Scrum Master

$86,700 - $144,500/Yr

First American Financial

Full-time - Mid Level

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About the position

The Scrum Master at First American Trust is responsible for facilitating scrum ceremonies, coaching team members, and assisting Product Owners in managing their backlogs. This role is crucial in driving team performance and ensuring effective communication between stakeholders and the development team. The Scrum Master will work in a fast-paced environment, focusing on continuous improvement and fostering a safe and trusting team culture.

Responsibilities

• Drive effective scrum ceremonies including daily standup, backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
• Track and distribute relevant metrics and report periodically to show team progress and velocity
• Identify, understand, and track impediments; help remove them and drive improvements to optimize how the team works
• Help the Product Owner manage customer expectations and stakeholder communications
• Act as a liaison between the team and everyone else to minimize interruptions to the sprint, keeping the team focused on delivering a quality product on time
• Build a safe and trusting team environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or judgement, with an emphasis on problem solving
• Represent the team in the Scrum of Scrum and the ART Sync
• Help the team prepare for PI Planning and guide the team during the event to complete all of their tasks
• Demonstrate a growth mindset by coaching the team and Product Owner on how to improve their practices to excel at scale

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Technology, or related fields
• 3-5 years of using Scrum agile methodology
• Must be a Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• Experience training and managing Scrum teams
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills
• Adaptable and flexible in a cross-functional environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to lead retrospectives, document outcomes, and guide team members in best practices

Nice-to-haves

• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) experience or certifications
• Experience working on API teams
• Moderate to expert-level knowledge of JIRA or other agile tools to measure team productivity and report metrics

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• PTO/paid sick leave
• Employee stock purchase plan