SDP Scrum Master at Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) in Kansas City, Missouri

Job Description:

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

When you join the Federal Reserve—the nation's central bank—you’ll play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems. We invest in contemporary and emerging technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we’re building a dynamic and diverse team for our future.

The Information Technology Services organization of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City project management office (Solutions Delivery Partners, SDP) is seeking an associate Scrum Master to join our team.

 

The Scrum Master is a key member of an Agile team, striving to ensure that the team works in an Agile manner in their ceremonies, interactions and approach to the work. An associate scrum master may be new to Agile development, learning the product delivery cycle and completing foundational training. The key role the scrum master plays is in driving the team to embrace agile practices and an agile mindset.

 

SDP strives for building strong and successful project management practices and this associate role is a feeder into that practice. As a result, skill dexterity will be built by partnering with an advanced scrum master while fulfilling a technical product owner need. The day-to-day role will be dynamic, addressing multiple customer priorities for complex technical projects. You will learn how to interpret business goals to actionable components that teams can build while learning the craft of writing stories, backlog prioritization and refinement and program increment planning all while learning best practices to scrum your own team in the future.

 

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, strong communicator, positive influencer and willing to learn and grow with our team. Experience on an agile team and understanding software development life cycle is preferred.

 

This PMO supports multiple diverse teams and shorter duration projects that follow various methodologies or team structures allowing you to frequently challenge yourself in fast paced and diverse teams. Come work for a great team focused on delivering business value through agile practices and behaviors.

Key Activities

Enacts Scrum principles and methodologies as the Scrum Master (SM) on projects and programs in partnership with other SMs, the Development Team, the Product Owner, and Project Leadership.

• Ensures adherence to Agile/Scrum values, principles, and practices.




• Identifies dependencies, manages conflicts, and drives success of individual sprints, as well as the overall project.




• Ensures that the team is fully functional and productive by building and maintaining the product road map and release plan based on the priorities set by the Product Owner and input from the team.




• Directs the work of project team members and guides team in prioritizing work based upon knowledge of customer requirements, project schedule, and various dependencies.




• Addresses and escalates issues, impediments, and roadblocks and proposes solutions.




• Communicates regularly with necessary stakeholders.




• Facilitates and/or ensures Agile ceremonies are conducted and embraced in order to drive agile development; secures agile team working agreements.

Works with the Product Owner to ensure that goals, scope, and product domain are understood and practiced.

• Ensures the team understands the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items.




• Finds techniques for effective Product Backlog management by leading the team through long-term roadmap exercises, forecasting long-term project deliverables.




• Ensures the Product Owner knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value.

Leads and coaches the organization in Agile/Scrum.

• Plans Scrum implementations within the organization.




• Assists employees and stakeholders with implementing Agile/Scrum and empirical product development.




• Leads change that increases the productivity of the team and ensures delivery of valuable products.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree specializing in computer science, project management, business administration, or information technology from an accredited college or university, or equivalent combination of directly related education and/or experience.




• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and/or other related certifications preferred.




• Novice understanding of the subject.




• Works under clearly defined guidelines with direct supervision. Consults with management or more senior staff in decision‐making.

Additional Information

Location(s):

• Hybrid – Kansas City, MO (up to 50% work from home flexibility)




• Remote Eligible – No

Salary:

• $67,200 - $92,400 / Associate Level




• Final offers are determined by factors including the candidate’s qualifications, internal alignment considerations, district assignment, and geographic location.

Screening: Certain eligibility requirements may apply.

Sponsorship: The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without an end date and without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

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Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Job Category

Project Management Family

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

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