Scrum Master/RTE

Fidelity TalentSource; Westlake (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Fidelity TalentSource is seeking a Scrum Master/RTE for a temporary role in Westlake, TX. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in agile methodologies, mentor cross-functional teams, and drive improvements in performance metrics. You will play a key role in maintaining agility within squads while supporting the company's hybrid working model.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years experience as a Scrum Master desired.
• Experience with Scrum and Kanban teams.
• Proven ability to coach agile practices.

Responsibilities

• Advise, mentor, coach and train teams on agile values and practices.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies and manage release activities.
• Track and report squad performance metrics.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Change agent

Facilitation

Agile Practices Coaching

Education

Bachelor’s degree or undergraduate degree

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Tools

Jira

Mural

MS Teams

Job description

Fidelity TalentSource is your destination for discovering your next temporary role at Fidelity Investments. We are currently sourcing for a Scrum Master/RTE to work in Westlake, TX!

Scrum master

As a Scrum Master you blend deep scrum expertise with a passion for mentoring and coaching, and constant improvement. As part of a highly collaborative squad you will advise, mentor, coach and train on performance against agile values, practices and processes to accelerate squad value delivery. In partnership with the squad leader you will maintain a backlog, help to remove impediments and facilitate agile ceremonies such as the daily stand up, sprint planning, backlog refinement and retrospectives. You will have responsibility for release management coordination and participate in scaling ceremonies and activities as you manage interdependencies across squads and tribes. You will examine and drive team performance through metrics and find opportunities for the squad to fully realize the benefits of working in an agile structure.

The Team

You will support one to two cross-functional squads within Enterprise Technology engaging the squad leader, other scrum masters, and squad members aligned to the squad(s). You will reinforce and embed an agile approach and principles into the day-to-day work. By demonstrating and promoting Fidelity and agile leadership behaviors, you will evolve and sustain an innovative agile culture.

The Expertise You Have
Bachelor’s degree or undergraduate degree preferred
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) required
Jira experience
Product Management/Delivery Management experience
Release Management Experience
Three to five year’s experience as a Scrum Master.
Understanding and experience working with Scrum and Kanban teams.
The Skills You Bring
You possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and can rapidly build trust and positively influence others at all levels of the organization
Proven change agent capable of coaching agile practices to teams and individuals from across different functions, experiences, and geographies as they work through new and unfamiliar situations
You are an effective facilitator and can brainstorm with the team to generate solutions that address challenges and roadblocks to accelerating value delivery
An intellectual curiosity and passion for learning new skills and modeling a culture of continuous learning, mentoring and coaching
JIRA align experience preferred
The Value You Deliver
Working collaboratively with squad and chapter leaders to enable delivery of the squad's mission through well-executed sprints
Accelerating overall squad performance, efficiency and value delivered and find opportunities to improve agile maturity and metrics, and providing coaching, training, and resources
Maintaining and updating squad performance metrics (e.g., burn-down charts) and artifacts to ensure accurate and clear feedback to the squad members and transparency to other partners
Managing, coordinating logistics for and participating in agile ceremonies (e.g., backlog prioritization, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives and as appropriate, scrum of scrum masters)
Supporting adoption, and consistent use of enabling tools (e.g., Jira, Mural, MS Teams)

??? Dynamic Working

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office.