Scrum Master

Job Title: Financial/Banking Scrum Master with executing Discovery process experience

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Duration: Long term contract

Key Areas: Scrum Master, Financial/Banking domain, executing Discovery process, JIRA, Agile, Roadmap plugin feature

Must have experience in executing Discovery process as a Scrum

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of experience

Minimum 3 years of Experience as a Scrum Master.

CSM certification preferred.

Experience in executing Discovery process as a Scrum

Experienced working in an onsite offshore model

Experienced working in Banking/Financial Domain

Good Communication skills

Facilitates all scrum events

Extensive experience of working in JIRA.

Experience in Roadmap plugin feature is preferred

Understanding of Agile, working with different teams, status reporting and run multivendor/employee scrum team

Ensure the Discovery Team delivers stories and designs within timeline dates.

Encourage & enable self-organization within the Discovery Team

Coach the Discovery team members, as and when needed

Creating continuous improvement initiatives as an outcome from retro

Partners with Product Owners, Program or Project Managers to communicate status of the deliverables and escalates key risks and issues impeding scrum team effectiveness

Collaborate with Business Architects, Product Owner, UX Designers and Tech / Engineering Leads to drive the discovery scope and planning conversations

Act as an ambassador for the project internally and externally and as the primary contact for queries related to the Discovery phase