Overview
As Scrum Master, you enable agile delivery for a distributed, remote team within TJX’s Global Buying Tools ART. You help the team deliver value across geos for on‑prem and cloud solutions that support buyers. You coach, remove impediments, and drive continuous improvement to meet commitments with quality. You collaborate with Product Owner and stakeholders to refine backlog and plan releases. This role sits at the intersection of Agile practices, delivery governance, and cross‑functional collaboration, offering a meaningful chance to shape global sourcing tools.
Pay / Benefits
- competitive salary and benefits package
Responsibilities
- Facilitate team ceremonies (daily standups, reviews, retrospectives) and ensure agreements are in place
- Remove impediments and track dependencies to protect delivery pace
- Drive iteration commitments and plan to maximize business value
- Collaborate with other Scrum Masters across the ART (e.g., Scrum of Scrums)
- Coordinate with Shared Services or DevOps teams as needed
- Partner with the Product Owner to ensure backlog items are refined, prioritized, and scheduled
- Support estimating activities and may assist with Release Planning
- Facilitate capacity planning and monitor progress against KPIs
- Track time and objective progress using Agile tools; review metrics to measure outcomes
- Support ART Readiness/Preparations and provide Flow Board Management if using Kanban
- May act as an Epic Owner when appropriate
- Ensure compliance with TJX SDP and governance requirements
- Work with distributed team members in a hybrid/remote environment
Key requirements
- Bachelor
- Strong years of Scrum Master experience
- Solid understanding of Agile methodologies and SAFe
- Continuous improvement mindset with focus on delivering value
- Strong influencing skills with or without authority
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Proven success in a highly collaborative, matrix environment
- Experience in hybrid scrum and waterfall environments
- Critical thinking and track record of positive change
- Solid knowledge of Agile tools (JIRA, Confluence)
- Ability to work with distributed teams
- Facilitation
- Coaching and mentoring
- Collaboration
- SAFe
- Scrum
- Kanban
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