Job Description :
PROJECT BACKGROUND
Design and implementation of a single page web application as the front end to a sophisticated Portfolio Accounting and Investment Performance system. Initial goal of the web app is to serve as a decision support tool for CIOs (Chief Investment Officers) and their teams. The web app must deal with complex portfolio accounting data, create complex visualizations, create and manage grids of data, easily navigate data relationships / supporting documents and offer great performance. Management of events, notifications and support of workflows are also planned capabilities. The Product team is operating as a startup team within our C&IS business.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
Minimum of 5-7 years of Agile practical usage in the role of Scrum Master; 7+ years preferred
Experience with Agile Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools (JIRA, Rally, VersionOne, etc preferred

RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Create empowered, self-organizing, high-performing teams by serving as the team’s servant leader
a. Mentor the team and the product owner on Scrum and Agile best practices
b. Continuously improve team productivity
c. Educate the team, product owner and stakeholders on the business value of engineering practices, and promote the use of engineering practices to provide faster delivery, better quality, and fewer defects
d. Build an environment of trust and manage conflict in a healthy way
e. Create transparency and mentor the team on how this accelerates agility
f. Facilitate the completion of the work without applying pressure on the team or assigning work
g. Facilitate open, fact-based discussion and decision making
h. Lead by example
i. In collaboration with the team and product owner, regularly assess the Agile maturity of the team, identify improvement opportunities, and implement the improvements at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and the organization
j. Coach the team on the value and methods of developing cross-functional skills
2. Facilitate planning
a. Coach the product owner on creating and maintaining a continuously prioritized Product Backlog of stories with clear acceptance criteria and high-level estimates
b. In collaboration with the team, facilitate the creation of team agreements which minimally include a Definition of Done (DOD) and a Definition of Ready (DOR)
c. Facilitate Release Planning
3. Facilitate delivery
a. In collaboration with the team, identify and mitigate risks, issues and dependencies internal and external to the team
b. Remove impediments that prevent the team from delivering work and continuously improving
c. Facilitate sprint execution including
i. Elaboration sessions
ii. Sprint planning preparation sessions
iii. Sprint planning
iv. Daily stand-ups
v. Coaching the team
vi. In collaboration with the product owner, modifying the Release Plan as new information emerges throughout the sprints; communicating the latest version of the Release Plan at every sprint boundary, at a minimum, and ensuring stakeholders are aware of the updates to the Release Plan and any impact to their requests
vii. Sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives
4. Other responsibilities
a. Time box events to effectively manage the team’s and stakeholders’ time
b. Create information radiators that automatically and continuously share pertinent information with the team and stakeholders
c. Increase transparency and aid in internal and external communication and alignment
d. Understand the differences between Scrum Masters and Project Managers and be able to collaborate effectively on teams with a Project Manager
e. Stay current with the Agile industry: Read and recommend valuable Lean and Agile books, blogs, articles, etc. to continuously increase the team’s Agile maturity; coach the team on developing a culture of continuous learning and improvement
f. Coach and develop broader Agile capabilities across our business and technology teams.
g. Planning and coordinating QA and UAT testing for feature roll out and delivery.
h. Develop and prepare Sprint reports at project level plus consolidated platform level management reports

DIVERSITY OF EXPERIENCE:
Experienced in system development (10-15 years)
At least 5 years in system dev management
Up to date on modern web tech
Experienced in data services and cloud architecture
Experienced in financial services, preferably broker-dealer or asset manager
Ability to be creative on budget
Ability to push up sleeves
Team player and motivating personality
Business knowledge and collaborative approach
Agile experience
Startup mentality
“Above and beyond” negotiating skills
Ability and desire to collaborate with a diverse set of teammates and roles
             

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