Overview
Remote
Contract - W2
Skills
Risk and Issue Management
Team Facilitation
Data Integration and Analysis
Automated Testing and Shift-Left Practices
Agile Project Management Tools
Job Details
Position Overview:
The Scrum Master will lead cross-functional Agile teams, guiding them to deliver value aligned with business objectives in a fast-paced environment. This role requires excellent problem-solving skills, strong leadership capabilities, and the ability to foster collaboration across the organization. Experience in banking, financial services, fintech, data integration, and project management is preferred.
The Scrum Master will lead cross-functional Agile teams, guiding them to deliver value aligned with business objectives in a fast-paced environment. This role requires excellent problem-solving skills, strong leadership capabilities, and the ability to foster collaboration across the organization. Experience in banking, financial services, fintech, data integration, and project management is preferred.
Responsibilities:
- Lead Agile Practices: Support engineering practices within the squad, ensuring the integrity and sustainability of the codebase. Encourage shift-left practices, including pair- and mob-programming and automated testing as needed.
- Foster Team Collaboration: Guide Agile/Scrum teams toward self-organization, keeping focus on sprint goals, and prioritizing outcomes over outputs at both product and sprint backlog levels.
- Enhance Scrum Processes: Continuously improve the scrum process by identifying and removing impediments, as well as minimizing external distractions to streamline the development workflow.
- Drive Agile Adoption: Champion Agile practices across the organization, collaborating with employees from diverse functions to adopt new processes, coordinate work across divisions, and solve problems as one cohesive team.
- Participate in Continuous Improvement: Actively contribute to the Continuous Delivery Community of Practice to drive ongoing improvement in Agile discipline and delivery.
- Provide Team Leadership: Lead and coach the scrum team, applying Agile/Scrum principles to support the timely delivery of valuable products. Work closely with the Product Owner to assess team cohesion, and effectiveness, and recommend improvements as needed.
Required Qualifications:
- Experience: Minimum of 3 years of Scrum Master delivery experience, plus an additional 2+ years in Agile project roles.
- Education: Bachelor?s Degree or equivalent work experience.
- Certifications: Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) preferred, or Certified Scrum Master (CSM) with at least 3 years of relevant experience.
- Skills: Strong leadership, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities. Proficiency in written and verbal communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
- Risk Management: Capable of identifying, analyzing, and resolving project risks and issues to meet targets for budget, schedule, scope, and risk.
Preferred Experience:
- Industry Knowledge: A background in banking, financial services, fintech, data integration, or project management is advantageous.
Competencies:
- Leadership: Works autonomously, leading teams toward shared goals, effectively tracking and reporting daily activities, and meeting project targets.
- Communication: Skilled in conveying project vision and impact to business strategy, fostering open feedback, and driving personal improvement.
- Team Development: Skilled in coaching team members, identifying developmental needs, and creating a culture of continuous feedback and learning.
- Agile Champion: Passionate about Agile methodologies, with a demonstrated ability to implement and refine Agile practices.
This role is ideal for a proactive, self-motivated leader who can facilitate Agile best practices, remove obstacles, and support the team in delivering high-value products.
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