Senior Scrum Master

$96,000 - $164,000/Yr

Edward Jones - Tempe, AZ

Full-time - Senior

Tempe, AZ

5,001-10,000 employees

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

About the position

The Senior Scrum Master at Edward Jones plays a crucial role in supporting product teams within the Digital, Data, and Operations Delivery Services area. This position is focused on facilitating agile practices, enhancing team performance, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. The successful candidate will act as a servant leader, guiding teams to deliver application enhancements and new features that align with the firm's client-first focus. This role is integral to the company's investment in technology and innovation, contributing to the transformation of the advisor-client relationship.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and support all scrum events (ceremonies) following agile standards as well as Product & Agile workshops or training sessions and lead Agile Assessments.
• Plan and facilitate team activities for Program Increment (PI) events.
• Identify, analyze, monitor, and resolve issues and risks; identify mitigation strategies and communicate with the product team.
• Think creatively and explore multiple alternatives and outcomes with team and facilitate decisions, aligning with firm values.
• Resolve impediments where less established scrum masters struggle to increase the overall effectiveness of the Portfolio Capabilities within the organization.
• Suggest creative solutions to anti-patterns and develop coaching plans promoting continuous improvement and learning.
• Establish and maintain effective communication and relationships across areas, divisions, outside vendors, and other teams, providing timely updates.
• Elevate your teams' performance by recognizing areas of strength and needed improvements and employ appropriate coaching and development techniques.
• Work with the scrum team, including Product Owner, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making and support organizational product teams.
• Plan, evolve, and communicate appropriate team metrics to promote and guide continuous improvement.
• Follow and assist team with all audit and change management processes.
• Contribute to the advancement and improvement of agile practices within the organization working with Agile coaches and other peers to grow within the role.
• Exhibit Lean-Agile Leadership - Help the team embrace a lean-agile mindset and agile core values and principles guiding and coaching them to deliver quality products and business value.
• Be a leader and an innovator within our Communities of Practice & mentor other scrum masters.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or relevant experience
• Certified Scrum Master; SAFe certification preferred
• 4+ years of experience as a Scrum Master required
• 2+ years of experience in a SAFe release train practicing PI planning
• Ability to act as a Scrum Master for large (12+) full-stack application development teams
• Experience in the financial services industry preferred
• Working knowledge of agile methodologies and techniques
• Experience using Jira and White boarding software
• Adept at refinement, story splitting, story pointing and estimating, fostering velocity, actionable retrospection, and other Scrum techniques
• Excellent people and product management skills
• Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Familiarity with Clarity PPM

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in the financial services industry preferred

Benefits

• 401K Plan
• Health Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Bonuses and profit sharing
• Training and development opportunities