Sr. Scrum Master
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At Discover Financial Services, you’ll find yourself in the company of some of the industry’s smartest and most reliable professionals. And at a company that rewards dedication, values innovation and supports growth.
Thrive in an environment that promotes teamwork and shared success. Build on a foundation of mutual respect. Join the company that understands rewarding careers like no other, with this exceptional opportunity:
Job Description:
At Discover, be part of a culture where diversity, teamwork and collaboration reign. Join a company that is just as employee-focused as it is on its customers and is consistently awarded for both. We’re all about people, and our employees are why Discover is a great place to work. Be the reason we help millions of consumers build a brighter financial future and achieve yours along the way with a rewarding career.
Responsible for adopting and promoting Agile methodologies and related ceremonies within a cross-functional team agile team. Provides ongoing oversight during feature/user story grooming and sprint development. Manages Sprint release timeline, stand-ups and other ceremonies, and helps remove blockers to ensure agile releases stay on track.
Responsibilities
The Scrum Master role is responsible for implementation of prioritized business use cases via agile Sprints within the high-visible Advanced Analytics program. He/she will oversees multiple high-priority projects, which often require high levels of functional integration and cross-functional resources. These projects are on the radar of upper management and the expectation is that this level would be able to communicate the status of the project at any point in time. The sprints will deliver functionality for multiple business areas including Risk, Compliance, and Corporate Security among others.
Responsibilities:
- Facilitate user story sizing and estimation workshops
- Facilitate release and sprint planning
- Facilitation of daily standups, sprint review and demos
- Strong communication, leadership and relationship building
- Model, promote and encourage Agile values, best practices, processes and behaviors
- Protect the team from outside interruptions
- Help remove barriers for the team
- Promote a risk-aware culture, ensure efficient and effective risk and compliance management practices by adhering to required standards and processes.
Skills:
Minimum Qualifications
At a minimum, here’s what we need from you:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Information Systems Management
- 3+ years of experience in coaching and mentoring skills on Agile methodology and understand Scrum framework
- Experience with SDLC (both Waterfall and Agile hands on experience)
- Agile mentoring and coaching
- Experience using Rally
- Scaled Agile Framework
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including managing client expectations, communicating issues, risks, and opportunities, and articulating a clear vision of project success
Skills Desired:
- 3 years Scrum Master experience in a large organization (preferred)
- SAFe certification
- PMP certification
- Experience using JIRA
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Discover Financial Services is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, among other things, or as a qualified individual with a disability.
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