What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Scrum Master* (Re-Emerge Program) position at DTCC Candidate Experience Site?
**iRelaunch 2022**
Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities?
Join our DTCC family, and you’ll grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll be supported and surrounded by other professionals as you learn new skills, advance your career, and see the impact of your efforts every day.
Pay and Benefits:
- Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
- Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
- Retirement benefits
- Paid Time Off and other leave of absence
- Flexible/Hybrid Work Arrangements
Why you'll love this job:
The Scrum Master applies a broad technical knowledge of the Agile methodology in order to manage the scrum process with geographically dispersed teams to deliver exceptional standards in product quality and timely, predictable delivery of projects. This involves guiding the scrum team on how to use Agile practices and removing impediments for the scrum team. The Scrum Master organizes and facilitates the sprint planning meeting, arranges daily stand-up meetings, schedules demos, conducts retrospective meetings and facilitates the decision-making process. This position requires working closely with product owners to groom the product backlog to ensure it is ready for the next sprint. The Scrum Master tends to cross functional coordination and communication, requirements traceability, release management, test case management, and defect tracking concerns to keep delivery on track.
What you’ll do:
- Facilitates daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo and retrospective meetings
- Demonstrates proficiency in conflict resolution
- Ability to track and remove impediments
- Ability to ensure the correct use of scrum processes
- Ability to shield team from outside distractions and interferences
- Radiates information between squad and stakeholders to ensure alignment
- Assists team or individuals to clarify goals and actions to achieve them
- Serves as a coach in Agile practices
- Proficiency in estimation and planning
- Effective communicator with the ability to maintain a cohesive team
- Knowledge of other agile methodologies and frameworks like Kanban and XP
- Understand the basic fundamentals of iterative and incremental development
- Strong knowledge of Scrum theory, rules and practices
- Basic knowledge of software development processes and procedures
- Knowledge about Agile techniques like: User Stories, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing
- Ability to take and understand commitments to deliver projects on time
- Knowledge about tasks, backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, user stories etc.
- Experience using Jira or similar tool for managing Sprints and User Stories.
- Familiar with common development practices, Service oriented environments, and Agile practices
Sound like you?
- Minimum of 6 years’ experience as a Scrum Master in IT and/or Financial Services
- Bachelor degree in a technical discipline preferred
- Scrum Master certification
The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
