Scrum Master - New York, United States - Lawrence Harvey

Description

Scrum Master - Technical Background, SDLC, Banking Products - New York, NY

I have recently been retained by a leading global bank with one of the largest customer bases with more than $2 trillion in assets to scale its PMO.

Role: Scrum Master

Location: New York, NY

Compensation: $160,000-$200,000

Major Responsibilities:

• Basic functions of scrum master: Sprint planning, daily scrums, grooming of backlog, retrospectives, managing burn downs, etc.
• Maintain RAID log for teams under management
• Work with project team to convey status reports
• Be capable of balancing PMO milestones with scrum activities by assessing team velocity, blockers and conflicts.
• Environmental Management when needed for projects
• Coach and mentor in agile best practices
• Ability to shield team from outside distractions and interferences

Requirements:

• Financial background. Prefer knowledge in Derivative, Cash, Finance and Banking products.
• Technical background. Prefer knowledge in Snowflake, Python, ETL/ELT processing
• Experience with Atlassian suite of products (i.e. JIRA, Confluence, etc.)
• Understand agile approaches (Kanban, Scrum)
• Familiar with common development practices and the SDLC
• Ability to multitask several ongoing issues. This involves the ability to assess priority and make appropriate decisions quickly and effectively.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Effective presentation skills

Scrum Master - Technical Background, SDLC, Banking Products - New York, NY