Scrum Master

Scrum Master – Finance ITThe Scrum Master (SM) will focus on continuous improvement for how MPC uses technology across Finance IT. The SM will work closely with Product Owners and delivery teams. The SM will provide daily leadership for the team to ensure alignment of goals and plans, relieving impediments and most importantly holding the team accountable for delivering the commitments and value.The SM provides transparency to Finance IT through open communication with and between Product Owner, delivery team and other stakeholders. The SM will ensure visibility of delivery progress, challenges, risks, and successes. The SM will advance MPC agile journey by serving as a champion and change lead for MPC agile transformation. The SM will coach and mentor teams and promote the use of agile principles, standards, and best practices. In the enterprise, the SM will collaborate and contribute to Agile process maturity through the Agile Community of Practice.A successful candidate will possess exceptional communication skills with particular emphasis on facilitating discussions and driving for consensus, often among highly diverse participants and interests. A successful candidate, must be able to gain trust and build confidence with all team members and senior leadership to establish effective collaboration.Key ResponsibilitiesChampion and facilitate adoption of agile standards, tools, and best practices.Ensure that all meetings are positive, productive, stay on topic, and are kept within the timebox.Communicate with leaders across the organization to ensure transparency into delivery progress, challenges, and risks.Coach the team to improve collaboration and self-management, promoting healthy interactions both within the team and with external stakeholders.Utilize team feedback and metrics (e.g., quality, delivery, cadence, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity and work with team to continuously improve.Organize and facilitate agile activities and ceremonies including daily stand-up meetings, iteration reviews, retrospectives, iteration and release planning, and product backlog refinement sessions.Collaborate closely with the product owner to manage the backlog.Effectively manage user story estimation and forecasting.Proactively identify and resolve impediments to team progress.Represent the team at broader planning and coordination sessions (e.g., Scrum of Scrums).Experiment with new practices and frameworks to improve team outcomes.Contribute to the advancement and improvement of agile practices within the organization.Education and ExperienceBachelor’s Degree or equivalent years of experience3+ years of experience with agile developmentAgile Certifications (Scrum Alliance, Scaled Agile Framework, Kanban, etc.)Experience using agile delivery tools for managing progress and for reporting and analytics (Azure DevOps, etc.)Excellent analytical, conceptual thinking, planning and execution skills.Strong communication and presentation skills.Practical in approach to decision making and problem-solving that is principle-based.Exposure and understanding of existing and new and emerging technologies.