Brooklyn,Ohio,USA Posted: Thu, Oct 31 2024

• Lead Agile Practices: Support engineering practices within the squad, ensuring the integrity and sustainability of the codebase. Encourage shift-left practices, including pair- and mob-programming and automated testing as needed.
• Foster Team Collaboration: Guide Agile/Scrum teams toward self-organization, keeping focus on sprint goals, and prioritizing outcomes over outputs at both product and sprint backlog levels.
• Enhance Scrum Processes: Continuously improve the scrum process by identifying and removing impediments, as well as minimizing external distractions to streamline the development workflow.
• Drive Agile Adoption: Champion Agile practices across the organization, collaborating with employees from diverse functions to adopt new processes, coordinate work across divisions, and solve problems as one cohesive team.
• Participate in Continuous Improvement: Actively contribute to the Continuous Delivery Community of Practice to drive ongoing improvement in Agile discipline and delivery.
• Provide Team Leadership: Lead and coach the scrum team, applying Agile/Scrum principles to support the timely delivery of valuable products. Work closely with the Product Owner to assess team cohesion, and effectiveness, and recommend improvements as needed.
  
  

• Experience: Minimum of 3 years of Scrum Master delivery experience, plus an additional 2+ years in Agile project roles.
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.
• Certifications: Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) preferred, or Certified Scrum Master (CSM) with at least 3 years of relevant experience.
• Skills: Strong leadership, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities. Proficiency in written and verbal communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Risk Management: Capable of identifying, analyzing, and resolving project risks and issues to meet targets for budget, schedule, scope, and risk.
  
  

• Industry Knowledge: A background in banking, financial services, fintech, data integration, or project management is advantageous.
  
  

• Leadership: Works autonomously, leading teams toward shared goals, effectively tracking and reporting daily activities, and meeting project targets.
• Communication: Skilled in conveying project vision and impact to business strategy, fostering open feedback, and driving personal improvement.
• Team Development: Skilled in coaching team members, identifying developmental needs, and creating a culture of continuous feedback and learning.
• Agile Champion: Passionate about Agile methodologies, with a demonstrated ability to implement and refine Agile practices.