Scrum Master - Core Banking - Tandym

Scrum Master
A Fortune 50 financial services company in McLean, VA is currently seeking a Scrum Master to support our client remotely.
Responsibilities:

• Support the team rules of Scrum, eliminate impediments and lead the team in efforts for improvement.
• Helps the team embrace agile and SAFe core values, adopt and apply those principles, implement practices, assist the team with the adoption of practices.
• Facilitate the team's progress toward team goals; utilizing the current Program Increment (PI) Objectives as Iteration Goals.
• Collaborate with Product Owner, customers and developers to identify and clarify scope of problems/issues in terms of business/systems requirements and processes.
• Support the team's efforts to continuously improve communications and relationships with other delivery teams.
• Represent the team in the Scrum of Scrums (SoS).
• Monitor and report on team/program effectiveness.
• Skilled in the use of agile/development tracking tools like Azure DevOps or Jira.

Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of project management experience in leading agile projects as a Scrum Master; additional years of experience with other methodologies desirable.
• Outstanding communication, interpersonal and relationship skills.
• Experience with ADO.
• PMP, CSM and/or PMI-ACP, SAFe Certification.
• Significant experience leading agile development teams and facilitating team meetings in an Agile environment, to include right-sizing / customizing Agile for and with the teams you have led.
• Hands-on experience implementing Identity and Access Management platforms and tools, especially CyberArk, highly desirable.
• Advanced knowle.dge of development or operations framework methodologies, including Agile principles.
• Advanced presentation software skills.
• Advanced research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Effective skill in building strategic and execution-focused plans and alliances with partner leadership.

Desired:

• Advanced degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field is desired.
• Experience working with teams leveraging SAFe, LeSS and Nexus frameworks is desired.
• In-depth knowledge and experience in Banking/Finance/Investments, familiar with terminology, concepts and business processes and systems is strongly desired.
• Familiarity with industry standards and regulations is nice to have.