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Thrivent · 2 days ago

Scrum Master - Asset Management

Minneapolis, MN

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry, Mid Level

$120K/yr - $163K/yr

2+ years exp

Thrivent is a membership-owned fraternal organization dedicated to helping people achieve financial clarity. The Scrum Master – Asset Management leads and influences the team by implementing the Scrum framework and Agile principles while partnering with stakeholders to ensure alignment of priorities and product delivery.

FinanceFinancial ExchangesFinancial ServicesInsurance

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Provides consulting to the Product Owner in building and maintaining the product roadmap, release plan and strategic product roadmap based on the priorities set by the Product Owner and input from the Team

Facilitate Scrum master meetings for assigned product area with a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work. Reach out to the larger company network for impediment removal and drive cross functional partnerships to achieve shared goals

Facilitate sprint planning, retrospective and sprint demos. Facilitate effective coordination with other Scrum teams, product teams, and/or operational teams. Consult with the Product Owner to validate priorities

Foster self-organization and cross team collaboration. Enable the Team to make decisions and remove decision making barriers whenever possible. Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

Identify areas for process improvement and establishes effective and efficient processes, by analyzing current and new product management processes

Help the team monitor progress daily. Identify opportunities for the team to improve incrementally. Maintain relevant metrics to show progress

Manage and communicate relevant metrics to team on progress against team objectives

Establishes and maintains a strong partnership with internal customers to fully understand the business and their business needs

Strengthen the presence of our team as an Agile center of excellence. Actively contribute to the company’s Agile and Product Community. Keep the rest of the company network aware of our activities

Inspire others to achieve challenging goals and high standards of performance while committing to the organization’s direction (Product/Agile/DevOps))

Models Thrivent’s leadership competencies – courage, collaboration, and commitment by demonstrating resiliency, working together to make the best decisions, and holding yourself and others accountable

Supports and/or develops an environment in which Thrivent employees and colleagues are focused on continuous improvement, exceptional employee engagement, and an unwavering commitment to our clients. Shapes and/or supports a culture that represents the Thrivent purpose, promise and values, ensuring that Thrivent’s trust and reputation remain strong with its clients

Qualification

Scrum frameworkAgile principlesCertified Scrum MasterRisk mitigationMS Office SuiteProject managementCommunication skillsCollaboration skillsLeadership skillsAttention to detail

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business or other technical related field or equivalent work experience

2-4 years in a lead role on projects, scrum teams, and/or business led initiatives

Understand fundamentals of iterative development, software development process and procedures

Familiarity with common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and better development practices

High level of organization and attention to detail

Passion and understanding of new technology and trends

Strong communication, collaboration and influence skills among all organizational levels; strong facilitation and executive communications skills

Ability to effectively manage and resolve conflicting priorities

Preferred

Experience in leading agile teams in SAFe, Scrum, or Kanban contexts

Certified Scrum Master or similar certification

Experience managing essential risk mitigation activities including identification, tracking, follow-up, escalation, and contingency planning on risks, issues

Understand multiple software development processes and methodologies and can speak intelligently about them and leverage other techniques to provide value to a team/enterprise

Strong leadership skills to coordinate and motivate product teams, even outside direct reporting relationships

Experience developing and implementing initiative and product level performance metrics

Experience working in large, complex organizational initiatives

Advanced skills in MS Office Suite with particular emphasis on Excel

Benefits

Various bonuses (including, for example, annual or long-term incentives)

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Health savings account

Flexible spending account

401k

Pension

Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance

Disability insurance

Supplemental protection insurance

20 days of Paid Time Off each year

Sick and Safe Time

10 paid company holidays

Volunteer Time Off

Paid parental leave

EAP

Well-being benefits

Other employee benefits

Company

Thrivent

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Thrivent is a financial services organization that helps Christians be wise with money and live generously.

Founded in 1902

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

5001-10000 employees

https://www.thrivent.com

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