Scrum Master II
About The Position
The Scrum Master II works closely with the Product Owner to prioritize and lead delivery of the initiative's capabilities by removing impediments, facilitating team meetings and events, and fostering an environment for high performance. The Scrum Master manages a continuous workflow of their team. They advocate, adopt and coach their team on lean, agile and scrum practices. Participate on projects with increasing complexity, under moderate supervision with some latitude for independent judgment. Basic understanding of business, products and operating environment; Meet general problem-solving needs and leads project teams with moderate complexities and ambiguities. Career professional within field; skilled and proficient in discipline.
Requirements
- Basic functional and technical expertise in at least 1 analytics or business intelligence application or product
- Significant project management experience, as well as strong fundamentals in advanced analytics, data integration, and visualization
- Exposure with agile reporting tools such as Rally, Jira and Azure DevOps to manage and facilitate team goals
- Working knowledge of software development and system administration
- Experience in resource allocation and management
- Experience in leading, guiding and coaching professional staff
- Experience leading agile development teams and facilitating team meetings in Agile environment
- Working knowledge of development or operations framework methodologies, including Agile principles
- Proficient in database and presentation software skills
- Proficient in research, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Effective skill in building strategic and execution-focused plans and alliances with partner leadership
Nice To Haves
- In-depth knowledge and experience in Banking/Finance/Investments, familiar with terminology, concepts and business processes and systems
- Familiarity with industry standards and regulations
- CSM and/or PMI-ACP certification or PMP
- Advanced degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
Responsibilities
- Exhibit behaviors of a Lean-Agile Leader through mindset; helps the team embrace Agile core values, adopt and apply agile principles and helps implement Agile practices
- Support the team rules of Scrum, eliminate impediments and lead the team in efforts for relentless improvement and heightened efficiency
- Ensure technology and service delivery roadmap support the solution strategy and are sustainable to meet the needs of the various solutions being delivered on that product
- Facilitate the team's progress toward team goals, utilizing the current Program Increment (PI) Objectives as Iteration Goals
- Ensure that goals, scope and product backlog items are understood and can be fulfilled by team members
- Collaborate with Product Owner, customers and developers to identify and clarify scope of problems/issues in terms of business/systems requirements and processes
- Support the team's efforts to continuously improve communications and relationships with other delivery teams; represent the team in the Scrum of Scrums (SoS), helping the team remain aware of engagement opportunities and program effectiveness
- Engage in challenging the old norms of development to improve performance in the areas of quality, predictability, flow, and velocity
- Support software development teams in applying the Scrum framework
- Perform other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
Education Level
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