Scrum Master II – Enterprise Payments, Merchant Services

First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company; Arizona; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent financial institution is seeking a Scrum Master II to join their Payments Delivery team. This role focuses on leading software development teams within the Credit Card Risk Management vertical, utilizing scrum practices to improve efficiency and facilitate teamwork. Ideal candidates should have experience in agile methodologies and strong communication skills, and they will contribute to managing tasks and ensuring project success. Competitive benefits offered.

Benefits

Competitive benefits program

Qualifications

• Experience in facilitating daily team meetings and managing agile projects.
• Ability to mentor and motivate teams in agile practices.
• Strong background in project coordination and status reporting.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate daily team meetings and ensure project progress.
• Plan and organize product/system testing and demos.
• Track project processes and deliver reports to stakeholders.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Team coordination

Communication

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s Degree and 4 years of experience or High School Diploma and 8 years of experience

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Overview

This is a remote role that may be hired in North Carolina, Texas, Arizona, and Florida. Other locations may be considered on an as-needed basis.

The Scrum Master II will be part of First Citizens Bank’s Payments Delivery team within the Enterprise Payments organization, and be aligned to the Credit Card Risk Management (CCRM) vertical, with a focus on Merchant Services. This position supports the management of product and software development teams as a servant leader.

Ensures that development teams follow scrum framework values and agile practices, mentoring and motivating the teams to improve processes, facilitating, meetings and decision-making processes, and eliminating team impediments. Assists in increasing team efficiency and provides motivation and guidance for process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Project Coordination – Uses agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions.
• Communication – Facilitates daily team meetings to get updates on the progress of the project, address potential roadblocks, and ensure that the project is on track.
• Business Support – Plans and organizes demos and product/system testing. Ensures the proper use of collaborative processes and removes impediments for the scrum team.
• Reporting – Tracks project processes, deliverables, and financials. Prepares and presents status reports to stakeholders.
• Leads Agile team ceremonies – Daily stand-up, Sprint planning, Sprint review, Retrospective.
• Coaches team in Agile mindset, methodologies, processes, practices, and tools.
• Partners with Product Owner and Technology Lead to ensure work in sprints are progressing and continues to align with the quarterly planning commitments.
• Works to remove any team level risks or impediments keeping the team from completing work and escalates any risks and impediments that cannot be resolved or are project level risks.
• Shields the team from external interference and ensures the team is fully functional and productive.
• Ensures good team JIRA and Confluence hygiene that accurately reflects the current state of their work.
• Tracks predictability of the team to deliver and monitors for continuous improvement.
• Ensures the team is aligned to SDLC process and standards.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree and 4 years of experience OR High School Diploma or GED and 8 years of experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience
• Scrum Master Certification
• Banking domain knowledge
• Merchant services experience and knowledge
• Payments knowledge highly preferred

Benefits

Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates.