Job Description:

Scrum Master, Precision Agriculture

Location

US-PA-Philadelphia

Company Overview

FMC Corporation is a leading specialty company focused on agricultural technologies. FMC provides innovative and cost-effective solutions to enhance crop yield and quality by controlling a broad spectrum of insects, weeds and disease, as well as in non-agricultural markets for pest control. FMC is a globally diverse organization that offers its employees exciting opportunities to work on challenging projects that are important to the achievement of our strategic objectives. Your education and professional experience are valued and put to use from day one. Your success at completing key initiatives can result in a varied, progressive and fulfilling career with FMC. With a corporate culture of innovation, integrity, responsibility and customer intimacy, we foster “The Right Chemistry” in everything we do. We are looking for people to join us in creating, developing, and improving our products, our processes, and our markets.  If you are ready to make a difference every day, FMC is ready to talk to you.

Responsibilities

See Yourself in FMC, Be Yourself in FMC

At FMC, we strive to be an inclusive workplace where our employees reflect the community,
are valued, find purpose in their work, and grow and contribute to their fullest potential.

At FMC, precision agriculture offerings are designed to give farmers and customers novel insights on how to protect their crops against a range of pest pressures.  FMC’s solutions will allow growers to make faster, better and more informed decisions than ever before.   As the only global agricultural sciences company focused exclusively on crop protection, FMC is uniquely positioned to deliver best-in-class agronomic advice.

The precision agriculture team at FMC is building a portfolio of new applications and services. You will be part of a team that is adopting the mindset, agility and processes of a technology company while drawing on our 100+ years of experience in agriculture.

This role will be located at our office in Philadelphia, PA

We welcome you, your ideas and your enthusiasm

Lead daily stand-up, iteration planning, sprint review, and iteration retrospective
• Manage the engineering development projects and facilitate sprint releases


• Create or analyze business requirements documents and project timelines


• Guides team in time estimating practices and facilitates team estimates


• Drive team iteration execution, communicate with management and stakeholders, protects the team from uncontrolled injection of work (changes are evaluated/intentional)


• Manage project conflicts, challenges and dynamic business requirements to keep operations running at a high performance


• Work with the team leads to resolve people problems and project roadblocks


• Able to do post mortem and root cause analysis to help teams continuously improve their practices to ensure maximum productivity


• Tracking project processes, deliverables, and financials


• Preparing and presenting status reports to stakeholders


• Supports product owner with intra-team dynamics with respect to priorities and scope


• Mange 3rd party resources as needed  

Required Education

• BS Degree, preferably in a technical discipline or the relevant functional discipline (Computer Science, Engineering or Mathematics) and/or equivalent years of business experience.


• Professional Scrum Master Certification

Qualifications

• SCRUM Master Certification


• 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master or in a similar role


• Working knowledge of agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks, such as Scrum or Kanban, to deliver solutions.


• Excellent people and project management skills.


• Strong communication and presentation skills.


• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Competencies:

Accountable        

Adaptive

Inclusive                        

Innovative

Leadership                   

Strategic

Functional or Technical Knowledge or Skills

EEO Statement

At FMC, diversity and inclusion are in our DNA. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to creating an inclusive workplace where all employees can thrive – regardless of race, gender, sex, pregnancy, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, color, age, religion or religious creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. FMC also supports employee participation in company employee resource groups that celebrate the diverse backgrounds of our workforce by providing communities for employees to connect with each other and raise awareness throughout FMC. 

FMC complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact our Talent Acquisition department at talentacquisition@fmc.com.