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

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

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• Resumes with abbreviated career history or only partial career history will not be considered
• Resumes from outside of the United States will not be reviewed

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

RESUMES FROM OUTSIDE OF THE US WILL NOT BE READ