About this role
Scrum Master National Oilwell Varco
Do you want to work with some of the oil and gas industry's best minds?
Every single day, we put more than 150 years of experience to work to help our customers achieve lasting success. We have the people, capabilities, and vision to serve the needs of a significant and evolving industry. One the world can’t live without.
Working throughout every region in the world, and across every area of drilling and production, we provide technical expertise, advanced equipment, and operational support necessary for success – now and in the future.
At NOV, we power the people who power the world.
Job Description
Do you love collaborating with teams to build and improve products?
We are seeking a Scrum Master who enjoys working with new technologies and managing through systems. You will guide and coach Agile Teams by creating and supporting processes based on a set of common principles which focus on continuous improvement, quality, and velocity. You will work closely with our Product Owners to help transform their visions into custom software applications. A dedication to solving problems, designing sophisticated solutions, and ensuring quality is critical to achieving success in this role.
Responsibilities
Are you passionate aboutfinding solutions to businessproblems?
- Steer the Agile Teams toward their goals, remove impediments, and facilitate processes for continuous improvement.
- Facilitate team meetings, including the Daily Stand-up, Sprint Planning and Design, Review, and Retrospective Meetings.
- Support the Product Owner in creating and managing the product backlog, making strategic prioritization decisions, and designing systems that achieve their vision and goals.
- Ensure a clear Definition of Done (DOD) is documented for backlog items and work with the Development Team to ensure proper quality control is in place to meet that criteria.
- Collaborate with a dedicated team to materialize project goals.
Requirements
Does this sound like you?
- You have excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritize and execute under minimal supervision.
- You can execute projects and use an iterative methodology such as Agile or Scrum, with a consistent track record of success.
- You possess proven functional knowledge of software development processes.
- You have good interpersonal and analytical skills and can smoothly collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
- You are detail-oriented yet able to understand impacts across multiple projects and systems.
- You can communicate concisely and professionally to a variety of audiences.
Other qualifications include:
- 5+ years of experience in an IT role
- 2+ years of experience working in an Agile Team
- 1+ year of understanding SQL Database, Jira, SharePoint, and GitHub is a Bonus
- Business analysis
- Certified Scrum Master (preferred)
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.