What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scrum Master / USA: Evanston, IL position at Rotary International?
Job Title: Scrum Master
Area: Information Technology
Reports to: Lead, IT Delivery
Classification: Exempt
Location: Evanston, IL
This position is designated as Hybrid - Fully Flexible and expected to work from our World Headquarters office once per month to several times a week. The specific days in the office are determined by managers based on business requirements. Rotary is under the jurisdiction of Illinois employment laws; we require all employees to live within reasonable daily commuting distance to Evanston.
Organization Overview
Rotary is a membership organization that unites people from all continents and cultures who take action to deliver real, long-term solutions to pressing issues facing our communities and the world. Each year, Rotary members expand their networks, build lasting relationships, and invest more than $300 million and 16 million volunteer hours to improve lives and create positive change in the world. In exchange for hard work and dedication in support of Rotary’s clubs, members and other participants, and their humanitarian service projects, our employees receive competitive salaries, flexible schedules, comprehensive benefits, and job enrichment. To learn more, visit http://www.rotary.org.
Rotary’s Commitment to Belonging (DEI)
At Rotary, we foster a welcoming environment where all employees are valued and empowered. We are dedicated to creating meaningful opportunities and supporting the growth and well-being of our team. Join us in building a world where everyone can unite, take action, and create lasting change.
Overview
This position is a Scrum Master/Agile coach role at Rotary International. You will work with various projects/product teams to document requirements and facilitate the delivery of the requirements by the delivery teams. The team includes staff at Rotary HQ, a project delivery team, 3rd party SaaS vendors, and remote developers and testers in India.
You Will Have
Planning
Area: Information Technology
Reports to: Lead, IT Delivery
Classification: Exempt
Location: Evanston, IL
This position is designated as Hybrid - Fully Flexible and expected to work from our World Headquarters office once per month to several times a week. The specific days in the office are determined by managers based on business requirements. Rotary is under the jurisdiction of Illinois employment laws; we require all employees to live within reasonable daily commuting distance to Evanston.
Organization Overview
Rotary is a membership organization that unites people from all continents and cultures who take action to deliver real, long-term solutions to pressing issues facing our communities and the world. Each year, Rotary members expand their networks, build lasting relationships, and invest more than $300 million and 16 million volunteer hours to improve lives and create positive change in the world. In exchange for hard work and dedication in support of Rotary’s clubs, members and other participants, and their humanitarian service projects, our employees receive competitive salaries, flexible schedules, comprehensive benefits, and job enrichment. To learn more, visit http://www.rotary.org.
Rotary’s Commitment to Belonging (DEI)
At Rotary, we foster a welcoming environment where all employees are valued and empowered. We are dedicated to creating meaningful opportunities and supporting the growth and well-being of our team. Join us in building a world where everyone can unite, take action, and create lasting change.
Overview
This position is a Scrum Master/Agile coach role at Rotary International. You will work with various projects/product teams to document requirements and facilitate the delivery of the requirements by the delivery teams. The team includes staff at Rotary HQ, a project delivery team, 3rd party SaaS vendors, and remote developers and testers in India.
You Will Have
- Bachelor’s degree & 5 or more years of work experience as a /Scrum Master/Product Owner
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Agile and SAFe development practices
- Familiarity to work with offshore development and QA teams
- Ability to work with 3rd party vendors on product offerings, implementation and updates
- Technically savvy to be able to run SQL queries, test Restful services, test frontend technologies.
- Strong communication, documentation, facilitation, negotiation, presentation, and time management skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Atlassian suite of products and strong problem-solving skills
- Written and oral communication
- Public speaking
- Showing attention to detail
- Facilitating large meetings
Planning
- Participates in interviews with Product Owners and business stakeholders to understand business requirements.
- Conducts interviews with business stakeholders to understand business requirements.
- Document business cases and develop value statement including ROI, IRR, etc.
- Represents IT, along with Architects, at project planning meetings (JADs)
- Coordinates estimates of technology-related efforts for inclusion into larger project estimates
- Coordinate deployments with dependent teams and create runbook for product releases
- Models current state business processes, as required
- Analyzes current state business processes and identifies opportunities for improvements
- Designs future state business processes, as required
- Coordinates product/project team meetings to elicit requirements from stakeholders
- Translates business requirements into groomed user stories
- Coordinates and consolidates accurate estimates for groomed user stories
- Coordinates and oversees user testing of completed features including Mobile app testing, Front-End UX testing and Database Testing
- Runs the IT track for large, high-profile, multi-product/platform engagements
- Manages cross-functional IT teams (internal/external, 3rd party vendors onshore/offshore)
- Directs user acceptance testing
- Facilitates IT team meetings to ensure project progress and meet milestones.
- Ensures business requirements and Acceptance Criteria are complete in well-formed groomed user stories
- Coordinates and consolidates accurate estimates for groomed user stories
- Coordinates and oversees user acceptance testing of completed features across devices, platforms and browsers
- Ensure the Delivery team a hears to timelines and commitments, escalate possible issues impacts to managers
- Hold the Dev & QA teams on delivery best practices
- Communicates clearly and succinctly with internal stakeholders, vendors and 3rd parties
- Communicates regularly with product and project managers on progress of IT efforts
- Assists in the coordination and consolidating of RFI/RFP efforts for technology vendors
- Supports coordination of technology vendor selection
- Supports coordination of necessary meetings with internal subject matter experts and signing authorities to maintain forward progress during negotiation process
- Shares best practices and promotes knowledge sharing amongst team mates
- May aid in the creation of business policies and procedures
- Advises on the development of the business training curriculum
- Communication: Open to diverse ideas and communicates clearly for all to understand.
- Collaboration: Builds strong partnerships to achieve shared goals.
- Productivity: Delivers results that advance Rotary's objectives.
- Accountability: Takes ownership and responsibility for actions.
- Strategic Thinking: Identifies opportunities and designs approaches aligned with Rotary's strategic goals.
- $88,750 - $106,000
- Generous medical, dental, and vision benefits package
- Progressive 401k matching contributions
- Above market and generous paid time off package
- Tuition reimbursement
- Professional development opportunities
- On-site cafeteria and coffee bar with special pricing for Rotary employees
- Flextime-several different work schedules to choose from
- Close to CTA, Metra, a variety of stores, and many food options
- Rotary does not provide VISA sponsorship or relocation assistance
Salary : $88,750 - $106,000
