Scrum Master-CLP Salesforce - Apex Systems

Job#: 2019677

Job Description:

If interested, please send resumes to [email protected] for immediate consideration. 

Position Summary
Lead and facilitate key routines in the agile discipline (stand-ups, retrospectives, etc.); manage features, stories, success criteria, tasks and hours in Rally; assist with story grooming and back-log management; manage team capacity and velocity to optimize iterations; focus the team on the business outcomes; track burn downs, optimize cumulative flow, scheduling and dependencies; scrum team and agile coaching as needed, team assessments and improvement plans; driving team velocity and consistency; coordinates resources within their agile team and coordinate work across other agile teams outside their train; PI Planning. Partner with the Product Owner and Dev Lead(s) to ensure alignment of tangible short-term deliverables and business outcomes. Expected to work with Product Owners and technology teams to build a sustainable long-term road map to improve the planning and execution model. Effectively communicate with managers, peers, and business partners on deliverables, timelines and support needed.
Skills:
Agile tools (Jira)
Salesforce
Required Skills

• 7+ years in a technical solution delivery role with 2+ years as an Agile Scrum Master.
• Strong experience with multiple delivery methodologies required, including SAFE Agile, SDLC and Waterfall.
• Crisp oral and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate to different levels of audience, both technical and non-technical.
• Expert level understanding of lean-agile principles and frameworks; including some level of agile coaching.
• Experience with Agile tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Experience with metrics gathering/reporting and formulating action plans based on the data.
• Excellent leadership, coaching, negotiation, facilitation, collaboration, presentation & training skills.
• Ability to speak to both technical and business concerns.
• Must be comfortable giving feedback to the team on how they can improve in their Agile implementation.
• Must be flexible and support tasks other than Scrum Master should the need arise.
• Must be detailed-oriented, results-driven, highly energetic, and motivated.
• Must have a high degree of independence and autonomy.
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills

• Experienced working in a distributed team environment
• Knowledge of core banking and investing functions, processes, and operations
• Experienced with the Scaled Agile Framework and PI Planning

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