Scrum Master II Wilmington, DE (3 days onsite/2 days remote) 6-12+ Month Contract Web Cam Interview $65-$75/Hr on W2 NOTES FROM MANAGER/REQUIRED SKILLS & EXP.: - Skill Set 1: Background in Data
- Skill Set 2: Familiar with SAFe and basic Agile metrics
- Skill Set 3: Jira and PowerBI
OVERVIEW: - Provides servant-leadership and mentorship to multiple cross-functional agile teams through effective application of Agile principles and frameworks including Scrum, Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP).
- Strengthens understanding of effective practices, theories and techniques to support continuous improvement.
- Educates and coaches teams to create an environment that fosters self-organization, cross-functionality, collaboration, conflict resolution, transparency and continuous improvement.
- Visualizes, communicates and radiates team information to keep their work and impediments visible to stakeholders.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: - 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.
- Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
- Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
- Complete other related duties as assigned.
SUPERVISORY/MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES: - While not having direct management responsibility, the position manages activities through influence, accountability and ownership, functioning in an agile environment.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: - Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 4 years' experience as a member of an agile team, including a minimum of 2 years Scrum Master experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 8 years higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 4 years' experience as a member of an agile team, including a minimum of 2 years Scrum Master experience.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE PREFERRED: - Depth of knowledge in at least two technology team roles (project manager, user experience, business analyst, developer, testing, deployment).
- Prior experience fostering team self-organization and continuous improvement.
- Knowledge of Agile and Lean principles and practices.
- Experience developing/managing digital capabilities.
- Understanding of Design Thinking principles.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Prior experience leading through influence.
Please ask the candidate to provide responses for ALL of the questions below to confirm they have ALL of the required skills/experience, & send w/ the initial submittal (please reply ASAP as submittals to our client are time sensitive):
- LinkedIn profile link?
- Do you reside in or near Wilmington, DE or open to relocation to Wilmington, DE out of pocket to be onsite from day 1 for a hybrid work model (REQUIRED)?
- Yrs. of IT exp. overall?
- Yrs. of exp. as Scrum Master?
- Yrs. of exp. w/a background in Data?
- Yrs. of exp. w/ familiarity of SAFe and basic Agile metrics?
- Yrs. of exp. w/ Jira and PowerBI ( please specify yrs. of exp. w/ each )?
- Yrs. of exp. working specifically for bank and/or financial institutions?
- Do you possess a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 4 years' experience as a member of an agile team, including a minimum of 2 years Scrum Master experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 8 years higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 4 years' experience as a member of an agile team, including a minimum of 2 years Scrum Master experience?
- Do you possess exceptional communication skills (verbal/written/presentation)?