey and closure analysis.

Who You Are:

• First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field. A combination of education and/or experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Demonstrated prior success as a Scrum Master using formal agile techniques.
• Mastery of Agile methodology and principles.
• Three (3) or more years' experience as Software Program/ Project Manager using Agile Techniques and iterative development.
• Previous experience with formal or informal project team supervision, including team member selection, performance, coaching, mentoring and development.
• Ability to manage multiple scrum teams simultaneously.
• Prior experience working on custom software development projects.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate with all levels of colleagues, both technical and non-technical.
• Strong working knowledge of burndown metrics, velocity, user story development and task definition.
• Highly proficient in the use of MS Office applications such as Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Ability to drive results in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Ability to understand technical issues at a high level.

What Will Make You Stand Out:

• Second level Scrum Master certification (CSP, PSM II)
• Knowledge of multiple Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, etc.
• Previous experience working on software development teams in non-manager capacity such as a developer or a business analyst.

Where You'll Work:

• This position may require minimal travel to vendor locations, assessment at stores and Ilitch Companies facilities, data centers or seminars/networking.
• Requires extended periods of time sitting and talking on the phone.
• Works in a normal office environment where there is no physical discomfort due to temperature, noise, dust, and the like.
• A state-of-the-art building with a modern-day, open environment in the heart of The District Detroit.
• A colleague fitness center, work café and an outdoor patio with grills.
• Over 60 different meeting spaces to help promote a collaborative environment.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• On call
• Weekends as needed

Experience:

• Scrum: 4 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Detroit, MI 48201 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Detroit, MI 48201: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Detroit, MI 48201