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Thursday, November 29, 2018

Scrum Master (Financial Services) (New York City 10011)


Scrum Master (Financial Services) (New York City 10011)


Overview:
The Scrum Master will serve as the “Servant Leader” for one or more Teams by ensuring clear lines of communication and helping the Team reach its goals. Will drive the appropriate Agile Methodology (Scrum, Kanban, etc.) with a focus on predictable, quality delivery and continuous improvement. He/She will facilitate team productivity by removing impediments that may obstruct the obtainment of the team's goals and by preserving flexibility and ability to rapidly respond to changes on the team.

Responsibilities:

  • Serves as Scrum Master for one or more teams
  • Integrates Agile & Lean principles into team practices and work products
  • Ensures team maintains focus on quality and continuous delivery
  • Developing ability to help onboard or act as a mentor to a Scrum Master with less experience 
  • Proactively identifies impediments and appropriately resolves using network of peers and formal channels (including escalation if required)
  • Will introduce new and advanced practices to improve the team and their delivery
  • Demonstrates ability to balance data with other factors when making decisions
  • Understands domain architecture and upstream/downstream dependencies
  • Utilizes team feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc) to identify areas of opportunity and works with team to continuously improve
  • Coaches the team to improve collaboration and self-organization
  • Coach the Agile Team on Extreme Programming (XP) Engineering practices and benefits
  • Actively seeks and participates in a variety of learning opportunities such as Communities of Practice, conferences, classroom training and independent study to further develop self and community

Requirements:
  • Bachelor's Degree; Advanced Degree a plus
  • Must have strong, current Agile experience in a Scrum Master capacity
  • Will have previous experience as a member of an Agile Team; ideally within a Financial Services Firm.
  • Will have one or more of the following Certifications:
         Scrum Alliance CSM or CSP Certification or PMI’s Agile Certified Professional (ACP)
         PMP, Lean, Agile or Six Sigma Certification
         SAFe Certification or experience (other Scaled Agile Frameworks acceptable)
  • Must be willing to travel, on occasion, as necessary

This is a permanent, full time position. All candidates MUST be local to Manhattan. Do not apply if you are not local, even if you would pay your own relocation. Relocation will not be considered.

All candidates must be legally eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship and must reside locally. Sorry, no Visa Sponsorship or Transfers at this time. No 3rd Party Recruiters unless you represent a local candidate with all of these qualifications

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About Me

Merrick, NY, United States
Executive Recruiter with over 30 year's of experience. Currently I'm the Managing Director of BryceNet, Inc., a boutique Executive Search Firm based in Long Island, NY. The firm specializes in Information Technology, primarily in the New York Metropolitan area. I had previously been with CompuSearch/Management Recruiters (Aug 1984 - Mar 2010). While at MRI,I had been the number one Account Executive in the nation numerous times, and I wasconsistently among the top 5 Account Executives nationwide. I was the first and only Account Executive to reach 6 million dollars of production; I had also been named the #2 Account Manager for the Decade of the '90's. I had consistently lead the Woodbury office to its position as the #1 Office in the nation. Prior to that, I served 9 years in the U.S. Marine Corps. While in the Military, I received a full scholarship to college through the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program. Philosophy: I will always do what is in the best interest of everyone involved. I will never try to force a situation if it not a win-win for both the employer and candidate.