Scrum Master

Welcome to Nanit, the high-growth baby tech company that is changing the way parents view their babies' wellness through the world’s most advanced baby monitor and parenting products. In 2016, the Nanit baby monitor revolutionized the industry with computer-vision and machine-learning capabilities that helped parents understand their baby’s sleep patterns and allowed them to achieve better sleep quality. Now, the company has become the leader in the connected parenting space, with an incredible customer base of highly engaged parents who look to Nanit as a source of information and expertise on their parenting journey.

We are seeking a proactive and highly organized Scrum Master to join our R&D Operations team. In this role, you will be responsible for implementing and refining Scrum methodologies across the R&D organization, ensuring our teams stay focused, synchronized, and empowered to deliver.
In this position, you will be responsible for leading and evolving Agile practices across a multi-team R&D organization. This role operates at the intersection of process and delivery, going beyond facilitation to continuously improve ways of working and promote predictable, sustainable delivery.

What You’ll Do:
Scrum Implementation: Lead the continuous refinement of Agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Retrospectives) across multiple cross-functional teams.
Transparency & Delivery Management: Promote clear and transparent communication of progress, risks, blockers, and delivery forecasts. Work closely with Product and Engineering to ensure alignment and effective information flow across stakeholders.
Dependency Management: Coordinate across Mobile, Backend, FW, QA, and AI teams to manage cross-functional dependencies, ensuring smooth hand-offs and high-frequency release success.
Roadmap & Quarterly Planning: Support the creation and maintenance of high-level roadmaps aligned with quarterly planning commitments. Ensure alignment between technical execution and business objectives.
Jira Management: Own and evolve the Jira environment by designing efficient workflows, automations, and reporting capabilities that support scalable R&D operations.
AI & Automation: Identify and implement AI-driven solutions to reduce manual effort and optimize team efficiency.
Drive Operational Excellence: Define, track, and communicate KPIs to drive continuous improvement in productivity and efficiency.
Who You Are:
Agile Expertise: Strong understanding of Agile principles and the ability to adapt them to a fast-evolving, high-tech environment.
Adaptability and Resilience: Enjoy the energy of a scaling startup and can operate effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Communication Skills: Excellent communicator with the ability to simplify complex information and support alignment across diverse teams and stakeholders.
Leadership: Ability to lead through influence, guiding teams and stakeholders toward alignment, enabling data-driven decisions, and continuously improving practices to support effective delivery.
Data-Driven Approach: Leverage data and metrics to identify trends, inform decisions, and drive improvements for better productivity and efficiency.
Knowledge in Jira: Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence and related tools.
Tech-Forward Mindset: Stay up to date with emerging technologies and motivated to apply AI and automation to make R&D operate smarter and faster.
Requirements:
3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, Project Manager, Delivery Manager, or R&D Operations in a high-tech environment.
A proactive, resourceful, and can-do mindset, with the ability to take initiative and drive outcomes in complex environments.
Proven record of leading cross-functional initiatives and delivering scalable impact.
Bachelor’s Degree (B.Sc.) in Industrial Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Strong proficiency with Jira and Confluence.
Jira Administrator (including JQL, automations and dashboards) - advantage.
Experience in utilizing AI tools to enhance operational workflows - advantage.

Why Nanit?

Nanit products can actually change lives. We’re an integral part of the lives of new parents, making an exciting but stressful time a little more manageable.
We are international and believe our diversity makes our culture, products, and brand even better.
We invest in our people. We consider each employee a long-term investment, and we see value in continuously helping them to advance in their lives and careers
Nanit is a fun, collaborative group of hard workers! We believe in an appropriate work-life balance and offer a flexible, open environment.
We are at the forefront of innovation, creating products and services that have never been seen before.

We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class.

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