Scrum Master

As a Scrum Master, you will be a member of a multi-functional agile team within Fidelity Charitable. You will guide and advise teams on Agile values, practices and processes to ensure that the team is fully functional, productive, and passionate about the value they're delivering.


The Expertise you have

• At least 5 years of experience in a Scrum Master role
• Proven understanding of Agile and lean practices, processes, and artifacts
• Practical and related experiences in being a servant leader to multiple agile teams concurrently
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent, and at least 5 years of experience

The Purpose of This Role


As a Scrum Master, you will work directly in a team to advise and oversee performance against agile values, practices and processes. Working with the product owner, you will support the work of the team by maintaining the backlog and facilitating agile ceremonies like stand ups, planning and retrospectives. You will monitor team performance using data dashboards and partner with the team to identify continuous improvement opportunities to help the team work better and smarter.


The Skills You Bring

• Your ability to influence behavior without having organizational hierarchy
• Able to manage a constantly evolving environment
• Your ability to brainstorm with the team on solutions to address challenges and roadblocks
• Your superb communication and people-interaction skills
• Your organized and focused nature
• Your continuous improvement mentality

The Value You Deliver

• Encouraging Agile behaviors, reinforcing practices, norms, ceremonies, and supporting the overall team performance and effectiveness
• Identifying team improvement opportunities and looking externally for standard methodologies to support continuous improvement
• Running and coordinating logistics for Agile ceremonies and practices, e.g., backlog maintenance, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives
• Ensuring all work is supervised in the backlog and accurately balanced across team members
• Maintaining and updating the team's process metrics and artifacts to ensure accurate and clear communications to partners
• Driving a collaborative and encouraging team culture through team building and engagement practices