Program Manager/Scrum Master
Location: US, CA, Mountain View
Department: Engineering
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Function: Engineering
Company profile: Come be a part of one of the fastest growing, well-funded and exciting startups in Silicon Valley.  Peel makes the world’s leading smart remote app which turns your mobile device into a universal remote control. Our technology is preloaded on many of the world’s top-selling Android devices.  Peel’s audience is at 60 million and doubling every six months with 3 billion+ remote commands handled every month.   Help us revolutionize the TV viewing experience and achieve our goal of becoming the universal controller for the internet of things.Peel is driven by design and a passion for developing brilliant user experiences. We simplify complex problems, then surprise and delight. Prior to starting at Peel, members of the team helped create some of the best products available today, including iTunes, iPhoto, Netflix, Roku, Avid, and Final Cut Pro. We're a fun company that works hard, but understands the value of well balanced professional and personal lives. Away from work, we raise wonderful young families, race cars, sail boats, play instruments, and go on adventures in outer space… Well, maybe we all just dream about that last one… On the job, we come in charged and focussed on changing the industry, forever. We want to work with like-minded creative and talented people. If you want to change the world and the face of entertainment, we want to hear from you!
Description: The Program Manager/Scrum Master will apply expert judgment to keep teams focused, remove impediments and deliver success in a fast-paced environment. You have a strong desire for continuous improvement and the ability to build a delivery-focused, highly collaborative culture within the teams. Success in the role requires you enable the success of your teams. Please bring a strong sense of personal accountability and be excited by the challenge of working in an Agile and innovative environment. Another key success factor for this role is identifying coupled stories which may block a team and then negotiating with the Product Owner to unravel and schedule these cross-team stories before a team is blocked.Responsibilities Schedules and facilitates sprint grooming, planning, retrospectives and the daily scrum stand-up meeting.Right hand man for Product Owner in developing, maintaining and grooming Product BacklogActively and collaboratively manage cross-team dependencies Coach and mentor your teams with the goal of continuous improvement, and leave your ego at homeManage and deliver features committed to by teamsIdentifies and removes critical chain impediments in order to keep teams productive Provides metrics and status to managementEstablish a scrum of scrums where needed to coordinate work across several teams.
Requirements: Knowledge of project management principles and Agile development methodologies Outstanding organizational, communication, interpersonal, relationship building skills conducive to collaboration -- absolutely essential for successProven ability to work well in a modern cross-functional and matrixed software product environmentTechnical knowledge to support development teams in resolving technical issues. Intense attention to details, ability to think analytically and independently and resolve blocking issuesMust be a team player, pragmatic, self-starter, process-driven, results oriented while capable of managing multiple priorities and tasks.Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering Management, Business Administration or related degree.5 years of project management or software management experience with large scale projects and 2+ years as a SCRUM MasterPMP and CSM certificates desirable 
Benefits: Competitive base salaryStock OptionsFull benefits (medical, dental, vision)Easy walking distance from CaltrainFree Caltrain passesFree parkingFree gourmet lunch WednesdaysClose proximity to downtown Mountain View eateriesOn-site massageLife insurance401KOn-site snacks/beverages/gourmet coffeeOpen dog policyPing Pong, etc.
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