Kestra Financial · 1 day ago
Scrum Master
Tempe, AZ
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expKestra Financial offers industry-leading wealth management platforms for independent wealth management professionals. The Scrum Master will guide performance, collaboration, and execution within multiple Scrum teams, focusing on maintaining technology and ensuring high-quality product delivery through Agile methodologies.
BankingConsultingFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Support multiple Scrum teams maintaining Kestra’s Sales & Servicing technology including Salesforce, Kestra’s public websites, and other applications
Use Agile ceremonies that produce the benefits intended by the Agile framework, including planning of releases, removing impediments, providing guidance, and supporting Agile teams to provide high-quality products using inspect and adapt cycles
Accelerate the learning and growth of one or more distributed Agile teams in developing a lean-Agile mindset, improving practices, and guiding them to more predictable delivery of high-quality products
Oversee the use of an accurate, complete, readable, single source for artifacts and workflow information that we need to engage in planning, observe/monitor work in progress, and measure the inspect and adapt cycle at the scrum team level
Manage full alignment across dependent teams within a release train; manage risks and dependencies such that all parties are aligned with delivery strategy and sequence. Drive over-communication as necessary to ensure a shared understanding of dependencies
Proactively identify and communicate impediments to expedite resolution
Promote scrum team accountability for ensuring the sprint commitment is less than / very close to the average velocity over the last four sprints, maximizing the likelihood of delivery on sprint
Solid foundational knowledge of Salesforce
Deep understanding of Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence) with a strong focus on metrics, dashboards and reporting
Hands-on experience with Agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures
Significant experience working with Agile methodologies on large-scale, technically complex projects for a large enterprise
Thorough understanding of the software development life cycle
Qualification
Required
5+ years' Scrum Master experience
3+ years' experience working with Salesforce, preferably in a BA and/or Scrum Master role
Experience working in the financial industry and aware of basic financial concepts
Solid foundational knowledge of Salesforce
Deep understanding of Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence) with a strong focus on metrics, dashboards and reporting
Hands-on experience with Agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures
Significant experience working with Agile methodologies on large-scale, technically complex projects for a large enterprise
Thorough understanding of the software development life cycle
Experience taking business requirements and writing technical requirements using BDD
Scrum and Kanban experience, working with distributed teams across multiple time zones
Preferred
Prior programming experience is a huge plus
Benefits
401(k)
Health insurance
Competitive benefits package
Opportunities for training, development, and long-term growth within the firm
Tuition reimbursement for qualified expenses
Company
Kestra Financial
Kestra Financial provides a leading independent advisor platform.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (14)
2023 (4)
2022 (3)
2021 (1)
2020 (6)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknown2019-02-25Acquired
Leadership Team
Joel Bennett
CFO
Kris Chester
Executive Vice President + Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
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