Scrum Master

Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (NYSE:WWW) is one of the world’s leading designers, marketers, and licensors of footwear and apparel; its global footprint spans 170 countries and territories. The company’s portfolio includes Merrell, Saucony, Sweaty Betty, Hush Puppies, Wolverine, Chaco, Bates, HYTEST, and Stride Rite. The company is also the global footwear licensee of Cat and Harley-Davidson.

Wolverine Worldwide is driven by a Vision to Make. Every Day. Better. for its consumers, partners, communities, and shareholders. In 2025, the company was recognised by Footwear News as Company of the Year, by Forbes as one of America’s Dream Employers, America’s Best Employers for Women, and America’s Best Employers for Company Culture, and by Inspiring Workplaces as one of the Most Inspiring Workplaces Globally. Wolverine Worldwide is a Certified Great Place To Work.

Primary Duties:

• Coordinates and actively participates in all aspects of global project management, including scope and requirements definition, solution evaluation, vendor selection, resource planning, development of milestone schedules and key decision points, and communication planning and execution.
• Leads the agile development process from ideation to launch; and is accountable on a per-project basis to Project Sponsors, Business Owners, or other Senior Leadership Team members.
• Implements and manages SCRUM ceremonies including sprint planning, standups, demos, and retrospectives to deliver projects consistently, efficiently, and driving continuous improvement.
• Functions as a strategic consultant on projects; performs contingency planning and advises project stakeholders on observed risks, issues, or concerns.
• Responsible for all aspects of progress tracking including detailed project plans, scope management, risk/issue identification and resolution, project budget oversight, and status reporting.
• Leverages proven agile methods, processes, templates, and techniques to complete tasks.
• Provides mentorship to corporate stakeholders on agile project management methods and practices.
• Maintains basic project management templates for use by lay project managers.
• Assumes a lead role in process mapping exercises for the purpose of process improvement or problem identification and resolution.
• Partners with product owners on the maintenance of global product backlogs.
• Ensures a minimum of two sprints worth of user stories are consistently maintained in the team backlog.
• Performs duties consistent with the company’s AAP/EEO goals and policies.
• Performs other duties as required/assigned by management.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Bachelor’s degree (or its foreign equivalent) in a Business discipline, Information Systems or related field or equivalent work experience; MBA a plus.
• 2+ years’ project management experience, including multi-disciplinary project leadership.
• Certification in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum (PSPO/PSU), and/or Project Management Professional (PMP) strongly desired.
• Ability to lead others in formal and informal structures, including highly matrixed environments and ability to lead up and while also operating as part of a team.
• Strong verbal and written communication, analytical, problem solving, and organisational skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships at all organisational levels both internally and externally.
• Ability to perform effectively in a rapidly changing environment.

Working Conditions:

Normal office environment. Wolverine Worldwide has a flexible, hybrid work schedule, with three days in office and two days remote.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills which may be required.

Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. is committed to creating a company that is as diverse as our consumers. We value the differences in one another and believe our differences make us stronger. Our diverse and inclusive corporate culture starts with the recruitment process. We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We aim to create equal opportunities for our associates, customers, and suppliers regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic.