SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Understanding of flow metrics like cycle time, flow efficiency, cumulative flow, etc. and ability to implement what makes sense.
• Confident and skillful ability to navigate teams through roadblocks impeding delivery progress.
• Able to resolve conflicts within the team before they become an issue, i.e., strong mediator.
• Experience facilitating meetings, identifying risks/dependencies/impediments, and handling multiple priorities at once.
• Brings high-energy, passionate outlook, and the ability to positively influence those around them.
• Ability to build trust and rapport, creating a comfortable and effective work environment.
• Knowledgeable about various agile methodologies and skilled in coaching scrum and kanban teams.
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills, with the ability to coach and mentor all roles on a scrum team.
• Good understanding of technology-enabled business transformation, digital transformation, organizational transformation, and delivering enterprise-level IT and digital projects.
• Skilled at navigating complex organizational structures and dynamics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field.
• 5-7+ years of relevant work experience with agile, scrum, or kanban.
• Agile Certifications, preferably via Scrum.org (PSM I, PSM II, PSK I) or ProKanban.org (PK I).
• Extensive experience with JIRA/Confluence or other software to help agile teams visualize their work.
• 3+ years of experience in leadership or project team role preferred.

Additional Information
Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $90,000 USD - $143,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.
At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy), inclusive fertility / adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates’ feeling of belonging at work.
Fortune Brands is a brand, innovation and channel leader focused on exciting, supercharged categories in the home products, security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen, House of Rohl, Aqualisa, SpringWell, Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock, SentrySafe and Yale residential.
Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading innovation company focused on creating smarter, safer and more beautiful homes and improving lives. Our driving purpose is that we elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too. When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team who are empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is encouraged and empowered to be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength. Explore life at Fortune Brands here
Job Description
The Scrum Master serves as a change agent and helps facilitate the scrum process, protects the team from interference, and removes obstacles so that the team can deliver the sprint goal. Working alongside the Product Owner, this role aligns the team with the vision, sprint goals, and other key objectives. They remove impediments, coach external distractions, and help create a safe working environment for the team. They are innovators who constantly seek continuous improvement to guide and build higher performing teams. The Scrum Master has a primary responsibility to help the self-organizing, self-managing team achieve its goals.