Job Description

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you.  As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life.  Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

As one diverse, high-performing team dedicated to technical excellence, you will focus relentlessly on delivering unrivaled digital products that drive a more reliable and profitable airline. 
Being a Scrum Lead at American Airlines offers you the opportunity to work in a dynamic, collaborative environment where you can make a meaningful difference while continuously growing and learning. 

What you'll do

As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced.  Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.

Optimize the flow of value from generation of ideas to release 
Coach your team(s) to create high-value items, while eliminating or reducing rework, waste in the process, etc 
Promote transparency on barriers to change, progress, and remove or seek assistance in addressing impediments and opportunities  
Enable your team(s) to practice Professional Scrum and other frameworks/techniques that drive agility 
Cultivate a habit of continuous learning (from prior increments, retrospectives, etc.), continuous experimentation, and continuous improvement to reach a high-performing state 
Coach your team(s) to understand (the why) and practice new ways of working 
Serve as internal trainers contributing to the learning and development of one or more team(s) 
Coach Product Owners/Managers with techniques for establishing empirical product planning and maintaining a healthy Product Backlog 
Maintain, share, and promote information radiators that enable inspection and adaptation 
Coach teams to self-organize and facilitate events, as necessary 

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications – Education & Prior Job Experience 

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and work experience 
4+ years of relevant work experience in an agile environment     
Experience coaching agile methodologies to team and stakeholders 
Skills and knowledge of servant leadership, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment and increasing transparency 
Proven ability to promote a team environment and collaborate cross-functionally 

Preferred Qualifications – Education & Prior Job Experience  

Experience with driving adoption of Agile methodologies, processes and tools in a cross-functional organization 
Superior analytical, problem solving and communication skills 
Demonstrated experience with continuous integration/delivery 
Participation in scaled agile frameworks 

Skills, Licenses, and Certifications

Scrum Master Certification (CSM, PSM, SSM, or other scrum certification) 

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer: 

Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more. 
Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more