Scrum Master/BA

Position: nCino Scrum Master/BA
Location: NYC


Contract


Onsite (min 3 days a week)


Client : Santander


Rate :65-70/hr
Experience: 10 to 15 Yrs Full Job Description / Responsibilities: Provide guidance and mentorship on Agile/Scrum to Product Managers, Scrum Masters, and Scrum team members. Participate as Scrum Master for select teams. Work with the management team to establish and record Agile and Scrum best practices. Be an energetic advocate for Scrum to our teams, other departments, and external customers. Develop and conduct Scrum training for new team members and stakeholders. Help our teams use the empirical process to reach ever-higher levels of maturity and performance at a pace that is sustainable for the organization. Enhance our ability to deliver value to our customers by helping teams remove impediments, self-organize, and focus on the highest value work. Help sustain a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear and people are committed to continuous improvement and collaborative problem solving. Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution within and across Scrum teams. Assist with internal and external communication about the progress of Scrum teams, impediments, and opportunities to adapt. Utilize and master the Atlassian suite of tools to conduct, track, analyze, and share activities of Scrum Teams. Collaborate with Scrum and management teams to make adjustments based on tracking of key performance indicators, such as velocity and burndown. Understanding the features, capabilities and design of the nCino instance. Interfacing with business users, specifically with Structured Finance underwriting team, to assist them with adopting the new nCino platform. Identifying requirements from the business and working with the nCino team to categorize them (i.e. defects, design decisions, enhancements, etc.). Writing user stories for enhancement requests, using JIRA, and working with tech teams to complete building them out. Working with the team to align with agile methodologies and product roadmaps and timelines. Qualifications Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field of study or equivalent professional experience. 2+ years experience or combination of experience, education, and extraordinary performance as a member of an Agile development team as a Scrum Master or Agile coach. First-level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I, or PMI-ACP). Proven ability to promote collaborative and constructive inspection of processes amongst team members and stakeholders. Experience using tools and metrics to track and report on the progress of Scrum teams toward their goals. Proficient understanding of common Agile methodologies and techniques like Lean, Kanban, user stories, TDD, pair and mob programming, and Agile games. Experience working in a software development lifecycle that includes continuous integration, automated testing, and/or continuous delivery. Excellent problem solving, decision-making, and interpersonal skills. Passionate about empowering teams through the application of Agile and Scrum. Outstanding verbal and written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.