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KeyBank · 4 hours ago

Scrum Master

Brooklyn, OH

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$94K/yr - $175K/yr

5+ years exp

KeyBank is a financial services company seeking a Senior Scrum Master to enhance the delivery of business value through Agile and Scrum methodologies. The role involves coaching teams, facilitating collaboration, and driving the adoption of Agile practices across the organization.

Banking

Responsibilities

Lead and coach the squad and apply appropriate Agile/Scrum principles to create or enhance the timely delivery of valuable products

Work with Product Owner to evaluate team cohesion and effectiveness and provide recommended changes as needed

Help drive the adoption and implementation of Agile practices across the enterprise

Lead and coach employees from various functions to create new processes

Coordinate work across divisions, and collaborate in solving problems as one team

Active participation in the Continuous Delivery Community of Practice to help drive continuous improvement of the agile discipline at Key

Monitor, improve, and innovate within the scrum process and help to solve/remove impediments in the development process

Recognize and remove external distractions

Foster self-organization and a collaborative Agile/Scrum team

Support the Product Owner by maintaining focus on the agreed sprint goals and prioritizing outcomes over outputs at the product and sprint backlog levels

Support squad engineering practices and long-term integrity & viability of the codebase

Promote a general "shift-left" development approach, facilitate pair- and mob-programming and automated testing as necessary

May lead multiple squads

Qualification

Scrum Master CertificationAgile methodologiesProject managementPMP certificationCoaching skillsRisk managementTeam collaborationFacilitation skillsProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience required

Scrum Master Certification required

5+ years of scrum master experience required

Extensive knowledge of the principles, components and features of scrum methodology; ability to apply this methodology to manage software product development processes

Extensive knowledge of effective agile project management strategies and tactics and ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives

Extensive knowledge of and ability to utilize formal agile methodologies, disciplines, practices and techniques for the delivery of new and enhanced applications

Extensive knowledge of activities, practices, deliverables and application release techniques; ability to manage and control the implementation of new or enhanced applications into a production/live environment

Basic knowledge of and experience in constructing software products or systems in line with product requirements

Extensive knowledge of the necessity to adapt self and team to evolving business needs and ability to develop and implement new ideas and initiatives that improve the organization's performance in light of new requirements

Extensive knowledge of successful approaches, tools, and techniques for dealing with changes and adapting to a changing environment; ability to adapt as needed

Extensive understanding of the criticality of getting things done in spite of current circumstances and the ability to utilize assigned resources and leverage back-channel resources (individuals or teams) to achieve or exceed planned outcomes

Working knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations

Working knowledge of processes, tools and techniques for assessing and controlling an organization's exposure to risks of various kinds; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations

Extensive knowledge of coaching concepts and methods; ability to encourage, motivate, and guide individuals or teams in learning and improving effectiveness

Extensive knowledge of group facilitation best practices and ability to design and facilitate a group process, elicit contributions from group members, stimulate a focused group discussion, and achieve a desired outcome

Extensive understanding of the importance of inter-team collaboration in breaking down silos and achieving business results; ability to lead employees from various functions to communicate, coordinate work across divisions, and collaborate in solving problems as one team