AVP, PRISM Scrum Master

Role Summary/Purpose:

The AVP, PRISM Initiatives Scrum Master will be responsible for leading multiple agile scrum teams executing on development for Strategic Initiatives within the Credit organization, PRISM ARTs , and PRISM Large Solution.  They will foster agile behavior and be a servant leader and coach their team/s.  They will assist their self-organizing teams in achieving their goals/commitments by facilitating discussions/meetings, collaborating across the company, removing roadblocks, maintain the teams focus, and foster continuous delivery/improvements.  

Essential Responsibilities:

• Support SAFe Core Values, apply SAFe Principles, & implement/follow SAFe practices.

• Manage diverse IT team consisting but not limited to- application architects, Data Engineers, developers, QA, UX designers, and outsourced vendors

• Support Scrum & or Kanban

• Collaboration across agile team/s, ART, Large Solution, Dependency teams, 3rd Parties, waterfall teams and any other area that aligns with the team’s PI Commitments

• Manage Iterations & PI- keeping order, process, delivery, and priorities accurate & on time

• Work with Product Owner/s and team to ensure that deliverables and feedback is completed in a timely manner and meeting the iteration timelines.

• Support the agile teams & Release Trains/Solution to shape requirements, define, build, test, demo, & deployment, and release/post release efforts

• For agile management, ensures that the repository management platform/s capture & adhere to SYF IT PMO policies/standards & align with the applicable Release Train/Solution working agreements. These include but are not limited to development stories, acceptance criteria, assumptions, and all related documentation are timely and complete, supporting development, testing, and user acceptance activities, assurance tasks & release/post release validation.

• Communicate and facilitate effectively & timely across agile teams, release trains/solution, and the organization.

• Conduct SAFe Ceremonies which support individual teams & the Release Train/Solution. This includes the following but is not limited to: Daily Stand Ups, Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Demos/Reviews, Retrospectives, IA efforts, PI Planning Events,

• Facilitate meetings, foster Agile behavior, remove impediments, and maintain the team’s focus.

• Generate progress reports: Burn down chart, iteration stats/velocity, and PI goals

• Advocate for autonomous, self-organizing, empowered, and continuously improving teams

• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of Technology experience or equivalent leadership program experience or in lieu of degree High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of IT experience, experience in developing and implementing information systems and project management experience

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in developing and implementing information systems

• Minimum 4 years of experience in project management and/or scrum master with strong understanding of Agile.

• Ability and flexibility to travel for business as required

Desired Characteristics:

• Strong knowledge of Agile practices

• Working knowledge of Scrum and Scrum tools (e.g. Jira)

• Good listening and communication

• Problem solver – Conflict resolver

• Collaborative and team building, fostering team engagement, ownership and accountability

• Facilitates consensus and encourages open discussion to identify all facets of the product delivery

• Facilitation (discussions, meetings)

• Planning and organization skills

• Mentoring, coaching, training and encouraging

• Situation awareness (identify impediments, assess efficiency)

• Strong cross-functional team player with the ability to work seamlessly across a matrix organization

• Creativity, enthusiasm and energy with a strong customer "can do" attitude and result oriented.

• Hands on, self-motivated professional style with the ability to effectively prioritize multiple initiatives

• Ability to understand technical requirements of projects and effectively manage resources, vendors and test efforts

• Desire to work in an open, collaborative and fast-paced environment

Grade/Level: 11