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Scrum Master-180014832

At U.S. Bank, we’re passionate about helping customers and the communities where we live and work. The fifth-largest bank in the United States, we’re one of the country’s most respected, innovative and successful financial institutions. U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, among other factors.

The Scrum Master will act as a servant 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. Working independently and also collaboratively, a Scrum Master will keep teams focused and coach other professionals. Typically leads 1-3 Scrum teams.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Knowledge and experience in Agile delivery and associated practices
Support and coordinate the execution of all sprint activities and ceremonies for a given sprint team including daily stand ups, sprint iteration definition, sprint reviews and conformance metrics, sprint retrospectives
Clears Sprint team Impediments – Identifies, documents, and tracks all project level risks and issues. Works with all project sub-teams to identify, assign, and monitor risk mitigation action items and issue resolution action items.
Process Coach for team
Ensure team self-management artifacts visible & convenient to use (task board, Sprint burn down, impediment list)
Ensure team task estimates and task board are up to date
Work with Product Owner to ensure product backlog is prioritized and refined to continue sprint development
Ensure Product Backlog user stories are expressed as independent, testable & negotiable user stories
Focus on engineering practices – continuous integration
Coordinate with other Scrum Masters
Utilize Version One for monitoring/controlling and as input to (or generation of) periodic status reports
Takes a servant leader approach by operating in a manner that accomplishes the following:

Protects & Enables Sprint Team
Facilitates a self-organizing and collaborative environment
Ensures Sprint team is functioning and productive
Ensure sprint team is accountable for overall Sprint delivery

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
At least 3 years of Scrum, Agile, and Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) experience.
Expertise in use of Agile tools like TFS or Version 1.
Experience successfully delivering solutions on an aggressive schedule
At least 7 years of experience in managing technical projects
Conflict resolution, excellent communication, leadership and collaboration skills.
Demonstrated coaching experience (effective at getting the best out of people, drive people to their best performance, empowerment, and motivation).
Experience using tools to create metrics that measure and report on team performance, backlog health and continuous improvement
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent critical thinking and problem solving skills

Preferred Skills/Experience: