Agile Coach, MadHive
$135-180k
Advertising solution leveraging cryptography and machine learning
Job no longer available
Advertising solution leveraging cryptography and machine learning
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$135-180k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To take complex, cutting-edge technology and turn it into intuitive, easy-to-use solutions that empower local media buyers.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent relevant work experience
- 5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master or in a similar role required
- Working experience with software development teams and the SDLC is required (bonus if you’ve served in roles like engineering, QA or DevOps)
- Adept at coaching product managers and development teams on story writing, estimation, refinement, and other agile practices and techniques
- Proficient knowledge of agile theory, methodology, techniques, rules, and practices, estimating/sizing, planning, reporting, conflict resolution and facilitation
- Ability to contribute to the direction of the function and provide advice to the team and delivery leadership
- Excellent interpersonal skills to partner and interact with technical and business stakeholders
- Strong communication skills, analytical, problem-solving skills, mentoring and facilitation skills
- Highly organized and motivated
- Ability to adapt to an ever-changing environment and be a change agent for the team
- Experience using Jira, LucidChart, Miro or similar tools preferred
- Scaled Agile experience preferred (S@S, LeSS, etc)
- Scrum Master certification preferred
- Passionate about agile product development
- You are an agent of change, motivated by ambiguity and uncertainty, and feel comfortable navigating through that yourself as well as helping others do the same
- You excel at facilitating, coaching, and mentoring teams towards delivering high impact, high-quality software at a sustainable pace
- You have a deep understanding of communication, group dynamics and coaching, enabling teams to develop trust and safety
- You have the understanding and experience of a variety of Agile approaches, and thrive with XP, Scrum, Kanban, Lean UX and agile product development practices
- You’re comfortable going off script and facilitating teams through the continued adoption and evolution of Agile approaches, with an emphasis on making it work for the team rather than strict adherence to a guide book
- You are confident with facilitating backlog refinement and teaching best practices such as predictability, story splitting, estimation, user story mapping, and capacity planning
- You are able to demonstrate strategic and tactical patience
- You are looking for an environment of bi-directional collaborative learning with a commitment to agile maturity
- You love to support the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible and leading by example
What the job involves
- Cultivate high-performing agile teams with the goal of supporting end-to-end organizational agile maturity, with a focus on learning, increasing autonomy, and self-accountability
- Organize and facilitate team Scrum events: daily stand-up meetings, backlog refinement, sprint planning, retrospectives, and sprint reviews
- Assemble and review end of sprint metrics with teams and senior leadership, extrapolating anti-patterns, highlighting areas of improvement and providing tactical strategies that guide the team towards iterative and relentless improvement
- Work with teams to help surface, identify and eliminate impediments that are beyond the team’s ability to remove directly
- Facilitate conversations and resolve conflict, through persuasion and powerful leading questions guiding the teams towards better ways of working
- Assist the team in establishing priorities and evaluating trade-off, helping the team to sequence activities that maximize business value
- Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem-solving
- Coordinate the execution of deliverables across multiple Scrum Teams with a focus on scaling Scrum to manage cross-team dependencies
- Surface and facilitate the negotiation of technical enablers, NFRs and new feature prioritization between product owners and lead engineers ensuring that architectural stability is evaluated alongside customer functionality
- Provide coaching and assistance to the product owner ensuring that the product backlog is consistently well refined, organized and maintained
- Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem-solving
- Collaborate with other scrum masters and the leadership team to continuously refine, and adjust the overall business agility strategy
- Identify the need for, initiate, and participate in scaling ceremonies and activities as you manage interdependencies across squads and product areas
Our take
The rise in streaming content has revolutionized digital advertising, offering advertisers the potential for more precise campaign calibration. However, alongside this opportunity come new challenges such as consumer overload, ad fraud, and data privacy concerns, compounded by the need to integrate with traditional linear television. Navigating these complexities requires a comprehensive solution, and that's where MadHive steps in.
Utilizing AI technology, MadHive's video ad software suite tackles these challenges head-on. It intelligently identifies optimal ad placements, manages ad frequency to prevent saturation, and gauges consumer intent across various platforms including web, mobile, and TV. This capability allows advertisers to execute nationwide campaigns with pinpoint local targeting - a remarkable achievement in the dynamic digital content landscape.
Unsurprisingly, MadHive boasts an impressive client roster, boasting a 95% renewal rate with major names like Fox, McAfee, and Tegna Premion. This consistent satisfaction has propelled MadHive to expand its offering into critical areas such as data privacy. For instance, its $100M contract with Google Cloud not only enhances its security measures but also equips it with capabilities that smaller competitors will struggle to match.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
36% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2023
$300m
LATE VC
Aug 2018
$3m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $306.4m
Company benefits
- 401(K) Matching
- Company Equity
- Retirement Plans
- Performance Bonuses
- Competitive Pay
- 100% Company-Covered Health Insurance
- Dental Benefits
- Vision Benefits
- Generous Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Paid Holidays
- Unlimited Vacation
- Free Lunch In-Office
- Commuter Benefits
Company HQ
Tribeca, New York, NY
Leadership
Jim Wilson
(CEO)Prior to joining Madhive in 2024, Jim was the CEO of North America for Talon.
Thomas Tidgwell
(CFO)Prior to joining Madhive in 2021, Thomas was a VP of Corporate Development & FP&A at WarnerMedia.
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