Principal Scrum Master
The Role
At DTCC, we are dedicated to fostering a thriving internal community and creating a workplace that reflects the diverse world we serve. The Information Technology group plays a crucial role in delivering secure, reliable technology solutions that support the global capital markets.
Responsibilities
- Identify and help to remove impediments from the Squad, following escalation paths as needed
- Interact with CoE’s on status, issues, collaboration, stakeholder engagement
- Liaise with Product Owner and Tribe/Hub Stakeholders to support Tribe activities such as the Quarterly Tribe Review
- Ensure Squad Manager Tool is up to date (Squad Members, OKRs, supporting documentation)
- Plan and chair (host) key meetings, help facilitate Sprint 0, SoS and distribute minutes for tracking purposes; follow-up as required
- Create the project in JIRA, ensuring that traceability is maintained, accuracy and overall health is provided via metrics and dashboards; ensure rules are being followed
- Train users and oversee JIRA backlog and planning sessions (PO owns backlog)
- Create project(s), perform updates on resource, tasks, and allocations in PPM
- Maintain staffing profiles, time tracking, budgeting, and forecast vs. actuals
- Manage release planning in accordance with Change Management policy
- Takes a holistic view of squad’s body of work and being forward-thinking on initiatives and epics
- Leading Agile Ceremonies such as Backlog Grooming, Sprint Retro, Sprint Review/Demo, Sprint Planning
Qualifications
- Minimum of 8 years of related experience
- Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
- Working knowledge of agile methodology
- Understanding of the end-to-end Institutional post trade Derivatives lifecycle highly desirable
- Experience with similar business/application messaging systems and protocols (e.g., SQL, MQ, Sftp, MS azure, XLST) an advantage
Benefits
Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
Pension / Retirement benefits
Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
Pay and Schedule
DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).