12+ ONLY // ONSITE ONLY - Scrum Master with BFS(Banking Financial Services) EXP @ Onsite ONLY Chicago, IL, Jersey City, NJ
azhar uddin
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Hope you are doing well,
Role : Scrum Master with BFS(Banking Financial Services) EXP
Location : Onsite ONLY Chicago, IL, Jersey City, NJ
Visa : NO H1 Transfers
Job Roles / Responsibilities:
Client is seeking a Scrum Master to join our Smarter Process Consulting Team. The Successful candidate will Enable a high performing, autonomous, self-managing team whilst building a culture of continuous improvement. Ensure the team lives Agile values and principles and hold the team to account to Agile processes and practices. This position will require the consultant to be 100% onsite at our client location in Chicago, IL OR Jersey City, NJ for the duration of the project.
Must and should have BFS(Banking Financial Services) experience .
Scrum Master Responsibilities:
- The Scrum Master promotes and supports the agile process within and outside the squad. This includes:
o Work with organizational resources outside the squad to help them interact effectively with the squad, remove impediments and protect them from organizational bureaucracy
- The Scrum Master coaches the Agile squad and the product owner on the Agile process, such as writing useful user stories and managing the backlog
- They foster a collaborative culture and ensure the squad regularly celebrates success
- The scrum master acts as a servant leader to the squad, they are not the “boss”
- For a newly formed squad the scrum master role may be a full time activity. As the squad matures the scrum master can start to contribute some time to squad deliveries
- Manage blockers, obstacles and dependencies.
- Bring together stakeholders for alignment meeting
- Organize training
- Report on squad improvements
- Facilitate retrospective to improve squad dynamics
- Facilitate creation and maintenance of squad artefacts such as backlog, definitions and norms etc.
Projects:
- Projects in support of or directly related to Morgan Stanley’s recent Solium Acquisition
- Institutional Wealth Mgt projects in the digital technology space
Mandatory Qualifications:
- Good understanding of software development lifecycle, waterfall and agile development principles
- Minimum 5 years of experience working in a financial institution, technology firm or project management department of a mid to large size corporation
- Background and knowledge of banking and/or digital products
- Extraordinary judgment and composure in high-pressure situations
- Excellent communication skills.
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Proficient in Microsoft tools: Excel, Visio, MS Projects, PowerPoint
- Extensive hands-on experience with JIRA on agile projects
- PMP certification preferred but not mandatory
- CSM certification or Agile experience ( min 3 years)
Additional Skills/Competencies:
- Influence and leadership skills- ability to drive results and take command in a meeting or mediate in contentious situations; ability to foster an environment that is promotes teamwork
- Analytical and detail oriented- makes an effort to and is capable of understanding the subject matter and situations pertaining to each project, process, issue, etc
- Enthusiasm and curiosity- shows enthusiasm and drive to learn and ask questions both indirectly and directly related to the project
- Strategic thinker- Ability to see things big picture and not just focus on the day-to-day tasks
- Innovative- Has shown ways that he/she has gone beyond status quo to find innovative solutions to solve problems or to improve processes
Thanks & Regards
Mohd Azhar Uddin
Tel: 703-831-8282 Ext. 2526 / (M) (315) 543-4232
Email: m.a...@canopyone.com