Sr. Scrum Master / PM

Responsibilities

• Provide support to teams using a servant leadership style.
• Coach the development team and help lead and insure the “agile mindset” is fully adopted and understood.
• Inculcate core agile values of focus, commitment, respect, openness and courage into the team’s ground rules through leading by example.
• Assess and coach the team to higher levels of performance, tracking acceleration metrics.
• Guide the development team on how to integrate agile ceremonies and values into daily work.
• Encourage an environment where open communication and collaborative problem solving can pave the way for faster removal of any impediments and where the impact of mistakes can be minimized through early detection, making them into learning opportunities.
• Facilitate the discussion with the team and technical SMEs to identify technical debt risks and develop approaches to remediate.
• Manage the deliveries and releases.
• Implement and promote use of agile methodology within the team:
• Facilitate agile ceremonies including iteration planning, iteration review, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups.
• Create a forum for discussing vision, goals, and Product Backlog items amongst the team.
• Apply techniques for effective workflow visualization and management (e.g. Kanban or Scrum Boards)
• Identify, manage, and help mitigate issues and risks, with particular emphasis on timely removal of impediments for the team and/or directing obstacles to appropriate owners for quick resolution.
• Develop and nurture strong partnering relationships with Product Owner/Business Sponsor and stakeholders.
• Develop strong partnership with the Product Owner to gain strong understanding of objectives, sustain open dialogue to manage product backlog efficiently.
• Influence a wide range of stakeholders (business, compliance, Legal, IT, etc.) to remove impediments and maximize team output.
• Support and educate the Product Owner on agile principles and practices to preserve the team from external pressures which may inhibit its productivity.

Requirements:

• Minimum 8-10 years of IT experience
• Capital Markets or banking industry experience is required
• 5+ years of Scrum Master experience in a recent project/initiative within a true agile environment.
• Experience coordinating and/or leading large cross-functional/cross-regional teams on major organizational projects, preferably in an agile work environment
• Prior Project Management experience is nice to have
• Individual may have Scrum Master Certification (CSM) or other Scrum Master certification
• KMP I (Kanban Systems Design) certification – Nice to have
• Less, Safe, Scrum@Scale Certification – Nice to have