Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. · 1 day ago
Scrum Master III
US-OH-CINCINNATI
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expFort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. is a financial services company seeking a Scrum Master III to facilitate Agile teams in delivering IT and business products. The role involves coaching teams on Agile methodologies, removing impediments to project progress, and ensuring adherence to Agile principles to enhance team performance and delivery quality.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Serves, leads, coaches and supports multiple simultaneous Agile teams on high-complexity initiatives consisting of internal, external, and business and technical resources in delivery of IT and business products and solutions
Advocates and teaches Agile methodology and processes, ensuring that the team is always following the framework fostering an environment of continuous improvement/learning and driving substantial improvement at the team, portfolio and organization levels. Guides team members in achieving maturity in Agile principles with a track record of increasing velocity as team(s) mature
Trains new and junior Scrum Masters. Provides mentorship to other Scrum Masters and Agile Teams in the organization. Leads the communities of practice for enrichment
Provides mentorship and training to Product Owners in the organization
Leads the communities of practice for enrichment with a proven track record of establishing strong team environments with high morale and team cohesion where the team members constructively challenge each other, have a sense of ownership, and advocate for the right long-term decision-making
Organizes and facilitates ceremonies and agile practices such as sprint planning, daily standup, backlog refinement/grooming, sprint review, and sprint retrospective alongside the product owner, ensuring the team(s) adhere to the Agile values of courage, focus, commitment, respect and openness in delivering solutions
Supports the Product Owner and Team through maintaining data in the appropriate Agile toolset to provide transparency creating visibility to ‘what' and ‘how' teams are performing through valuable team metrics
Works with the teams to drive the definition and refinement of the program and team backlogs. Ensures scope, goals, milestones, budget, risk, status, change requests and critical issues are effectively communicated creating visibility to ‘what' and ‘how' teams are performing through valuable team metrics
Identifies and removes technical and/or organizational challenges and impediments to optimize delivery. Resolves complex systemic impediments without support. Manages risks and issues and acts to ensure they do not recur
Understands software skills such as business analysis, development, maintenance and software improvement
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree Or commensurate selection criteria experience
Scrum Master experience: 5+ years
Experience with an Agile management tool, such as Microsoft Team Foundation Server
Demonstrated experience forming and guiding teams to high performance
Demonstrated experience as team player influencing and negotiating at all levels of the organization
Demonstrated experience coaching Agile practices, stressing individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Demonstrated experience in business analysis, product/project management, or product development
Demonstrated experience coordinating with cross-functional teams during the entire lifecycle of product development
Certified Scrum Professional® - Scrum Master (CSP - SM) or Professional Scrum Master III (PSM III) Upon Hire
Certified in at least one Scaled Framework. Upon Hire
Preferred
Proven expert understanding of multiple Agile frameworks
Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse teams across the organization
Proven situational awareness of when to listen and when to be assertive
Proven track record for leading continuous improvement to help team clarify goals and actions to achieve them
Proven track record for resolving conflict and shielding team from outside distractions and interferences
Proven strong analytical skills, including demonstrated experience identifying, defining and quantifying problems; collecting or interpreting data, establishing facts, and providing effective solutions. Cite examples of good decision-making skills when dealing with multiple alternatives
Demonstrated verbal and written communication and presentation skills; ability to document procedures and activities in a manner that is understandable to others and prepared using a prescribed format, demonstrating use of the English language to include verbal and written format; comfortable presenting to leadership, business partners and engineering alike
Proven technical leadership of software landscapes ranging from Mainframe, Open Systems, Relational Database, Networking, Security with a high understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
Demonstrated technical leadership and guidance related to your field(s) of expertise to one or more Agile teams with a proven ability to develop and implement a product strategy and make dynamic adjustments as landscapes shift
Demonstrated ability to define the long-term vision for one or more technical domains, and help leading the technical execution towards that vision
Proven ability to influence and prioritize between new features, architectural improvements and operational excellence to drive outcomes
Proven ability to convincingly communicate product vision, solutions and benefits to customers and stakeholders. Able to champion the needs of customers and stakeholders throughout the development process
Proven ability to lead feature definition, planning and implementation efforts with clarity and conviction
Proven ability to proactively identify problems that arise, outline options and recommend solutions
Proven ability to operate effectively and independently, even in areas of uncertainty and ambiguity
Proven skills in documentation and spreadsheet applications
Proficient in Microsoft Office
Company
Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.
Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Maribeth Rahe
President & CEO
Amy L. Mickey
Executive Assistant to the President & CEO
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