Hybrid Contract Opportunity Lighthouse Technology Services is partnering with our client to fill their Scrum Master position. This is a 6+ month contract opportunity and will be hybrid in Wilmington, Delaware. This role will be a W2 employee of Lighthouse Technology Services.
What You'll Be Doing: - Utilize a broad knowledge base of agile practices including user stories, retrospectives, story mapping, Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD), continuous integration, pairing, information radiators, etc., to help create high performing teams.
- Encourage a continuous improvement culture for individuals within the agile teams, constantly discovering better ways of working, through transparency, collaboration, and retrospectives.
- Curate team-level coaching content used to guide teams regarding agile practices.
- Facilitate meetings with the teams for purposes of idea generation, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, problem-solving and alignment.
- Help the teams gain transparency into their workflow through appropriate use of information radiators.
- Address blocking issues that are beyond the teams authority, or require support from other teams, so the teams remain focused on achieving their goals.
- Work with other Agile Leaders to increase the effectiveness of the application of Agile within the organization.
- Provide mentorship to less experienced Scrum Masters.
- Seek and host a variety of individual and team learning opportunities, such as communities of practice, conferences, meetups, reading and classroom training.
- Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
- Design, implement, maintain and enhance internal controls to mitigate risk on an ongoing basis. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
What You'll Need to Have: - Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of experience as a member of an Agile team, including 2+ years as a Scrum Master. (In lieu of a degree, a combined 8+ years of higher education/work experience with at least 4 years in an Agile team and 2 years as a Scrum Master.)
- Banking industry experience.
- Experience in a Scaled Agile environment.
- Proficiency with Agile tools such as Jira, Power BI, and other Agile frameworks.
Preferred Experience: - Depth of knowledge in at least two technology team roles (Project Manager, UX, Business Analyst, Developer, Testing, Deployment).
- Prior experience fostering team self-organization and continuous improvement.
- Understanding of Agile and Lean principles and practices.
- Experience developing/managing digital capabilities.
- Familiarity with Design Thinking principles.
Pay Range: $55-$70/hr +
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