Scrum Master

Scrum Master

Apex has an opportunity for a Scrum Master role based remotely. This is a 6+ month position. Here are the details:

Title: Scrum Master

Location: REMOTE (EST)

Duration: 6+ months

Position Description:

Our client has an increase of hiring needs/openings across two teams, both looking for Scrum Masters. Ideally coming from some type of banking background, but flexible. This group works in Scrum @ Scale, but that’s not required.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Understand Agile values and principles; guide - and coach - teams and the organization on using Agile/Scrum practices
• Guide and coach delivery teams to self-organize and achieve objectives, without assigning or dictating the work
• Cultivate an environment of continuous learning, helping teams to inspect and adapt
• Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised and resolved
• Provide support to the Product Owner and Development Team, and lead by example
• Pro-actively identify and mitigate risks using Agile best practices and project data
• Work with Product Owner and Development Team to facilitate effective sprints by removing impediments and ensuring that stories are ‘sprint ready’
• Collaborate across business lines to drive simple, quick, agile outcomes that have big impacts
• Respond to fast-changing clients' requirements; interpret into business or technical language
• Challenge teams to innovate; break down boundaries to bring the right people together
• Identify and design group process interventions required by the situation
• Maintain the group's focus on established scope and goals; redirect efforts when the group gets stuck
• Design strategies for overcoming resistance to change in a wide variety of settings
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and information radiation
• Arrange daily stand-ups, facilitate story grooming, coordinate sprint demos, planning and retrospectives
• Facilitate discussion, decision-making, and conflict resolution
• Work with management and team to clarify needs and plan delivery of major product changes, future versions and new products

Skills:

• 5+ years of experience with Agile methodologies (e.g., SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban) including backlog tracking and story splitting
• Work with agile development methodology, applying corresponding tools and techniques
• Experience with JIRA & Confluence
• Experience in sprint and release planning, running demos and retrospectives
• Use of data to bolster work and glean insights
• Experience in financial services and working with technology team
• Experience on multiple Scrum teams in a variety of contexts (e.g., team size, organization, culture, co-located vs. distributed)
• Track record of continued and recent education in Scrum
• Experience with successful Agile techniques (e.g., ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games)