Scrum Master

Description:

Scrum Master Responsibilities:

• The Scrum Master promotes and supports the agile process within and outside the squad. This includes:

o Work with organizational resources outside the squad to help them interact effectively with the squad, remove impediments and protect them from organizational bureaucracy

• The Scrum Master coaches the Agile squad and the product owner on the Agile process, such as writing useful user stories and managing the backlog

• They foster a collaborative culture and ensure the squad regularly celebrates success

• The scrum master acts as a servant leader to the squad, they are not the “boss”

• For a newly formed squad the scrum master role may be a full time activity. As the squad matures the scrum master can start to contribute some time to squad deliveries

• Manage blockers, obstacles and dependencies.

• Bring together stakeholders for alignment meeting

• Organize training

• Report on squad improvements

• Facilitate retrospective to improve squad dynamics

• Facilitate creation and maintenance of squad artefacts such as backlog, definitions and norms etc.

Projects:

• Projects in support of or directly related to our company’s recent Solium Acquisition

• Institutional Wealth Mgt projects in the digital technology space

Mandatory Qualifications:

• Good understanding of software development lifecycle, waterfall and agile development principles

• Minimum 5 years of experience working in a financial institution, technology firm or project management department of a mid to large size corporation

• Background and knowledge of banking and/or digital products

• Extraordinary judgment and composure in high-pressure situations

• Excellent communication skills.

• Meticulous attention to detail

• Proficient in Microsoft tools: Excel, Visio, MS Projects, Powerpoint

• Extensive hands-on experience with JIRA on agile projects

• PMP certification preferred but not mandatory

• CSM certification or Agile experience ( min 3 years)

Additional Skills/Competencies:

• Influence and leadership skills- ability to drive results and take command in a meeting or mediate in contentious situations; ability to foster an environment that is promotes teamwork

• Analytical and detail oriented- makes an effort to and is capable of understanding the subject matter and situations pertaining to each project, process, issue, etc

• Enthusiasm and curiosity- shows enthusiasm and drive to learn and ask questions both indirectly and directly related to the project

• Strategic thinker- Ability to see things big picture and not just focus on the day-to-day tasks

• Innovative- Has shown ways that he/she has gone beyond status quo to find innovative solutions to solve problems or to improve processes