Senior Program Manager/Scrum Master

At Lytx, we harness the power of data to change human behavior and help good companies become even better. The Lytx DriveCam™ Program, sets the standard for driver safety in the industries we serve, and our RAIR® Compliance Services helps DOT-regulated fleets comply with safety regulations, complementing the DriveCam® Program. We protect more than 1,300 commercial and government fleet clients worldwide who drive billions of miles.

There’s a certain kind of energy here. You can feel it. It’s what happens when your job makes a tangible, positive impact for your clients, and our world. It’s what happens when you work with a team that’s all in, all the time. It’s what happens when you work at Lytx. We’re looking for hungry, humble and capable people who want to be part of building something special. People who want to play a part in shaping the future – who won’t hold back if they think they’ve found a better way to help a client, support a colleague, advance our company, or save a life. The Sr. Program Manager has a passion to embrace the Lytx value proposition within our dynamic environment. This professional will have responsibility for ensuring that our products are developed with the business vision and the customer needs in mind all while scaling with the rapidly growing customer base.

* Guiding the team on how to apply the Agile practices and values to meet the organizational goals * Guiding the team on how to get the most of self-organization * Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization * Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments * Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving * Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work * Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution * Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information * Supporting the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog. * Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example * Other duties as assigned

**Required Skills/Experience** * Experience as a senior program manager role for at least 5-7 years for software development teams that diligently apply SDLC best practices * Previous experience as a project team lead for multiple teams of 5-7 technical developers * Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency * Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc) **Preferred Skills/Experience (Any of these are a plus)** * Experience in the Scrum Master role for at least 5 years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory * Certification in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or similar training * Second level Scrum Master Certification (CSP, CPS) * Understand basic fundamentals of iterative development * Understand other processes and methodologies and can speak intelligently about them and leverage other techniques to provide value to a team * Understand basic fundamentals of software development processes and procedures * Understand the value of commitments to delivery made by a development team * Understand incremental delivery and the value of metrics * Understand backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, and task definition * Familiarity with common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and better development practices * Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, TDD, etc * Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games * Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team * Previous experience as a team lead * Excellent communication and mentoring skills