Junior Scrum Master

We’re AD/01, the tech studio that builds the future of food retail. Whether it’s in-store aisles, online baskets, or behind-the-scenes operations, we innovate the daily food experiences for farmers and families, grandmas and greengrocers, and pickers and packers alike.

We’re part of the Ahold Delhaize network, one of the world’s largest global food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. With 19 strong local brands in Europe, the United States, and Indonesia, we create a meaningful difference for our customers, our people, and the world around us. And we’re looking for the freshest minds excited to create the recipe for change.

Your new role and environment.

As a Scrum Master in the Recruitment & Onboarding domain, you will be joining our Tech department. Our Tech department is the driving force behind the technology in our organization. Powered by our innovative strategies, our Tech teams ensure we’re fully aligned to develop, maintain, and improve our technology platforms and applications. As AD Group and the field of technology evolve continuously, we encourage our associates to grow with us. Personal development and learning are vital. The more we learn, the better we’re able to ensure that the rest of the organization learns and develops too. We’re collaborative, ambitious, and open, taking ownership of our work, and continuously challenge ourselves and each other. That said, we work hard and have lots of fun along the way, too.

You will be given the freedom and responsibility to take ownership of your work and broaden your horizons by working together with knowledgeable colleagues from different countries who have an abundance of expertise in many areas. We will continually invest in you and help you build on your talents and skills for the future.

Key responsibilities of your role.

Your role is highly diverse and encompasses various responsibilities. Here are the key ones:

• Facilitator, Coach & Impediment Solver:
• Facilitate various meetings at the area level, such as Short Cycle Planning and Area Sync.
• Promote an Agile Way of Working & mindset for various stakeholders.
• Identify technical & procedural problems and guide teams towards solutions.
• Help teams on their journey to becoming high performing.

• Technical Improvements and Innovations:
• Identify, coordinate and lead technical improvements.
• Be involved in processes such as code reviews, deployments, and coding.
• Optimize and improve these processes.

• Building High-Performing Teams:
• Coach and advise teams using your technical and people knowledge.
• Act as a triage for issues and questions before they are assigned to DevOps Engineers.
• Ensure DevOps engineers can focus on developing and managing software.

• Change Agent:
• Enable teams to continuously grow.
• Create an engineering-focused culture.
• Act autonomously, identify opportunities and challenges, develop an action plan, and execute it.

• Value Stream Management/Business Value:
• Coach and guide teams to create business & customer value.
• Ensure good collaboration between teams, Product Owners, and other stakeholders
• Guide short cycle planning, ensuring dependencies and risks are well mapped out

• DevOps:
• Help teams take ownership of the product.
• Ensure data is used effectively to set priorities and make the right decisions.
• Arrange support with the team for the availability and performance of the product or service.
• Set up a good DevOps flow where as many processes as possible are automated.

What’s in it for you?

We ask a lot. (We’re looking for the best, after all). But we offer a lot, too.

So, what do we have in store for you? We offer flexible hours and a hybrid working model, allowing you to work both from home and at the office. We provide competitive benefits to support health, well-being and your professional growth. This includes: a significant budget on benefit platform and a yearly bonus. At AD01 we welcome everyone, just the way you are, and encourage individual growth with valuable opportunities and a worldwide across-brand network.

Requirements.

We think you’ll be best geared for success if you can meet the following requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Business Economics, Information Technology, Computer Science or a comparable study
• 3 years of relevant experience
• Experience in Agile portfolio management
• Knowledge and experience with agile frameworks such as SAFe, Scrum, XP, and product- and project portfolio management
• Extensive knowledge of processes, methods, structures, and cultures within business and IT/Technology organizations
• Expert knowledge regarding IT governance and (project) portfolio management
• Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Fluent in English (both spoken and written)

It goes without saying that so-called ‘soft skills’ are just as important as their ‘hard’ cousins. We highly value:

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to operate within a large team in a matrix organization.
• Results oriented: ability to simplify and decompose complex problems.
• Team player: involves others, shares knowledge, and seeks opportunities for cross functional collaboration.
• Demonstrates flexibility; revises plans and decisions in the light of latest information and changing circumstances.

Apply now

If you’re excited to help us grow, then please apply now. If you feel like you might not tick all the boxes but have the skills and personality we’re looking for, then please also apply now!

Got questions? Don’t be shy. Loredana Danila, at [email protected], has answers.

For us, diversity means being inclusive of thoughts and skills, generational differences, LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disabilities, nationalities and more. We accept everyone for who they are.