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Velera · 5 days ago

Scrum Master III - REMOTE

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$96K/yr - $124K/yr

7+ years exp

Velera is the nation’s premier payments credit union service organization and an integrated fintech solutions provider. The Scrum Master III will lead Agile teams, coach them on best practices, and drive continuous improvement while ensuring alignment with program standards.

CreditFinTechManagement Consulting

No H1B

Responsibilities

Act as a true leader and facilitator of Agile events, program events, team dynamics and team maturity

Drive continuous improvement within the team(s) with a focus on agile principles

Protect the team from interruptions and manage internal escalations as needed

Coach the team to consistently align with program standards

Elicit feedback from the team to identify and resolve impediments, monitor progress and performance, and to always keep a pulse on where the team is at in regard to their Team Working Agreement: Team Rules, Definition of Ready (DoR), and Definition of Done. (DoD)

In partnership with the Product Owner and Business System Analyst, develop a clear and concise product backlog items and consistently review

Collaborates with the Product Owner and Agile team to understand, identify, and document business value through clear, testable stories

Maintains an awareness of relationships, dependencies, risks, and impacts across products and platforms

Takes ownership and accountability for the effectiveness of the Agile team and champions change when the team may need to pivot or re-prioritize

Mentor less tenured Scrum Masters in the areas of Scrum, Kanban, Agile, refinement, story splitting, relative sizing, velocity, retrospection, conflict resolution, and other techniques

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualification

Agile CertificationScrum Master experienceAgile tools proficiencyFinancial services experienceSoftware development terminologyCoaching skillsTeam facilitationConflict resolution

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Management, or equivalent combination of education and experience required

7-9 years of hands-on experience on an agile team, preferably in the Scrum Master role required

Considerable knowledge with Agile tools such as Azure DevOps (ADO), or similar applications, around epics, features, user stories and tasking and guiding others on those tools and best practices

Utilizes understanding of Agile practices, patterns and techniques to formulate self-organizing and highly collaborative teams

Experienced in the facilitation of positive and productive Agile events/ceremonies within a timebox for one or more Agile team: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum/Stand-Up, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective and assists in Refinement activities

Preferred

Agile Certification preferred (work experience is considered)

Experience in systems or financial services environment, card payments, banking, contact center, new product development, information technology or process re-engineering preferred

Technically savvy on software development terminology like API's is a plus

Experience with managing large scale technology projects (software/hardware)