Mountain West Bank ยท 1 month ago
Corporate Scrum Master-Project Management
Spokane, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$68K/yr - $111K/yrMountain West Bank is a regional bank holding company providing commercial banking services. The Scrum Master role is responsible for facilitating the agile software development process, managing sprints, and promoting best practices while ensuring smooth operations and communication across teams.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Organize and facilitate agile activities and scrum ceremonies (daily scrum standups, sprint planning, sprint review/demo, sprint retrospective)
Manage sprints and remove roadblocks
Act as a liaison between product manager, product owner and development team
Support product owner or business analyst with backlog refinement and estimating and ensures that product backlog refinement sessions occur
Collaborate on requirement documentation
Support product manager and/or solutions architect with release planning
Support the product owner with defining the roadmap
Facilitate communication between roles
Ensure meetings are positive, productive, stay on topic, and are kept within the timebox
Participate in quarterly planning and communicate dependencies
Document risks and decisions
Manage other hybrid project activities as needed
Maintain Scrum artifacts (i.e. sprint backlog, sprint calendar)
Support the team in using agile planning and development tools (i.e. ADO)
Partner with product managers, owners, and stakeholders to align priority across teams
Support the product manager as they manage the product backlog
When other agile resources are not available, assist with other activities like documenting release scope, scheduling releases, and communicating release features
Drive cross functional team at all levels
Coach and mentor team members to improve collaboration and self-management to cultivate a self-organizing team
Report on team metrics to identify and assist in process improvement
Utilize team feedback and velocity metrics to identify areas of opportunity and work with the team to continuously improve
Proactively identify and remove impediments to team progress to allow the team to be most effective
Contribute to the advancement/improvement of agile practices within the organization and promote the use of agile standards and best practices
Governance: Adheres to and supports the use of governance, security and risk management practices
Must comply with all company policies and procedures and all applicable laws and regulations, including but not limit
Qualification
Required
Experience as a Scrum Master or in a similar role within an agile environment
Strong understanding of agile methodologies and frameworks
Ability to facilitate scrum ceremonies and manage sprints effectively
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Proven ability to coach and mentor development teams
Experience in managing cross-functional teams
Ability to identify and eliminate impediments to team progress
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Experience with agile planning and development tools (i.e. ADO)
Ability to document risks and decisions effectively
Professionalism and diplomacy to gain trust across all levels of the organization
Ability to collaborate on requirement documentation
Experience in backlog refinement and estimating
Ability to report on team metrics and assist in process improvement
Commitment to adhere to governance, security, and risk management practices
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
Retirement plan including employer match and profit sharing
Paid vacation
Holiday and sick leave
Company
Mountain West Bank
Mountain West Bank is a financial services company that offers credit, debit cards, and online banking products services.
Founded in 1993
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageRecent News
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2023-10-25
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