Senior Scrum Master

Responsibilities

• Leading Agile teams in the successful delivery of IT projects by facilitating Scrum ceremonies, removing impediments, and fostering a collaborative team environment.
• Acting as a servant leader to ensure the team follows Agile principles, maintains focus on delivering high-value outcomes, and continuously improves processes.
• Utilizing excellent collaboration and communication skills to resolve, escalate, or eliminate impediments to focus on building high-performing teams across technology towers.
• Guiding and coaching Agile teams on Scrum practices and principles to enhance team performance.
• Facilitating Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Supporting the Product Owner in managing the product backlog and ensuring clarity of requirements.
• Removing impediments and blockers that hinder team progress.
• Promoting a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the team.
• Shielding the team from external distractions to maintain focus on sprint goals.
• Communicating project progress, risks, and dependencies to stakeholders and leadership.
• Aligning team deliverables with organizational goals and priorities.
• Facilitating collaboration between teams in multi-team environments.
• Monitoring team performance using Agile metrics such as velocity, burn-down charts, and cycle time.
• Identifying and implementing process improvements to enhance team efficiency and product delivery.
• Utilizing Agile tools (e.g., Azure DevOps) to manage sprint progress and team workflows.
• Ensuring documentation of sprint activities, including lessons learned and retrospective action items.
• Executing some project management activities such as financial management and sprint reporting.

Requirements

• 8+ years of related experience as a Scrum Master, Project Management, or similar field.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field required.
• Previous leadership experience preferred; particularly in leading and mentoring Agile teams.
• Entry-level knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking is preferred.
• Entry-level to intermediate knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Advanced experience working as an IT Scrum Master utilizing strong organizational and interpersonal skills, and demonstrating the ability to build relationships with team members, stakeholders, and external partners.
• Intermediate experience in successful project delivery using Agile methodologies, plus experience with Agile project management tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, Workfront).
• Familiarity with IT systems, system development life cycle (SDLC), and DevOps practices.
• Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or equivalent certification required.
• SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) or advanced Agile certifications required.
• Project Management Professional Certification, Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Fundamentals, or Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge preferred.
• Occasional travel required.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Ownership stake in the company