Scrum Master at PPL Corporation in Allentown, PA

Job description

Company Summary Statement As one of the largest investor-owned utility companies in the United States, PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), is committed to creating long-term, sustainable value for our 3.5 million customers, our shareowners and the communities we serve. Our high-performing regulated utilities — PPL Electric Utilities, Louisville Gas and Electric, Kentucky Utilities and Rhode Island Energy — provide an outstanding experience for our customers, consistently ranking among the best utilities in the nation. PPL’s companies are also addressing challenges head-on by investing in new infrastructure and technology that is creating a smarter, more reliable and resilient energy grid. We are committed to doing our part to advance a cleaner energy future and drive innovation that enables us to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while maintaining energy reliability and affordability for the customers and communities we serve. PPL is a positive force in the cities and towns where we do business, providing support for programs and organizations that empower the success of future generations by helping to build and maintain strong, diverse communities today. Overview NOTE: This role is hybrid requiring 3 days a week in office at one of our locations: Allentown, PA; Louisville, KY or Johnston, RI. #INDPPL LI-Hy The Scrum Master is accountable for enabling delivery across assigned Agile teams or highly complex, high-risk technical initiatives. The role provides Agile and SAFe coaching opportunities for assigned teams, partners with Product Owners, Release Train Engineers, architects, and delivery leaders, and improves flow, predictability, team maturity, and value delivery across assigned teams or complex initiatives while providing insights to the RTE. The role may also provide expanded team- and initiative-level coordination during testing, cutover, go-live, and hypercare based on the project lifecycle. Responsibilities Coach, mentor, and facilitate the team members to adopt truly Agile mindset, including ownership, self-management and empowerment. Coach multiple Agile teams or the most complex and high-risk team; mentor Scrum Masters and Team Coaches; and support onboarding, Communities of Practice, training, and consistent application of fit-for-purpose Agile practices across assigned teams and initiatives. Actively participate in and contribute to Communities of Practice by sharing ideas, lessons learned, reusable practices, and improvement opportunities across Scrum Masters and Agile teams. Model Lean-Agile leadership and coach the team to become self-organizing, cross-skilled, accountable, and high-performing while fostering team health, collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement. Prepare assigned teams for PI Planning; facilitate team breakout sessions; support the development of team PI objectives; identify risks, capacity constraints, and dependencies; and align iteration goals and team commitments to ART priorities in partnership with the Product Owner and RTE. Optimize flow across assigned teams or initiatives using measures such as throughput, predictability, quality, delivery performance, and team health; use data and feedback loops to identify constraints, drive improvement, and provide insights to the RTE. Manage and facilitate the scrum team's daily work including execution of Sprint Ceremonies (e.g., Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-up, Sprint Review and Retrospective) Facilitate cross-team coordination forums for assigned teams or initiatives to surface dependencies, impediments, and delivery risks; escalate ART-level or organizational constraints to the RTE. Capturing and tracking sprint metrics (e.g., team velocity), and being accountable for the continuous improvement of the scrum team Create a collaborative environment which allows the team and stakeholders to interact closely. Identifying and removing impediments to allow the team to focus on development. Help the team identify its strengths and w