Job Description

As a Digital Scrum Master, you will be responsible for working with 1-2 agile teams (Squads) to help the teams maximize the customer value they create, and to achieve excellence in agile delivery. The PPG Digital team is leading PPG and the coatings industry through an evolution in PPGs business strategies and structure. This evolution will lead PPG to capture opportunities enabled by digital technologies and to provide amazing customer experiences. With the result of unlocking new revenue streams and reaching new customers. Relocation Available.

Key Responsibilities:

* Serve as Scrum Master for 1-2 Squads
* Help clear obstacles to delivery
* Help the Squad find effective techniques for Product backlog management
* Assist in tracking the delivery of product features and capabilities
* Coach Squad members in Lean/Agile practices and mindsets
* Help manage risks and dependencies
* Escalate and track impediments
* Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks
* Acting as a servant leader to the Squad to help them understand and grow in Lean/Agile values, principles, theories, and practices
* Supporting the Product Owner by ensuring the Squad understands the product domain, customer goals, and scope
* Establishing a psychologically safe environment where the Squad can self-organize and be effective
* Facilitating alignment within the Squad, across other Squads, and within the Crew (program) in a globally spread organization
* Making work visible, through the use of Kanban boards and similar techniques
* Addressing team dynamics and facilitating conflict resolution
* Teaming with the Product Owner in protecting the Squad from outside interruptions and distractions
* Embodying a growth mindset and love of experimentation

Qualifications:

* Bachelors degree
* Scrum Master certification required (CSM, PSM, or equivalent)
* Experience working with agile planning & delivery tools, such as Azure DevOps
* Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification preferred
* 3+ years serving as Scrum Master for one or more teams
* Previously served as scrum master on large scale B2B or B2C ecommerce initiatives is highly desired
* Preference that candidate be located in Pittsburgh. During COVID, can work remotely, but willing to travel to Pittsburgh per business needs
* Proven experience with IT/technology projects with multiple priorities of significant scope in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines, cross-functional teams and a focus on customer

ABOUT US:

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday everyday.

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @ PPG on Twitter.

The PPG Way

Every single day at PPG:

We partner with customers to create mutual value.

We are insightful, dedicated and proactive. We have intimate knowledge of the market and our customers. We focus on practical solutions that make a difference.

We are One PPG to the world.

We are better and stronger together. We leverage our scale to reach new markets and introduce innovative technologies as we differentiate and disrupt our markets.

We trust our people every day, in every way.

We enable and empower our people to make the right decisions. We are inclusive, transparent and respectful. Our feedback is clear and actionable.

We make it happen.

We have a passion for winning. We achieve. We deliver with discipline and integrity. We bring our best energy to our work. We decide and act intelligently and quickly.

We run it like we own it.

We respect one another by being responsible and accountable. We always act in the best interest of our company, customers, shareholders and our communities.

We do better today than yesterday everyday.

We continuously learn. We develop our people to grow our businesses.

PPG Way: (Click here to learn more about the PPG Way)

PPG vision: http://corporate.ppg.com/Our-Company/PPG-Vision.aspx

We are One PPG: http://one.ppg.com/

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com.

PPG values your feedback on our recruiting process. We encourage you to visit Glassdoor.com and provide feedback on the process, so that we can do better today than yesterday.

Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process.

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