Scrum Master III Looking for a leader and driver to own the value delivery for two or more product development scrum teams. This individual will be associated with the Finance program at SVB to enable transformation and growth. Responsibilities include alignment with business stakeholders, partnering with cross-functional partners, and owning technical execution/successful value delivery. Applying agile and lean principles, following scrum practices, coaching/training team members on Agile methodology, and continuous improvement to build high performing teams are a key aspect of the role. The Basics:
Expert at Project Management - PMP, PSM/CSM, CSPO, Lean, Kanban. Strong execution drive and technical aptitude to deliver customer value - Lead cross functional development from design through delivery
Builds great partnerships and relationships with globally distributed cross-functional partners (e.g. Business, Product, Technology, Design, Architecture, Legal, Compliance, et al.)
Possesses excellent inter-personal skills with amazing written/verbal communication skills
Customer centric with innovative problem solving skills
Extremely organized, Goal oriented, and experienced in Data analytics as well as Financial budget/Accounting (CapEx/OpEx) principles
Education and Experience:
Bachelor's Degree (Technology preferred)
5 years of experience serving as Project Manager/Scrum Master in planning and delivering software solutions, such as online and mobile user experiences, underlying transactional systems, and integrating disparate systems
Certifications (preferred)
PMI, PMI-ACP
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)/ Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
Certified Scrum Product Owner
Knowledge (preferred)
Knowledgeable in Finance functions - Treasury, Accounting, Reg/SEC reporting, Procurement
Knowledgeable in Finance systems (SaaS) - AxiomSL, Blackline, Calypso, Oracle/SAP
Knowledgeable in banking audit and regulatory practices; ensuring fully compliant with corporate standards
Responsibilities:
Leads the software development planning and delivery process
Provides servant leadership and building multiple high-performing Agile scrum teams
Bring transparency to Business, Product and Technology organization about development and grow trust
Leverages tools (e.g. Jira and Confluence) to elicit and define business and technical requirements, track requirements, prioritize features, curate content, sequence deliverables into sprints, and report progress
Good problem-solving, organizational and analytical skills, with the ability to coach and mentor all roles on a development scrum team
Competencies
Leadership
Customer Focus
Collaborative: Ability to partner with cross-functional partners to achieve goals at various levels throughout the organization and lead others to do so by example
Communicative and social: Must be able to communicate (written/verbal) well with all levels of the organization
Innovative problem solving with strong data crunching and analytical skills
Able to build a sense of trust and rapport that creates a comfortable & effective workplace
Autonomy/Empowerment: Must be able to guide team(s) to self-organization
Open/Transparent: Must desire to bring disclosure and transparency to both business and technology and build trust amongst partners
Conflict resolution: Must be able to facilitate discussion at the team level and suggest alternatives or different approaches
Continual improvement: Must continually be growing ones craft learning new tools and techniques to manage oneself and team members
Facilitative: Must be able to lead by example and demonstrate value-add principles to product development scrum team(s)
Assertive: Experience with working teams in adhering to Agile/Scrum/Lean concepts and principles
Brings a high-energy and passionate outlook to the job and can influence those around her/him
