Scrum Master - San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Job Description

Acts as a leader as part of an Agile team to deliver high value software solutions that contribute to the success of our technology initiatives in an agile environment. Provides overall guidance for team to adhere to Agile principles and practices. Arranges, facilitates and schedules meetings, demos and decision-making processes to ensure that the proper collaborative process is in use. This includes sprint team backlog grooming, estimating and sizing efforts, release planning, sprint planning daily standups, and retrospectives. Works with stakeholders and team members to continuously improve. Drives quicker delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics to identify areas of opportunity. Facilitates team transparency by escalating impediments and shares progress by the team to the appropriate channels. Actively engaged in defining and managing action items, identifying issues and risks, adjusting scope, and identifying tasks necessary to complete planned work. Plans and coordinates testing environment deployments and application / system integration testing. Guides team in self-organization; encourages and motivates team to focus on iteration goals.

About the Experience Studios at U.S. Bank

The Experience Studio is a physical space, a community of teams, a collection of agile resources, and a new way of working that reimagines the customer experience through rapid, cross-functional, and iterative development. The Studio teams work to significantly improve the customer's experience and by applying and adopting the tenets of Agile, Journey teams in the Experience Studios will commit to working in a collaborative fashion and on a full-time basis. The high performing teams are empowered to make decisions and solve problems through the lens of customer obsession and will be charged with delighting customers. The Experience Studios is an inviting and relaxed environment.

Basic Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience
* Three or more years of experience in Agile technology delivery and tools
* Three or more years of Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) experience
* One or more years of experience in a Scrum environment, preferably in SAFe, Kanban or financial services industry
* CSM (Certified Scrum Master), SA (SAFe Agilist), SSM (SAFe Scrum Master) certifications

Preferred Skills/Experience

* Basic knowledge of Agile principles and practices and capacity to understand specific needs or requirements to apply skills/knowledge
* Understanding of basic fundamentals of iterative and incremental development
* Experience successfully delivering solutions on an aggressive schedule
* Working technical knowledge of the software development process - design, development, test, and deployment
* Strong communication, collaboration, leadership, conflict resolution, budgeting and time management skills