senior scrum master

$125,000 - $140,000/Yr

Unclassified - Chicago, IL

posted 3 months ago

Full-time - Senior
Chicago, IL

About the position

We are seeking a certified and highly skilled Senior IT Agile Scrum Master to join our dynamic team to lead IT delivery teams focused on the development and delivery of digital solutions within Member Credit Systems. This role requires a strong understanding of Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum, and a solid background in traditional project management practices. As a Senior Scrum Master, you will be in a critical and very visible leadership role within the Bank, interacting with various departments and employees from Executive to delivery team level, as well as external vendors. You will be responsible for driving the development, implementation, and support of business-critical applications for FHLBank Chicago. In this position, you will manage the IT delivery team efforts to ensure digital solutions are safe, secure, right-sized, and of high quality. You will lead and facilitate all Agile scrum ceremonies for the IT Delivery Team(s) and conduct cross-functional planning efforts to identify and plan project work efforts. It is essential to ensure that key Agile scrum artifacts are properly documented and of high quality, while also tracking delivery team work efforts to ensure alignment with commitments. You will proactively identify, track, and mitigate key risks that could hamper work delivery and resolve Agile team impediments to ensure successful delivery. Additionally, you will lead teams in documenting and understanding data and their related flows across systems to support the Bank. Cultivating, disseminating, and enforcing functional policies, procedures, and best practices will be part of your responsibilities. You will leverage metrics to measure progress and promote a culture of continuous improvement, assist in incident and problem resolution for the delivery team's supported applications, and prepare and establish estimates while adhering to project and department budgets. Guiding, directing, and coaching less experienced IT staff as needed will also be a key aspect of your role.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the IT delivery team efforts to ensure digital solutions are safe, secure, right-sized, and of high quality.
  • Lead and facilitate all Agile scrum ceremonies for the IT Delivery Team(s).
  • Conduct cross-functional planning efforts to identify and plan project work efforts.
  • Ensure key Agile scrum artifacts are properly documented and of high quality.
  • Track delivery team work efforts, ensuring alignment with commitments.
  • Proactively identify, track and mitigate key risks that could hamper work delivery.
  • Identify, monitor and resolve Agile team impediments to ensure successful delivery.
  • Lead teams in documenting and understanding data, and their related flows, across systems to support the Bank.
  • Cultivate, disseminate, and enforce functional policies, procedures, and best practices.
  • Leverage metrics to measure progress and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Assist in incident and problem resolution for the delivery team's supported applications.
  • Prepare and establish estimates while also adhering to project and department budgets.
  • Guide, direct, and coach less experienced IT staff as needed.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or similar Agile certification required
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification a plus
  • Minimum of 5-7 years of experience leading Agile teams developing custom software, preferably within the financial services industry
  • Strong understanding of Agile principles and traditional project management practices coupled with an excellent understanding of all facets of the software development life-cycle (SDLC)
  • Excellent planning, communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and adapt quickly to changing priorities
  • Experience working in a formal, well structured, regulated environment
  • Experience with application life-cycle management (ALM) tools such as Microsoft Azure DevOps
  • Experience leading IT delivery teams developing web based, digital solutions leveraging DevSecOps, microservices, API's on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform
  • Experience managing the delivery of test automation solutions, on both web and mobile platforms, to ensure the delivery a high quality work product
  • High degree of personal accountability and integrity

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience with Salesforce
  • Experience in FinTech

Benefits

  • Pension
  • Bonus
  • 401k match
  • Amazing benefits
  • 11 paid holidays
  • 3 weeks PTO
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