Senior Scrum Master (offline)

Opportunity
We are currently seeking a Scrum Master for our Santa Monica, Pasadena and Kyiv offices. You will have the opportunity to shape the Agile culture across the company, coming up with innovative ways to meet challenges head on as we scale. We believe in the continued growth and development of our team. If you’re ready to manage large scale operation projects while building relationships across continents, this is the role for you.

Responsibilities
Hit the ground running with your 2+ years of hands-on experience as a Certified Scrum Master. You will shape the Scrum culture by running all squad ceremonies and ensuring burn-downs and key metrics are healthy
Deliver value to our customers quickly as you collaborate with the Product team on creating beautiful and shippable features in the form of user stories
Focus on velocity and increasing the performance and predictability of your team
Use your organizational wizardry to manage the product backlog making sure your squad always knows what’s next and can focus on building features that delight our customers
Guide developers to grow in their career and performance. Help with making existing products the best in the industry and support the creation and migration to a new application architecture
Be the first to see roadblocks and tackle the challenge head on by proactively monitoring proposed scope and prioritization changes
Build relationships with C-level, VP and Directors as you prepare project reports for key stakeholders to provide updates on activities, deliverables, significant changes, risks and mitigation strategies
Be on the ground floor of developing policy to optimize development process and create project management best practices. We are growing and you will have a huge opportunity to shape the process that sets us up for this next big growth phase

Requirements
2+ years of hands-on experience in an Agile/Scrum environment as Scrum Master
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification
Proficiency with JIRA, Confluence, Rally or similar tool - Global teams mean communication is key
Experience working in a distributed workforce with cross-functional project teams in other countries/time zones during the development and implementation of major initiatives - one of the best things about our project is the opportunity to work with our highly talented Kiev devs as well as our US teams
Great attention to detail - you are in many ways the nerve center of the squad and our go to for information
Master communicator - ability to effectively communicate plans, progress, risks, expectations, and technical issues to project stakeholders including product owners, team members and customer support teams
We are growing so you will need the ability to work in a fast-paced environment multitasking on multiple projects
Strong Proficiency in the English language: Written and Verbal
BS/MS Degree or equivalent - Whether you come from a traditional or non traditional background in tech, we welcome the opportunity to speak with you

Will be a plus
Experience with SaaS/Cloud application development

What we love about Innovecs
Medical insurance (health), employee assistance program
Paid vacation, holidays and sick leave
Gym 24/7, personal fitness instructor
Office massages, personal wellness consultant
Meditation sessions
English classes
Ability to work from home once a week
Partially or fully reimbursed educational training and conferences
Gaming rooms
Referral program
Fruits and healthy snacks in the office
Commute assistance
Career development and growth opportunities

About Gelato

Gelato has built the world's largest and most global network for on-demand production of customized items e.g. t-shirts, wall art, mugs, books, hoodies, and cards. We support a new wave of e-commerce entrepreneurs and the global shift towards local and more sustainable production.

We own no assets - we build the software that connects world-class production facilities all across the world. We have more than 100 production partners in 32 countries. In 72 hours we can reach more than 5 billion people with customized products in a smarter, faster, and greener way.

**Why we exist**

Gelato is here to make creators around the world turn their dreams into reality. To help unlock their potential. To connect people and ideas everywhere, and turn them into real products that can be sold anywhere. Together we bring creativity to life. And into business.

The experience of running millions of micro-orders and expanding its network of production partners to serve its fast-growing global customer base became the foundation for what Gelato is today - rethinking production, for the benefit of people and planet. Through its network of more than 100 local production partners in 33 countries, Gelato gives creators access to a global production platform, where high-quality custom products such as clothing and wall-art can be produced locally while reaching a global market. By that Gelato is able to reduce shipping distances and delivery times, which is why products produced through Gelato’s platform are both faster, smarter and more sustainable.

Company website:
https://gelato.com

DOU company page:
https://jobs.dou.ua/companies/gelato/