Scrum Master (Irvine, CA / Ontario, CA)

About Origence

With 30 years at the forefront of fintech innovation, we specialize in SaaS lending solutions that lead the industry. Our core mission is customer-centric, focusing on empowering Credit Unions across the United States with the tools to offer accessible, competitive lending services. We're deeply committed to enhancing the financial ecosystem for a broad network of credit unions, members and auto dealers. We invest in our greatest assets, our employees, and foster a culture of innovation and ownership through freedom and responsibility. We celebrate fiscal accountability, operational rigor and efficiency to create a sustainably healthy and robust business for the long term.

The Scrum Master will work with Agile teams that span across time zones required for operational excellence in product deliveries. Responsible for making sure a Scrum team lives by the values and practices of Scrum. Additionally, provide guidance and help educate the team in Lean, Kanban, and Scaled Agile framework (SAFe). We are in the implementation phase of the SAFe transformation journey. The scrum master will (1) ensure that the Agile process is being followed; (2) help remove blockers and impediments. (3) foster an environment to create high-performing team that generates continuous flow of value, with ongoing innovation and relentless improvement.

***MUST BE LOCATED IN THE IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, OR ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA AREA***

What you will do

• Act as a servant-leader to facilitate and support teams in the day-to-day operation of their agile practices.
• Actively facilitate team events like Daily Stand Up, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective.
• Actively facilitate activities such as backlog refinement, in order to maintain a healthy backlog.
• Facilitate/help with program events - breakouts during PI planning, system demo, problem solving during I&A.
• Support the team in identifying and help the team in addressing impediments that prevent the team from achieving the sprint goals. Take action where necessary to remove the impediments.
• Drive improvements through retrospectives by deriving insights from data and dashboards.
• Keeps up to date with sprint board and team deliverables to act as the team representative in the Scum of Scrum.
• Helps achieve transparency and conflict resolution.
• Monitors and tracks the risks while not having the ownership of the risk itself.
• Build a trusting, safe environment within the team where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged.
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency and making information visible.
• Coaching and mentoring support to teams or individuals to help improve performance and achieve goals.
• Provide training to impart or reinforce knowledge of Lean-Agile concepts, tools and practices.
• Provide support with risk management, release management, and facilitate release planning activities maintaining and improving the flow of value delivery.

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience in SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), or any scaled environment is required
• 3-5 years of experience in a software development environment
• 3-5 years working in an Agile team
• 3-5 years of experience as a Scrum Master
• Demonstrated expert knowledge of agile principles, practices, and methods
• Demonstrated use of Agile metrics to track the Team and Release progress
• Practical experience of servant-leadership in agile teams
• Experience in participating in program events like PI planning etc.
• Excellent organizational and facilitation skills during system demo, I&A problem solving etc
• Exceptional in oral, written, and presentation communication with team, RTE and others
• Self-starting mentality and willingness to take ownership of difficult challenges
• Desire to drive change, implement new ways of working and think "out of the box"
• Excellent knowledge of PC based computer systems, including MS Word, Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in a technical or related field
• Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) are a plus
• Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) Certified
• Experience with Azure DevOps, and/or JIRA

Why you should apply:

• Flexible Working Environment
• Paid Time Off
• 401k (8% match)
• College Tuition Benefits/ Tuition Reimbursement
• Good Benefits options
• Company Culture! Cultural and Holiday celebrations, Theme days like Star Wars Day & Bring your Kids to Work Day, Monthly Townhalls and Quarterly Company Meetings that ensure awareness, inclusion, and transparency.

The starting salary range for this full-time position is $78,600 - $98,200 per year. This base pay will take into consideration internal equity, candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge and experience among other factors. Origence maintains a highly competitive compensation program. Under company guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual bonus to provide an incentive to achieve targeted goals. Bonuses are awarded at company's discretion on an individual basis.

Origence is an equal opportunity employer. All recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, and other terms and conditions of employment will be based upon an individuals' qualifications regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, military service, marital status, pregnancy, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, disability or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.