SCRUM Master

Join our Global Team in Shaping the Future of Connectivity!

At ASSA ABLOY, our global teams collaborate seamlessly to craft products and services that integrate into our users’ lives, simplifying their everyday routines and enhancing convenience. By empowering users to control access, we provide unparalleled peace of mind through enhancing safety and visibility.

We’re expanding our Access Egress Hardware Team, seeking to a hire a Scrum Master to join us on this journey. This is an engaging and challenging opportunity that plays an intricate role in shaping the development of our new products.

This position will sit onsite full-time New Haven, CT.

What you will be doing 

• Acts as a servant leader and coach for an Agile team facilitating team events, processes and supports ARTs in delivering value.
• Helps to remove impediments and foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and relentless improvement.
• Helps in the coordination of team participation in Agile Release Trains (ARTs) events, increasing the effectiveness of SAFe across the organization.
• Remain up to date on trends and best practices for agile team management.
• Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings and daily stand-ups.
• Coach team members in Agile frameworks.
• Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration.
• Be the point of contact for external communications (stakeholders).
• Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests.
• Resolve conflicts and remove obstacles that occur.
• Help teams implement changes effectively.
• Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each Agile sprint.
• Guide development teams to higher Scrum maturity.
• Help build a productive environment where team members ‘own’ the product and enjoy working on it.

What we are looking for

• 3+ years of experience in product development
• 5+ years of Agile experience in a change agent role.
• Familiarity with firmware and software development.
• Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement).
• Good knowledge of the Scaled Agile Framework.
• Excellent communication and servant leadership skills.
• Ability to effectively manage conflicting needs of stakeholders.

Preferred Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in related discipline.
• Agile Certifications preferred (Scrum Master, Scaled Agilist (SA), etc.).
• JIRA/Confluence Software experience.

What we offer

We’re passionate about providing amazing opportunities and benefits, so that you can enjoy a lifelong career with us. 

• Continuous professional development opportunities and an environment that fosters internal growth and mobility.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package which includes multiple healthcare options, tuition reimbursement, and matching 401k.
• Generous holiday schedule and paid time off to refresh and recharge.
• Employee pricing on our products and discount programs for travel, entertainment, and more!

We review applications regularly, so don’t hesitate, apply today!

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We are the ASSA ABLOY Group

Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 61,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces – physical and virtual – safer, more secure, and easier to access. 

As an employer, we value results – not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.

As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.