American Airlines · 16 hours ago
Scrum Lead, IT
Fort Worth, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
4+ years expAmerican Airlines is a major airline offering a dynamic work environment focused on technical excellence. As a Scrum Lead, you will coach teams in agile practices, promote continuous improvement, and help deliver high-value digital products for the airline's operations.
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Responsibilities
Optimize the flow of value from generation of ideas to release
Coach your team(s) to create high-value items, while eliminating or reducing rework, waste in the process, etc
Promote transparency on barriers to change, progress, and remove or seek assistance in addressing impediments and opportunities
Enable your team(s) to practice Professional Scrum and other frameworks/techniques that drive agility
Cultivate a habit of continuous learning (from prior increments, retrospectives, etc.), continuous experimentation, and continuous improvement to reach a high-performing state
Coach your team(s) to understand (the why) and practice new ways of working
Serve as internal trainers contributing to the learning and development of one or more team(s)
Coach Product Owners/Managers with techniques for establishing empirical product planning and maintaining a healthy Product Backlog
Maintain, share, and promote information radiators that enable inspection and adaptation
Coach teams to self-organize and facilitate events, as necessary
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
4+ years of relevant work experience in an agile environment
Experience coaching agile methodologies to team and stakeholders
Skills and knowledge of servant leadership, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment and increasing transparency
Proven ability to promote a team environment and collaborate cross-functionally
Scrum Master Certification (CSM, PSM, SSM, or other scrum certification)
Preferred
Experience with driving adoption of Agile methodologies, processes and tools in a cross-functional organization
Superior analytical, problem solving and communication skills
Demonstrated experience with continuous integration/delivery
Participation in scaled agile frameworks
Benefits
Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
Company
American Airlines
American Airlines is an airline company that operates a diverse fleet of aircraft, including narrow-body and wide-body jets. It is a sub-organization of American Airlines.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1B2023-11-17Post Ipo Debt· $250M
2023-02-08Post Ipo Debt· $750M
2015-01-01Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
Doug Parker
Chairman and former CEO at American Airlines
David Seymour
Chief Operating Officer
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