Technical Scrum Master/Project Mgr

WI Technical Scrum Master/Project Mgr - Workplace Platforms - SMT (3 Openings)

Smithfield, RI US - Local

Industry: Banking, Financial Services & Insurance

Job# 112001

Must Have Skills: JIRA, Supporting multiple teams, Coaching skills, Looking for someone senior, can take initiative, Has a technical background/supported technical teams

Job Description
Workplace Investing Technology

The Role

Come join the Workplace Investing Scrum Master Chapter!

• As a Scrum Master you blend deep Scrum expertise with a passion for mentoring, coaching, and continuous improvement. As part of highly collaborative Agile team(s), you will advise on performance against Agile values, practices, metrics, and processes to accelerate value delivery. In partnership with the Product Owner, you will maintain a backlog, help to remove impediments, and ensure effective Agile events.
• You will support the team by engaging with team members and product area leadership to reinforce and embed an Agile approach into the day-to-day work. This role often requires coordinating the efforts and releases of multiple systems teams to deliver a seamlessly integrated solution to our customers.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

Here are the key skills and areas of expertise that are critical for success in this role:

• Bachelor's Degree/undergraduate degree/equivalent preferred
• Introductory Scrum Master certification required; advanced certification preferred
• Strong influencing, negotiation, and coaching experience with development teams in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment.
• Substantial experience working with or in Agile teams with good understanding of Agile practices and tools (Jira, Kanban, Lean), technology, and value delivery for customers
• Working closely with the Product Owner to plan and complete the highest priority work as per the product roadmap through well-executed sprints
• Accelerating overall team performance, efficiency, and value delivered by engaging within and across teams to find opportunities to improve Agile maturity and metrics, and providing coaching, training, and resources
• Ensuring Agile events are planned for and effective (e.g. sprint planning, daily meetings, retrospectives and as appropriate, Scrum of Scrums)
• Maintaining and updating team performance metrics (e.g., burn-down charts) and artifacts to ensure accurate and clear feedback to the team members and transparency to other partners
• Organizing and presenting ideas and information logically and concisely to a variety of audiences
• Handling multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
• Coaching and mentoring complex teams
• Participating in a community of practice, providing Scrum knowledge to members of your product area and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement within the product area.

The Team

• The Workplace Investing Scrum Master Chapter is committed to coaching, developing, and empowering Scrum Masters to lead development teams that embrace the Agile mindset. We have established a learning culture that amplifies best practices, delivers consistent, predictable, and impactful results, celebrates diversity and inclusion, creates a safe and respectful environment, and provides career guidance and mobility opportunities for Scrum Masters. We build trusted, collaborative relationships with our product and technology partners across Fidelity and embrace customer-focused methodologies that enable innovation and drive valuable product delivery.

About Us:
InterSources Inc , a Certified Diverse Supplier, was founded in 2007 and offers innovative solutions to help clients with Digital Transformations across various domains and industries. Our history spans over 16 years and today we are an Award-Winning Global Software Consultancy solving complex problems with technology. We recognize that our employees and our clients are our strengths as the diverse talents and opportunities they bring to the table enable us to grow as a global platform and they are causally linked with our success. We provide strategic and technical advice, and we have expertise in areas covering Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Migration, Custom Software Development, Data Analytics Infrastructure & Cloud Solutions, Cyber Security Services, etc. We make reasonable accommodations for clients and employees and we do not discriminate based on any protected attribute including race, religion, color, national origin, gender sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or marital status. We also are a Google Cloud partner company. We align strategy with execution and provide secure service solutions by developing and using the latest technologies that thrive our resources to deliver industry-leading capabilities to our clients and customers, making it convenient for our clients to do business with InterSources Inc. Our teams also drive growth by refining technology-driven client experiences that put the users first, providing an unparalleled experience. This results in strengthening the core technologies of clients, enabling them to scale with flexibility, create seamless digital experiences and build lifelong relationships.