Sr. Scrum Master

Alliant Credit Union; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Work from home up to 3 days a week

Education reimbursement

11 paid holidays

401k with employer match

Job summary

Alliant Credit Union is seeking an experienced Agile Coach / Scrum Master to empower Agile teams in Chicago. You will coach teams, remove impediments, and promote best practices to improve delivery quality and velocity.

You will collaborate with the PMO and Agile Center of Excellence while guiding PI planning, Inspect & Adapt, and DevOps improvements across value streams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Minimum 5 years software development or related.
• Minimum 2 years Agile practices such as Scrum or Kanban.

Responsibilities

• Provide visibility into delivery targets, commitments, progress and transparency.
• Partner with and coach other teams to maximize project ROI and meet PI objectives and milestones.
• Identify upstream/downstream dependencies and support risk management; resolve impediments via peers and formal channels.
• Participate in PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt, Scrum of Scrums; provide team metrics and program board updates.
• Identify and manage cross-team dependencies and report progress and impediments.
• Maintain alignment and backlog items in Azure DevOps to maximize transparency and program adjustments.
• Improve flow of value through DevOps and Release on Demand in the Continuous Delivery Pipeline.
• Partner with PMO on program execution and operational excellence.
• Drive improvement via workshop facilitation in Inspect and Adapt ceremonies.
• Assist Agile Center of Excellence in continuous improvement efforts affecting Agile teams.

Skills

Agile coaching

Scrum/Kanban

Risk management

PI Planning

Azure DevOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Job description

Support and coach Agile team(s) by empowering them and providing methods and tools to enable quality delivery while maintaining a focus on the continuous improvement of the team. Responsible for removing impediments that may obstruct the pursuit of the team’s goals and preserving flexibility and ability to respond to changes on the team. Lead the enhancement of best practices in relation to a high-performance team’s processes, artifacts and tools. Collaborates with other teams and assists the organization with launching, stabilizing and optimizing program-level and portfolio-level teams while adapting and promoting Agile frameworks, principles and practices.

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide visibility into delivery targets, commitments, progress and relevant team data necessary to provide maximum team transparency
• Partner with and coach other teams to achieve maximum project return on investment and meet PI objectives and milestones. Work with different teams to plan ahead and prioritize work
• Identify upstream/downstream dependencies and support the team in risk management. Identify impediments and appropriately resolve them using a network of peers and formal channels
• Participate in release planning such as PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt, Scrum of Scrums. Provide Scrum team statistics, identifying project dependencies, team capacity, velocity forecasts, burndowns/burn-ups, dashboards, and Program Board updates
• Identify and manage cross-team dependencies and report progress and impediments
• Maintain alignment, tagging, completion, reporting and overall oversight of team backlog items (stories/features) in Azure DevOps (ADO) to maximize project/program transparency and ensure timely program adjustments
• Manage and optimize the flow of value through the Agile team(s) using various tools, such as Kanban, ADO, the Program Board, team Measure & Grow metrics and other information radiators
• Partner with systems teams to ensure the Agile team(s) tools are properly supporting the ART and maximizing transparency/flow
• Improve the flow of value through value streams by improving and assessing the Agile team’s practices associated with DevOps and Release on Demand in the Continuous Delivery Pipeline
• Partner with the Project Management Office (PMO) on program execution and operational excellence
• Drive improvement via workshop facilitation in the Inspect and Adapt ceremony
• Assist the Agile Center of Excellence as a member of the team by contributing to continuous improvement efforts directly or indirectly impacting the Agile teams

Education & Years Of Experience

• Minimum - 4 Year Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or Related
• Minimum - 5 Years Software development or related
• Minimum - 2 Years Agile practices such as Scrum or Kanban or related

In Lieu of Education

• 8 Years Software development, Agile practices such as Scrum or Kanban or related

License/Certifications/Training

• Preferred: Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or related

Compensation & Benefits

Typical hiring range: $84,200.00 to $131,000.00 Annually. Actual compensation will be determined using factors such as experience, skills & knowledge.

Benefits: Alliant provides a benefits package including health care, vision, dental, and 401k with employer match including:

• Annual performance bonus
• Work from home up to 3 days a week
• Paid parental leave
• Employee discount programs
• Time off including paid personal and sick days
• 11 paid holidays
• Education reimbursement
• Note that eligibility and cost of benefits can vary depending on the number of regularly scheduled hours, and job status such as regular full-time, regular part-time, or temporary employment.

Adhere to and ensure compliance of all business transactions with policy and process of the Bank Secrecy Act. Ensures compliance with all applicable state and federal laws, company procedures and policies. Maintains integrity and ethics in all actions and conversations with or regarding credit union members and their accounts; complies with Privacy Act directives.

The responsibilities listed do not contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.