Scrummaster Iv - Remote

THE OPPORTUNITY:
We are seeking a talented ScrumMaster IV who will act 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:

• Maintain accountability for measuring and communicating agile and team performance metric tracking and reporting.
• Manages learning plan and reports on progress at quarterly coaching sessions with manager.
• Is a Trusted Advisor
• Help team identify and manage cross-functional project interdependencies.
• 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.
• Provides clear, concise and timely communication
• Coach agile team, department, and company on Scrum process and best practices.
• Collaborate with Product Owner, Business Analyst, and Architecture to understand requests, capabilities, and delivery schedules.
• Works with other ScrumMasters to increase the effectiveness of Scrum in the organization.
• Asks for clarity
• Create an environment conducive to team self-organization and collaboration.
• 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.
• Is customer-centric
• Proactively coordinate the efforts of one or multiple agile teams.
• Goes above and beyond
• Identify and resolve impediments that are inhibiting the agile team from meeting commitments. Shield the team from interruptions.
• Provide leadership by example and guide the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers. - 25%
• Proactively pursues development opportunities and shows expected progress on learning plan – 5%
• Leads by asking questions
• Act as ScrumMaster for agile delivery team(s), with a focus on guiding the team(s) toward improving the way they work. – 55%
• Follows our leadership practices
• Build, develop, and grow business relationships vital to the success of the teams.
• Actively seeks additional leadership skills
• Supports the company
• Prevents collusion, triangulation and gossip
• Upholds our communication promise
• Identifies development opportunities and works with manager to establish learning focus and learning plan.
• Has a focus on leadership skill development supported by an active “Leadership Stand”
• Build trust with our partners in our knowledge and delivery of technology.
• Embraces our culture of growth, change and continuous learning.
• 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.
• Develop knowledge of internal and external partner business and processes.
• 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.
• Build strong internal and external partnerships – 10%
• Sees that fun provides energy for success
• Actively support Co-op’s strategic future, culture and leadership practices – 5%
• Facilitate effective meetings and agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Daily Standup, and Backlog Refinement).
• Partner with the Product Owner and agile team to understand, identify, and document the business opportunity through non-ambiguous, testable stories.
• Has a can-do attitude
• Practices “Intention”
• Follow all Co-op change management processes and help ensure less tenured Scrum Masters understand and follow this process.
• Leads and follows
• Act as a servant leader to the team members and help to engage stakeholders of the products.
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency and radiating information.
• Honors the integrity of others
• Speaks and acts from possibility
• Coach, mentor, motivate, and supervise team members and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
• Creates successful partnerships
• Mentors and coaches for the development of less tenured Scrum Master .
• Supports the team
• Holds self and others as capable and able – and accountable
• Helps improve the team’s software development and delivery through a deliberate focus on continuous improvement and learning culture.
• 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.
• Develop working relationships with internal business partners and project team members.
• Communicate effectively to other project team members and internal business partners as required.
• 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.
• Wears an owner’s hat
• Has a 360 degree perspective
• Regularly practices “Completion and Closure”
• Partners internally and externally – with other Co-op staff, clients, vendors, business partners and owners
• Identify team improvement opportunities and look for best practices in order to increase team efficiency and quality.
• Takes “positive action about things I don’t like”

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

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

REQUIRED EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science or related major, or comparable work experience.

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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:
$98,000.00 - $124,000.00
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.