Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.
Position: Lead Scrum Master
Location: Minneapolis, MN or CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - hybrid schedule
Term: 12 months + extensions / possible conversion
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
Manage and develop Scaled Agile portfolios of the highest complexity.
Guide the teams to follow Agile and Scrum practices to promote prioritization, team readiness, and commitment for each Sprint.
Optimize scrum team velocity to identify improvement opportunities to achieve higher levels of team performance.
Oversee systemic impediments to team agility and guide the teams on methods to escalate.
Deliver capabilities using agile practices while following the Software Development Lifecycle, business process mapping, and various release processes to ensure all risk, security, and development requirements are met.
Partner with discipline managers to convey their concerns to scrum teams about governance policies and adherence to corporate standards.
Collaborate with product owners, program or project managers to communicate delivery of work product from the teams and escalate key risks and issues impeding scrum team effectiveness.
Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals.
Interact with internal customers.
Receive direction from leaders and exercise independent judgment while developing the knowledge to understand function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements.
Train other Scrum Masters and serve as a mentor to less experienced staff.
Is this a good fit? (Requirements):
Must have experience leading both Scrum and Kanban teams.
Jira experience, experience with multiple scrum teams.
5+ years of Practicing Agile Scrum Master experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.