Become part of the Converse Team
Converse is a place to explore potential, break barriers and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Converse, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving world to make things better as a team.
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
The Sr. Scrum Lead is a member of the Portfolio team reporting to the Portfolio Director and will work with engineering teams, other scrum leads, product managers, and business stakeholders to ensure we are delivering quality work with speed while always improving.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
The Sr. Scrum Lead is a coach, a change leader, and a teammate who is focused on always improving. They understand agile principles and can apply those to a variety of teams and working styles. The Sr. Scrum Lead can collaborate with both technical and business stakeholders from different cultures and geographies to move work forward and align people to a single vision. Using strong facilitation skills, they can facilitate effective team meetings that create an environment of inclusion and trust while holding themselves and teammates accountable.
- This position is open to a remote work option; candidates must reside in the greater Atlanta metro area.
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Computer Science or a combination of relevant education, training, and experience Deep understanding of agile principles and practices and how to apply these to grow high performing teams
- 4+ years experience as a scrum lead, product or program manager, or work with teams using agile practices
- Experience with Jira, Trello, VersionOne, or other Agile Portfolio Management tools
- Flexibility to collaborate with teammates in India 1 – 2 times per week
- SAFe, Certified Scrum Master, or other professional certifications are a plus
- Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent combination experience and training
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
You will be accountable for guiding multiple teams through the scrum or kanban framework with a sharp focus on delivery excellence and continuous improvement. You are responsible for helping the team collaborate using agile practices and mindsets, coordinating with other scrum leads to help manage dependencies, and remove blockers.
- Support several engineering teams, leading them through Scrum ceremonies or Kanban practices and enable continuous improvement efforts using agile metrics
- Lead a technology domain (multiple engineering teams) through quarterly planning activities, including regular ceremonies to build and maintain a domain backlog
- Interface with business partners and other scrum leads to support a team’s backlog development
- Hold a team to enterprise standards while allowing them flexibility when needed to deliver to their full potential
- Collaborate with other Scrum Leads and the Portfolio team to continuously improve our delivery practices across Converse Technology
- Provide a point of view on agile ways of working from industry best practices, Nike recommendation, and previous experience to improve our organization
We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.
OUR HIRING GAME PLAN
01 Apply
Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.
02 Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment
If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.
03 Interview
Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.
