THE ROLE
As a senior Scrum Master, you will advise, mentor and coach the agile team Scrum and/or Kanban values, practices and other delivery techniques with the goal of improving product delivery across team(s) and domain(s). This includes facilitating sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives and refinements for two (2) delivery teams. Additionally, the senior Scrum Master may manage up to 3 Scrum Masters and are expected to allocate time to optimizing domain and portfolio level product delivery which include preparing for scaled planning events (quarterly planning, team breakout sessions, managing cross-team dependencies as well as identification/removal of impediments). Lastly, the take a lead role in domain level team performance and adoption of agile ways of working
WHAT YOU WILL DO
- May manage up to three (3) Scrum Masters, providing guidance on Agile practices, facilitating continuous improvement, and ensuring successful delivery of projects aligned with organizational goals.
- Provide coaching and thought leadership on Agile principles for the development team and product owners; specifically sharing of knowledge, best practices and identifying ways to improve product delivery
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and scaled activities for multiple teams in support of delivery across organization
- Leverage metrics to measure and monitor team and domain delivery maturity
- Coach and support continuous improvement within the team, domain and organization
- Facilitate identifying and mitigating any external dependency, risks and impediments
- Educate teams on leveraging Kanban principles to efficiently deliver solutions
- Participate and actively contribute to Agile community
- Perform additional duties as required
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
- 6+ years of experience with Agile technologies, tools and an Agile team, is required.
- 3+ years of experience and familiarity using tools including Jira, Confluence, Aha, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Teams
- 2+ years of experience in Scaled Agile environment
- Minimum of 3 years of strategic planning experience assisting organizations with agile transformations and operational effectiveness
- Technology delivery background preferred
- Financial services experience preferred, but not required
- Firm understanding of software development and scrum principles.
- Excellent stakeholder management and ability to influence leaders at all levels
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational and team building skills
- Well-versed in Scrum and/or Kanban to assist the team in understanding and implementing Scrum and/or Kanban framework
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