Scrum Master

$181,600 - $181,600/Yr

Federal Reserve Bank - San Francisco, CA

posted 4 months ago

Part-time,Full-time - Mid Level
Remote - San Francisco, CA
Monetary Authorities-Central Bank

About the position

The Scrum Master at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco plays a crucial role in guiding an agile team towards achieving its goals within the Agile Release Train framework. This position is not just about managing processes; it is about fostering a high-performing team environment that encourages self-organization and self-management. The Scrum Master is responsible for facilitating scrum or kanban processes, ensuring that the team is shielded from external interferences, and actively working to remove any impediments that may hinder the team's progress towards their sprint goals. This role is pivotal in creating a culture of continuous improvement and process flow, which is essential for the team's success. In this position, the Scrum Master will plan, lead, organize, and motivate one or more cross-functional teams that may vary in complexity and visibility. They will develop, track, and communicate the team's agile adoption metrics, such as velocity and burn-down charts for scrum teams, or work in progress and cumulative flow for kanban teams. The Scrum Master will coordinate and facilitate various agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, execution, reviews, and retrospectives, as well as kanban ceremonies when applicable. Collaboration with Product Owners is essential to support both short and long-term release planning, ensuring that the work backlog remains healthy and ready for execution. The Scrum Master will also create team working agreements and may lead collaboration sessions with internal clients on medium-scale projects to devise creative and practical solutions to application challenges. They will drive the development of release and sprint roadmaps, partnering with project and release managers on production deployment activities. A significant focus will be placed on team flow mapping and dependency mapping to enhance the team's understanding of their workflow and stakeholder interactions. This role is not just about managing tasks; it is about empowering the team to reach their full potential and contribute to the Federal Reserve's mission of promoting a strong economy for all Americans.

Responsibilities

  • Plans, leads, organizes, and motivates one or more cross-functional teams of medium to medium-high complexity and visibility.
  • Develops, tracks, and communicates team's agile adoption and progress metrics, including velocity, burn-down and cycle time if scrum, and Work in progress, and Cumulative Flow, etc if Kanban.
  • Coordinates and facilitates sprint planning and task definition, sprint execution, impediment removal and tracking, sprint review, and retrospectives.
  • Works with Product Owners to support short and long-term release planning and keep work backlog healthy and prepared for execution.
  • Creates team working agreements.
  • May lead collaboration sessions with internal clients on medium scale projects to formulate creative and practical solutions to application challenges.
  • Drives development of release and sprint roadmaps and/or monthly kanban roadmaps.
  • Partners with project and release managers on production deployment activities.
  • High focus on Team flow mapping and dependency mapping to help team understand team flow and stakeholders & partners.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or MBA in information systems, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
  • Ability to identify, escalate and communicate issues and progress to management in an effective and succinct manner.
  • Working knowledge of Agile development methodologies.
  • SAFE Certified Scrum Master certification (or equivalent CSM / PSM).

Nice-to-haves

  • SAFe5 Program Consultant (SPC) certification.
  • Typically requires 5 or more years of experience in Scrum Master role in Agile environments.
  • Experienced in leading agile ceremonies and coaching on customer centricity.
  • Experienced transforming teams from the storming phase to a norming/performing phase of maturity.
  • Lean-Agile Leadership Mindset and able to coach agile principles.
  • High organizational agility and ability of representing the product development team in communication with the senior leadership.
  • Working experience with agile software development tools such as Jira, Rally, and/or etc. as well as DevOps tools and how they connect to agile software development tools.

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Pre-tax Flexible Spending Account
  • Backup Child Care Program
  • Pre-Tax Day Care Flexible Spending Account
  • Paid Family Care Leave
  • Vacation Days
  • Sick Days
  • Paid Holidays
  • Pet Insurance
  • Matching 401(k)
  • Retirement/Pension
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