Technical Scrum Lead, Specialist

Vanguard•Malvern, PA

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Technical Scrum Lead, Senior Specialist is responsible for leading Agile development teams, ensuring seamless execution of sprints and driving high-quality software delivery. This role involves coaching teams on Agile best practices, resolving roadblocks and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to align technical execution with business objectives. Responsibilities: Leads, builds, and coaches high performing teams in the delivery of technology-related products or projects, ensuring team actions are aligned with project and business goals. May instruct or coach other professionals. Leads planning, team learning, and adaptation of processes to ensure the quality of team solutions. Enables a continuous learning environment, identifying ways to strengthen the team's understanding of Agile/Scrum concepts and principles as they relate to technical capabilities. Builds and applies methodology that supports the integration of changing customer inputs and business conditions into technology-related product development. Recommends to the product owner and management in the definition and prioritization of technology-related outcomes. Identifies trade-offs between short and long term benefits to drive shared vision between the team and product owner. Ensures the application of agile frameworks to the development process to increase effectiveness of technology-related product development or architecture. Leads daily scrum meetings, iteration reviews, and maintains backlogs. Removes roadblocks to technology-related product development or architecture. Applies learnings to other development projects. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications: Stakeholder Management, Strong Communication; Organize work/breakdown features required. Strong expertise in Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe frameworks, with a deep understanding of Agile principles and best practices. Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience required. Computer Science or Engineering experience preferred. Graduate degree preferred. Minimum of five years related work experience. Two years of leading large cross-functional teams on major organizational technology projects preferred. Financial Services and technical experience preferred. Scrum/Agile Certification strongly preferred. Special Factors Sponsorship Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position. About Vanguard At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission. To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best. How We Work Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience. Vanguard, one of the world's largest investment management companies, serves individual investors, institutions, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and financial professionals. We have a diverse and talented crew with a culture that promotes teamwork, along with an unwavering focus on serving our clients' best interests. This website uses "cookies" to distinguish you from other users. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers placed on your computer or device. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site and services. The cookies are stored locally on your computer or mobile device. To accept cookies you can continue browsing as normal. Or you can go to our Privacy Policy to read more information and learn how to change your preferences.

Requirements

Stakeholder Management
Strong Communication
Organize work/breakdown features required.
Strong expertise in Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe frameworks, with a deep understanding of Agile principles and best practices.
Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience required.
Minimum of five years related work experience.

Nice To Haves

Computer Science or Engineering experience preferred.
Graduate degree preferred.
Two years of leading large cross-functional teams on major organizational technology projects preferred.
Financial Services and technical experience preferred.
Scrum/Agile Certification strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Leads, builds, and coaches high performing teams in the delivery of technology-related products or projects, ensuring team actions are aligned with project and business goals.
May instruct or coach other professionals.
Leads planning, team learning, and adaptation of processes to ensure the quality of team solutions.
Enables a continuous learning environment, identifying ways to strengthen the team's understanding of Agile/Scrum concepts and principles as they relate to technical capabilities.
Builds and applies methodology that supports the integration of changing customer inputs and business conditions into technology-related product development.
Recommends to the product owner and management in the definition and prioritization of technology-related outcomes.
Identifies trade-offs between short and long term benefits to drive shared vision between the team and product owner.
Ensures the application of agile frameworks to the development process to increase effectiveness of technology-related product development or architecture.
Leads daily scrum meetings, iteration reviews, and maintains backlogs.
Removes roadblocks to technology-related product development or architecture.
Applies learnings to other development projects.
Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.