Scrum Master

The SM will assist the team in meeting their delivery goals for a 100% collocated Development Team for the company's key initiative solution.

***This is a hybrid work position allowing for 2 days work from home and 3 days in the office located at our U-Haul Midtown Campus in Phoenix, AZ.

Key Responsibilities

• Exhibits Servant leadership and helping the team embrace Scrum values, adopt and apply Scrum principles and practices
• Strongly serving and supporting the Product Owner and Development Team in their quest to do everything possible to delight customers
• Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style and leading by example. This person should personify Scrum and Agile
• Guiding and coaching both the Scrum Team and the Development team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks
• Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
• Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment
• Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
• Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to refining (aka grooming) and managing the product backlog
• Lead multiple Scrum teams under one product

The successful candidate must possess:

• Minimum of 1 year as a Scrum Master
• Experience fulfilling the Scrum Master role on large development programs
• First level Scrum Master certification (PSM I \ CSM )
• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
• Knowledge of numerous well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach(example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc)
• Demonstrated knowledge of other approaches discussed in the Agile space: XP, Kanban, Nexus

"Bonus" Qualifications:

• Experience with SAFe® 4.0
• Experience being on multiple Scrum teams in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes, different organizations, different cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc)
• Track record of continued and recent education in Scrum, including training, conferences, user groups, self-study
• Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
• Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team
• Experience applying a wide variety of well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach(example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, and handling bugs)
• Previous experience as a collaborative leader

Perks of joining the U-Haul fleet:

Get your career moving with a company who empowers team members to the healthiest version of themselves! We provide robust wellness benefits, events, and resources to help team members becomes the happiest and healthiest they can be.

Here are just some of the programs U-Haul has available:

• Full medical coverage
• New indoor basketball and fitness gym including workout classes
• Onsite medical clinic for you and your family
• Career stability
• Opportunities for advancement
• Valuable on-the-job training
• Prescription plans
• Dental & Vision Plans
• Business and travel insurance
• YouMatter Employee Assistance Program
• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick days
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Life insurance
• Critical illness/Group accident
• 24-hour physician available for kids
• Subsidized gym/ membership
• MetLaw legal program
• MetLife auto and home insurance
• Discounts on cell phone plans, hotels, and more
• LifeLock identity theft
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Free online courses for personal and professional development at U-Haul University
• Savvy consumer wellness programs- from health care tips to financial wellness
• U-Haul federal credit union

Family Traditions:

U-Haul is family. In many cases, that’s not just figurative talk. Generations of the same families often choose to build careers here, realizing that a personal investment in U-Haul means providing for each other. U-Haul was founded in 1945 by the Shoen family in Ridgefield, Washington. After a year of innovations, the company relocated its headquarters to Phoenix, Arizona. U-Haul helps families move from locations in all 50 states and 13 Canadian Provinces and Territories. Today, U-Haul has grown into more than trucks and trailers, we offer a variety of services such as U-Box, Self-storage and Moving help. When a family entrusts U-Haul and its services with their loved ones and possessions amid the stress and adventure of a move, we embrace that awesome responsibility. A caring culture means catering to our millions of annual customers. But it also means supporting our thousands of dedicated Team Members.