Scrummaster Iii (Remote) Jobs

THE OPPORTUNITY:

We are seeking a talented ScrumMaster III who acts as a servant leader to standing development teams to deliver high quality working software. They work in partnership with project teams to deliver project objectives. To improve quality and increase software delivery throughput, they collaborate with various stakeholders and user communities to learn and implement best practices. They also perform peer-to-peer coaching, training and mentoring to improve process competencies across multiple standing teams. Person will have expert knowledge of one or multiple areas of industry standard technology, as well as knowledge and experience in financial services, debit and credit card processing, and finance technology.

WHAT YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO:

• Proactively research and learn new processes and methodologies such as Scaled Agile and DevOps, share that knowledge with other team members and help lead in applying those processes and methodologies to our organization.
• Asks for clarity.
• Has a focus on leadership skill development supported by an active “Leadership Stand”.
• Develop working relationships with internal business partners and project team members.
• Mentors and coaches for the development of less tenured Scrum Master.
• Contributes to the building of solutions in such a way that exceeds regulatory requirements. Security is a critical design requirement and data, systems, and applications must be protected at all points of the development lifecycle.
• Partner with the Product Owner and agile team to understand, identify, and document the business opportunity through non-ambiguous, testable stories.
• Supports the team.
• Act as a servant leader to the team members and help to engage stakeholders of the products.
• Speaks and acts from possibility.
• Is customer-centric.
• Is a Trusted Advisor.
• Collaborate with Product Owner, Business Analyst, and Architecture to understand requests, capabilities, and delivery schedules.
• Leads and follows
  • Wears an owner’s hat.
  • Has a 360 degree perspective.
  • Holds self and others as capable and able – and accountable.
  • Sees that fun provides energy for success.
  • Actively seeks additional leadership skills.
• Regularly practices “Completion and Closure”.
• Takes “positive action about things I don’t like”
  • Leads by asking questions.
  • Speaks and acts from possibility.
  • Embraces change.
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency and radiating information.
• Communicate effectively to other project team members and internal business partners as required.
• Help team identify and manage cross-functional project interdependencies.
• Manages learning plan and reports on progress at quarterly coaching sessions with manager.
• Has a can-do attitude.
• Creates successful partnerships
  • Partners internally and externally – with other CO-OP staff, clients, vendors, business partners and owners.
  • Is customer-centric.
  • Is a Trusted Advisor.
  • Supports the team.
  • Supports the company.
  • Has a can-do attitude.
  • Goes above and beyond.
• Proactively pursues development opportunities and shows expected progress on learning plan:
  • Proactively research and learn new processes and methodologies such as Scaled Agile and DevOps, share that knowledge with other team members and help lead in applying those processes and methodologies to our organization.
  • Identifies development opportunities and works with manager to establish learning focus and learning plan.
  • Manages learning plan and reports on progress at quarterly coaching sessions with manager.
  • Embraces our culture of growth, change and continuous learning.
  • Mentors and coaches for the development of less tenured Scrum Master.
• Has a 360 degree perspective.
• Practices “Intention”.
• Build strong internal and external partnerships
  • Develop working relationships with internal business partners and project team members.
  • Develop knowledge of internal and external partner business and processes.
  • Build trust with our partners in our knowledge and delivery of technology.
  • Communicate effectively to other project team members and internal business partners as required.
• Partners internally and externally – with other CO-OP staff, clients, vendors, business partners and owners.
• Support, assist, and educate the Product Owner, especially with respect to refining and maintaining the product backlog. Collaborate with the team to ensure the product/feature backlog is organized, clear, prioritized and up to date.
• Embraces change.
• Help guide and mentor less tenured Scrum Masters in the areas of Scrum, Kanban, Agile Ceremonies, refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other techniques.
• Build, develop, and grow business relationships vital to the success of the teams.
• Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.
• Upholds our communication promise
  • Provides clear, concise and timely communication.
  • Asks for clarity.
  • Honors the integrity of others.
  • Prevents collusion, triangulation and gossip.
• Identifies development opportunities and works with manager to establish learning focus and learning plan.
• Proactively coordinate the efforts of one or multiple agile teams.
• Actively support Co-op’s strategic future, culture and leadership practices:
  • Creates successful partnerships
    • Partners internally and externally – with other CO-OP staff, clients, vendors, business partners and owners.
    • Is customer-centric.
    • Is a Trusted Advisor.
    • Supports the team.
    • Supports the company.
    • Has a can-do attitude.
    • Goes above and beyond.
  • Upholds our communication promise
    • Provides clear, concise and timely communication.
    • Asks for clarity.
    • Honors the integrity of others.
    • Prevents collusion, triangulation and gossip.
  • Takes “positive action about things I don’t like”
    • Leads by asking questions.
    • Speaks and acts from possibility.
    • Embraces change.
  • Leads and follows
    • Wears an owner’s hat.
    • Has a 360 degree perspective.
    • Holds self and others as capable and able – and accountable.
    • Sees that fun provides energy for success.
    • Actively seeks additional leadership skills.
  • Follows our leadership practices
    • Has a focus on leadership skill development supported by an active “Leadership Stand”.
    • Practices “Intention”.
    • Regularly practices “Completion and Closure”.
• Works with other ScrumMasters to increase the effectiveness of Scrum in the organization.
• Provides clear, concise and timely communication.
• Wears an owner’s hat.
• Sees that fun provides energy for success.
• Goes above and beyond.
• Embraces our culture of growth, change and continuous learning.
• Holds self and others as capable and able – and accountable.
• Maintain accountability for measuring and communicating agile and team performance metric tracking and reporting.
• Provide leadership by example and guide the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers.
  • Assess the scrum maturity of the team and organization and coach the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
  • Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.
  • Identify team improvement opportunities and look for best practices in order to increase team efficiency and quality.
  • Coach, mentor, motivate, and supervise team members and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
  • Coach agile team, department, and company on Scrum process and best practices.
  • Build, develop, and grow business relationships vital to the success of the teams.
• Follow all Co-op change management processes and help ensure less tenured Scrum Masters understand and follow this process.
• Assess the scrum maturity of the team and organization and coach the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
• Build trust with our partners in our knowledge and delivery of technology.
• Coach agile team, department, and company on Scrum process and best practices.
• Honors the integrity of others.
• Supports the company.
• Follows our leadership practices
  • Has a focus on leadership skill development supported by an active “Leadership Stand”.
  • Practices “Intention”.
  • Regularly practices “Completion and Closure”.
• Act as ScrumMaster for agile delivery team(s), with a focus on guiding the team(s) toward improving the way they work:
  • Proactively coordinate the efforts of one or multiple agile teams.
  • Facilitate effective meetings and agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Daily Standup, and Backlog Refinement).
  • Act as a servant leader to the team members and help to engage stakeholders of the products.
  • Partner with the Product Owner and agile team to understand, identify, and document the business opportunity through non-ambiguous, testable stories.
  • Collaborate with Product Owner, Business Analyst, and Architecture to understand requests, capabilities, and delivery schedules.
  • Identify and resolve impediments that are inhibiting the agile team from meeting commitments. Shield the team from interruptions.
  • Help team identify and manage cross-functional project interdependencies.
  • Create an environment conducive to team self-organization and collaboration.
  • Helps improve the team’s software development and delivery through a deliberate focus on continuous improvement and learning culture.
  • Support, assist, and educate the Product Owner, especially with respect to refining and maintaining the product backlog. Collaborate with the team to ensure the product/feature backlog is organized, clear, prioritized and up to date.
  • Maintain accountability for measuring and communicating agile and team performance metric tracking and reporting.
  • Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency and radiating information.
  • Works with other ScrumMasters to increase the effectiveness of Scrum in the organization.
  • Help guide and mentor less tenured Scrum Masters in the areas of Scrum, Kanban, Agile Ceremonies, refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other techniques.
  • Follow all Co-op change management processes and help ensure less tenured Scrum Masters understand and follow this process.
  • Contributes to the building of solutions in such a way that exceeds regulatory requirements. Security is a critical design requirement and data, systems, and applications must be protected at all points of the development lifecycle.
• Actively seeks additional leadership skills.
• Coach, mentor, motivate, and supervise team members and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
• Create an environment conducive to team self-organization and collaboration.
• Identify and resolve impediments that are inhibiting the agile team from meeting commitments. Shield the team from interruptions.
• Leads by asking questions.
• Helps improve the team’s software development and delivery through a deliberate focus on continuous improvement and learning culture.
• Develop knowledge of internal and external partner business and processes.
• Identify team improvement opportunities and look for best practices in order to increase team efficiency and quality.
• Facilitate effective meetings and agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Daily Standup, and Backlog Refinement).
• Prevents collusion, triangulation and gossip.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Excellent facilitation and organizational skills.
• 5-8 years’ experience with agile practices, patterns and techniques.
• Excellent understanding of concepts of project planning and project management techniques to assist in small projects and/or group initiatives.
• 5-8 years’ experience collaborating with other departments and IT to develop business cases associated with new project requests.
• Exceptional communication, teamwork and influencing skills that foster a collaborative and continuous-improvement environment.
• Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams.
• Demonstrated knowledge of large program/project management and scaled Agile methodologies preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of coaching development teams in organizational environments in which Scrum is not yet fully adopted and understood.
• 3+ years’ experience training and mentoring others in ScrumMaster tasks and responsibilities.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Project, Office and Visio.
• 5-8 years’ experience serving as key liaison to other departments that have specific business functions.
• Ability to influence a culture of working as partners, communicating openly and honestly, demonstrating excellence, and championing change.
• Strong critical / analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple, concurrent projects, activities and tasks under time constraints.
• 5-8 years’ experience in Agile techniques such as User Stories, ATDD, TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games etc.
• 5-8 years’ experience documenting, analyze and assess current business processes and underlying systems / applications.
• Ability to evolve into a subject-matter expert who can easily liaise between IT and other departments.
• 5-8 years’ experience playing the ScrumMaster role for a software development team.
• Ability to listen, understand, and respond to external and internal customers’ needs in a timely manner.
• Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles.
• Ability to effectively interface with staff at all levels.
• Excellent ability to lead, train, mentor and help others grow in the careers.
• ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) or Certified Product Owner (CSPO) Certification.
• Knowledge of an agile framework or method (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), or understanding of software development life cycle models as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices.
• High energy level, adaptive and a strong team player with a good work ethic.
• 5+ years’ effective planning, scheduling, coordinating medium to large projects, meeting deadlines and managing multiple projects concurrently.
• Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques.
• Ability to work the time necessary to complete projects or meet deadlines.
• Ability to think analytically to solve problems individually and in a team environment.
• 5+ years’ SQL skills and experience with Sequel Database Query Analyzer.
• Understand core systems, applications and technical platforms.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
• Ability to become deeply immersed and knowledgeable about core business functions, processes and workflows associated with assigned business areas and projects.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality pertaining to non-public business, financial and technological information, plans or data.
• 5-8 years’ experience understanding the relationships, dependencies and impact of neighboring business functions.
• Working knowledge of a variety of technologies and platforms, including legacy midrange, client / server and web services.
• Possess high motivation and self-direction, sound problem solving skills, decision making and multi- tasking skills.

REQUIRED EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE:

• 5-8 years’ experience as a ScrumMaster or similar role.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science or related major, or comparable work experience.

For California, Colorado and New York Applicants: In accordance with the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the expected salary range for this position is between:

Actual Pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.

This position qualifies for the following benefits; Co-op Solutions offers a competitive Total Rewards package: 401(k) with generous company match, Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance options, Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account, Life Insurance, Short- and Long-Term disability benefits, Pregnancy and Parental Leave, Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Holidays, Community Volunteer Time Off, and an Employee Assistance Program.