Scrum Master

Do you want to help solve the world's most pressing challenges? Feeding the world's growing population and slowing climate change are two of the world's greatest challenges. AGCO is a part of the solution! Join us to make your contribution.

AGCO is looking to hire candidates for the position of Scrum Master.

The Scrum Master is a crucial role to the implementation of the "Scaled Agile Framework" (SAFe) as the agile development framework within AGCO. The role contributes to the definition and continuous improvement of all processes and tools necessary for it’s agile teams to enable them to successfully deliver new products.   

Your Impact

The Scrum Master´s main responsibilities are to generate flow, ensure fast feedback (minimize WIP) and strive for relentless team improvements:

• Assist in overall program/project planning and ensure cross-team dependencies are well-understood and modeled in project plans and timelines
• Identify, document, and publish risks and issues related to the overall program and to define resolution paths where required
• Resolve cross-team impediments and blocking issues
• Collect and consolidate cross-team status for delivery to stakeholders and executive management
• Schedule and conduct meetings and ceremonies in accordance with best practices for Agile/Scrum software development
• Responsible for building team collaboration, commitment towards achieving sprint objectives and viewing team needs above everything else
• Continuously work to improve team performance and productivity
• Encourage team accountability, self-organization, and empowerment
• Share common Agile practices
• Promote and support the development team’s automated processes
• Facilitate Retrospectives which generate new ideas for process improvement
• Maintain relevant metrics that guide the development team to more efficient processes in their work and in satisfying their Product Owner and stakeholders
• Maintain effective information radiators that aid transparency and encourage clear communication between the development team, the Product Owner, and stakeholders
• Active participant in the local scrum chapters to share and learn new agile concepts.

Your Experience and Qualifications

• Ability to work with and lead a team
• Strong communication, interpersonal and mentoring skills
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment
• Self-motivation and ability to stay focused in the middle of distraction
• Knowledge of project management tools (Jira, Azure DevOps) advantageous
• Experience in DevOps and SAFe practices beneficial 
• 3+ years of relevant experience in software development projects
• Ability to analyze and think quickly and to resolve conflict
• Knowledgeable in techniques to fill in gaps in the scrum
• Ability to determine what is scrum and what is not
• Experience with successful Agile techniques

Your Benefits

• GLOBAL DIVERSITY – Diversity means many things to us, different brands, cultures, nationalities, genders, generations – even variety in our roles. You make us unique!
• ENTERPRISING SPIRIT- Every role adds value. We're committed to helping you develop and grow to realize your potential.
• POSITIVE IMPACT – Make it personal and help us feed the world.
• INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES - You can combine your love for technology with manufacturing excellence – and work alongside teams of people worldwide who share your enthusiasm.
• MAKE THE MOST OF YOU – Benefits include health care and wellness plans and flexible and virtual work option……….

We value inclusion and recognize the innovation a diverse workforce delivers to our farmers. Through our recruitment efforts, we are committed to building a team that includes a variety of experiences, backgrounds, cultures and perspectives.

Join us as we bring agriculture into the future and apply now!

Please note that this job posting is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all required activities, duties, responsibilities, or benefits and may change at any time with or without notice.

AGCO is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.