Agility Lead / Scrum Master at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in New York, New York

Job Description:

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leading and coaching a team along its Agile maturity and promoting delivery of business value
• Coaching employees and stakeholders on advanced Scrum fundamentals
• Acting as a leader to influence team member to seek and embrace incremental change that increases team performance
• Identifying and implementing agile metrics to measure a team's Agility and then use those measures to help guide a team forward
• Identifying, escalating, and removing team impediments that jeopardize sprint goals
• Acting as a Champion and Custodian of the Agile principles for the team
• Teaching and coaching application developers to adopt Continuous Delivery practices such as Test-Driven Development, Specification by Example, Story Mapping, and other Lean/Agile Modeling Techniques
• Acting as an Agile ambassador for the organization; exhibiting a deep-passion for continuous learning and seeking to provide knowledge gained throughout the entire organization
• Working with organizational leadership and teams to change and adjust organizational design to promote self-organizing teams within an enterprise environment

OTHER DUTIES

• Facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews/demos, retrospectives, and release planning meetings
• Promote improved team interactions, practices, and process through valuable inspect and adapt practices
• Facilitate backlog refinement sessions to ensure robust backlog health
• Act as a mediator and facilitate discussion and conflict resolution
• Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools, and best practice

QUALIFICATIONS

• Must have 5+ years of professional experience working as Scrum Master

Scrum Master Personal Skills Criteria:

• Communicative and Social - Must be able to communicate well with teams, larger practitioner community and Agile thought leaders internally and externally
• Facilitative - Must be able to lead and demonstrate value-add principles to a team
• Assertive - Must be able to ensure Agile/Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, must be able to be a voice of reason and authority, make the tough calls.
• Situationally Aware - Must be the first to notice differences and issues as they arise, coach the team to resolve internally and if necessary involve management
• Enthusiastic Engagement- Must be high-energy and be a source for motivation/inspiration for individuals and teams looking for support and guidance
• Continual Improvement - Must continually be growing ones craft learning new tools and techniques to manage oneself and a team
• Conflict Resolution - Must be able to facilitate discussion and facilitate alternatives or different approaches
• Attitude of Empowerment - Must be able to lead teams to self-organization
• Attitude of Transparency - Must desire to bring disclosure and transparency to the business about development and grow business trust

Desired Certifications

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
• Experience working in a large AD shop with highly distributed applications is a strong plus
• Experience teaching and mentoring others in Agile process, including adapting Agile to make it work in various environments in a strong plus
• Technical AD background preferred

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America's households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

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