Scrum Master
Company: Kestra Financial, Inc.
Location: Austin
Posted on: September 16, 2021
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Job Description:
A Financial Services client in the Austin, TX area is looking to
add a Scrum Master to the team! This client has traditionally
outsourced this piece of the business to offshore resources, but
they are bringing this team on-shore to the Austin office. The
office is in the process of returning on-site, so it is expected
that you can relocate to the Austin area by January 2022 at the
latest. **To be able to go on-site, this client requires employees
to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, and to provide documentation
proving that you've been fully vaccinated.**
Some of the core duties of the Scrum Master will be facilitating
the pragmatic use of Agile ceremonies consistently produce the
benefits intended by the agile framework, accelerating the learning
and growth of one or more Agile teams in developing a lean-Agile
mindset, and driving scrum team accountability for ensuring the
sprint commitment is less than / very close to the average velocity
over the last five sprints. The Scrum Master will also own the use
of an accurate, complete, readable, single source for artifacts and
workflow information that the organization needs to engage in
continuous planning, observe/monitor work in progress, and quantify
the inspect and adapt cycle at the scrum team level and proactively
identify, manage, and communicate impediments to expedite
resolution.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Streamline releases for multiple teams and enable the Software
Engineering organization to focus on delivery
Independently represent technical teams in Change Advisory
Boards
Manage, track projects with short- and long-term horizon.
Remove obstacles and manage risks to enable team efficiency and
effectiveness
Ensure all scrum activities are tracked and kept up-to-date and
reported daily
Own full alignment across dependent teams within a release train;
manage risks and dependencies such that all parties are aligned
with delivery strategy and sequence. Drive over-communication as
necessary to ensure a shared understanding of dependencies.
Consistently produce the benefits intended by the agile framework
including planning of releases, removing impediments, providing
guidance, and supporting Agile teams to deliver high-quality
products incrementally using inspect and adapt cycles.
Primary Responsibilities:
Works with Product Owners and team members to learn and practice
healthy backlog management and prioritization practices
Facilitates the execution and improvement of backlog refinement
Prepares for and facilitates release planning with teams
Assists in dependency management and cross team coordination
Agile Ceremony Facilitation
Conduct all Scrum related activities, including sprint planning,
daily scrum meetings, sprint retrospectives
Influences the organization in the removal of organizational
impediments and development of healthy Agile practices
Delivery Team Support
Assists in the coordination of operational issue resolution
Facilitates team development, mediates conflicts protecting the
team and encourages healthy team dynamics.
Advice and Guidance
Introduces and encourages team to explore healthy Agile development
practices, focus on quality and technical excellence, predictable
delivery, automation, and continuous delivery
Teaches and encourages a balanced backlog that delivers valuable
features for customers, reduces technical debt, provides business
value, and enables product sustainability
Helps the team to develop, capture, and analyze metrics to
facilitate team improvements
Promotes transparency through healthy communications and data
integrity
Azure experience
Financial services or wealth management background
Certified Scrum Master
Previous programming experience
Kanban experience
Experience taking Business requirements and writing technical
requirements using BDD
5+ years of Scrum Master experience
Heavy Agile experience
Experience using Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence)
Bachelors Degree
Great communication skills
Keywords: Kestra Financial, Inc., Austin , Scrum Master, Other , Austin, Texas
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