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Scrum Master II

Sunrise Systems Inc

Chicago, IL

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
LOCATION
Chicago, IL
POSTED
30+ days ago
Job Title: Manufacturing Project Manager / Scrum Master
Job ID: 26-00373
Location: Chicago, IL 60601 ( Hybrid)
Duration: 12 Months On W2 Contract

Must Haves
  1. Food industry experience (non negotiable).
  2. Operations focused innovation project management background
    1. Experience in supply chain development, factory engineering, or machinery related innovation delivery.
  3. Commercialization process knowledge
    1. Understand packaging changes, formula changes, feasibility constraints, machinery timelines.
  4. Agile project management experience (emphasis)
    1. 1 2 years running agile ceremonies and managing projects through sprints.
    2. Comfortable facilitating sprint events and creating review materials.
  5. Self-driven, proactive working style
    1. Able to identify stakeholders, processes, and solutions independently.
  6. Strong communication & relationship building skills
    1. Must navigate between technical and non technical teams, translating needs in both directions.
Scrum Master, Global Disruptive/Scale Innovation

About the Position
We're seeking a highly collaborative and proactive Scrum Master/Project Manager to join our cross-functional agile pod focused on driving innovation and growth in the Disruptive Innovation team. In this role, you'll be responsible for enabling and fit for purpose agile ways of working, removing barriers to progress, building timelines, and ensuring continuous delivery of high-impact solutions that are right-sized for our global innovation team.

This role will be embedded within a tight-knit team of R&D, Packaging, Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, and Strategy leads, all working together to bring the next big thing on innovation to the market faster and smarter.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, sprint reviews, and other agile rituals to keep the team focused, aligned, and on track.
  • Partner with Project Owner and Marketing Lead to manage end-to-end innovation & commercialization process, from initial concept to successful market launch.
  • Build and manage timeline of the project and product development; Align POD members on their commitments with the timelines to ensure on time delivery
  • Coach the pod on agile principles, flex when needed and helping the team balance speed and structure while adapting quickly to feedback and new insights.
  • Identify and resolve impediments that hinder progress whether operational, organizational, or resource-related to keep the initiatives moving forward.
  • Tracking key agile metrics such as CSat, Maturity, Capacity of the team, reporting progress, and making adjustments as needed to ensure project success.
  • Maintain clear documentation of sprint goals, backlog items, decisions, and velocity. Ensure the team and stakeholders have visibility into progress, risks, and timelines.
  • Guide the team in retrospectives to continuously improve delivery and collaboration.
  • Ensure alignment across all pod members, including R&D, Supply Chain, Finance, and Marketing, while fostering an environment of shared ownership and rapid iteration.
  • Tailor agile workflows to reflect the unique physical product innovation characteristics helping the team move quickly from insight to execution while navigating pack simplification, retail constraints, and test-and-learn launches.
  • Help the team align on the highest-impact initiatives by working closely with the Pod Lead and cross-functional partners to manage and refine the product backlog.

Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or related.
  • MUST HAVE: 5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master or Project Management, in the Food & beverages industry.
  • MUST HAVE: experience with physical product innovation in Food & Beverage with packaging projects, aligned with operations & manufacturing side: engineering, changing of machines, alignment with supply chain, etc.
  • Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies or proven experience in product development and commercialization
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
  • Strong experience in building timelines for projects with uncertainty, that demands a lot of changes multiple times throughout the project.
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, and conflict-resolution skills.
  • Experience supporting test-and-learn innovation cycles or commercialization processes.
  • Passion for team empowerment, iterative learning, and removing barriers to execution.
  • Open to work flexible hours since part of the team is located in AMS start 7am Chicago time when needed.

Compensation:

The hourly rate for this position is $77.21 per hour.

Factors that may affect starting pay within this range may include [geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate].

Benefits:
Sunrise offers ACA-compliant medical coverage/dental insurance/vision insurance to all employees. We also offer Sick time benefits as required per State regulations.

Contact:
Madhu Sudhan J:

madhu.s@sunrisesys.com

| 319-242-4032 | URL: www.sunrisesys.com

About the Company

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Sunrise Systems Inc

Sunrise Systems was founded in 1990 with a clear vision to deliver world-class staffing service solutions in all labor categories, including IT consulting and solutions; all with the commitment to provide service that exceeds expectations and become the most trusted name in the industry. More than two and a half decades later, we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of the staffing industry. Combining our deep industry expertise, insights, and global resources, we have partnered with our clients to connect them with top professionals across several different industries.

We provide cost-effective Managed Staffing Solutions, Information Technology and Information Technology Consulting Services to several Fortune 500 companies and U.S. Government agencies. We provide our clients with flexible engagement models and customized products that are budget and time specific. Understanding the challenges that every business faces, we offer our services either on-site at the clients' site or from one of our globally distributed technology centers. Our onshore and offshore development capabilities ensure that we excel at meeting customer requirements every single time.

Our collective business experience spans over two and a half decades and ranges from:

  • Business, management, and technical fields
  • Information technology consulting and software solutions.
  • Providing strategic support for the development and long-term growth of new business ventures across several industries including but not limited to; accounting, banking, finance, and recruitment.
  • Motivating technology staff and establishing partnerships with Fortune 500 companies

Sunrise Systems has a vast range of competence in:

  • Design, development, and support of cloud-based solutions from simple to highly complexed
  • Database administration of multi-platform applications, complex databases, and web-based environments that include all aspects of installation, planning, maintenance, and monitoring.
  • Data processing and data migration
  • Application re-engineering and platform migration
  • Working with the Information Systems and end-user communities at all levels to resolve issues and establish consensus.
COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Staffing/Employment Agencies
FOUNDED
1990
WEBSITE
http://www.sunrisesys.com/