Senior Scrum Master

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Self Financial, Inc.

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Financial technology • Consumer financial services • Consumer services • Financial services • fintech

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2015

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

Description

• Self Financial is looking for a Senior Scrum Master to support the Engineering teams to be a servant leader, building and leading successful scrum teams to deliver technology products and services. • Working cross functionally with Program, Engineering, IT, Product, Compliance, and more this candidate will: • Perform the role of Scrum Master for one or more teams, leading multiple, simultaneous initiatives • Practice the core Agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, accountability, and practice continuous improvement • Facilitates Scrum ceremonies i.e., Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Demos/Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives • Helps the team define norms/agreements, like a Definition of Ready and Definition of Done, and enforces the agreements • Ensures the team has a healthy product and Sprint backlog (in collaboration with the PO • Acts as an Agile Coach, promoting and coaching the Agile mindset and principles, empowering the team to become self-managing and fulfill their cross-functional potential • Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress • Provide status reporting on key performance indicators (KPIs), schedule, resources, and milestone delivery • Facilitates dependency management/risk management/impediment removal for the team • Work closely with Product and Program Management to manage and deliver key initiatives • Coach and mentor in Scrum and Agile process

Requirements

• 5+ years practicing Scrum in a software business • Strong Communication skills and ability to collaborate across multiple departments • Self-starter, self-driver; bring expertise to the table to drive process improvements backed by data • Strong knowledge of agile principles and techniques (ex. Scrum / XP / Kanban) and scaled agile frameworks such as the Scaled Agile Framework for the Enterprise (SAFe) • Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor • Excellent repertoire of team building activities and collaborative leadership • Skilled at optimization of teams and processes • Proficient in JIRA • Proven track record of assisting the Product Owner and Development Team in delivering business value • Experience in identification and resolution of organizational impediments that impact team maturity and performance • Enables the team to become high performing through collaboration and a relentless focus on continuous improvement including cross-skilling across the team • Ability to facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution across teams, stakeholders, and executives, including external teams, business partners, and other Agile Release Trains/programs • Change and Release Management experience and knowledge • Ability to influence and guide business and technology leaders on changes that enable Agility • Experience in facilitating significant improvements to the operating model and the end-to-end delivery process • Experience in Kanban also, a plus • Ability to analyze and think quickly to resolve conflict • Experience in dealing with ambiguity in a rapidly evolving environment • Motivated and a hands-on team player, persistent, and results oriented • Able to consistently meet deadlines and self-manage through shifting priorities and demands • High level of positive energy, enthusiasm, and self-motivation

Benefits

• Company Equity in the form of Stock Options • Quarterly performance-based bonuses • Generous employer-paid health, vision and dental insurance coverage • Flexible vacation policy • Educational assistance • Free gym membership • Casual dress code • Team building events and activities • Remote work arrangements/ flexible work schedule • Paid parental leave