Agile Scrum Master

• Working with squad and chapter leaders to enable delivery of the squad's mission through well-executed sprints
• Accelerating overall squad performance, efficiency and value delivered by engaging within and across squads to find opportunities to improve agile maturity and metrics, and providing coaching, training and resources
• Maintaining and updating squad performance metrics (e.g., burn-down charts) and artifacts to ensure accurate and clear feedback to the squad members and transparency to other partners
• Managing, coordinating logistics for and participating in agile events (e.g., backlog prioritization, sprint planning, daily meetings, retrospectives and as appropriate, scrum of scrum masters)
• Supporting adoption, and consistent use of enabling tools (e.g., Jira, Mural, MS Teams)
• Working closely with the squad leader to plan and complete the highest priority work as per the product roadmap
• Identifying and facilitating continuous improvement opportunities within the squad

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent certification
• Jira experience
• 4+ years’ experience in a scrum master role within Software Development Teams
• Experience working with Java and Cloud Based Technology Software Development
• Financial services experience preferred
• Excellent communication and people-interaction skills and can rapidly build trust and positively influence others at all levels of the organization
• You demonstrate a continuous improvement approach
• We seek a proven change agent capable of coaching agile practices to teams and individuals from across different functions, experiences and geographies as they work through new and unfamiliar situations
• An effective facilitator and can brainstorm with the team to generate solutions that address challenges and roadblocks to accelerating value delivery
• Intellectually curious and passionate about learning new skills, and model a culture of continuous learning, mentoring and coaching