Scrum Master

We believe that , when done right, investing liberates people to create their own destiny. We are driven by our purpose to champion every client’s goals with passion and integrity. We respect and appreciate the diversity of our employees, our clients, and the communities we serve. We challenge conventions strategically to create value for our clients, our firm and the world. We live and bring to life the concept of ‘own your tomorrow’ every day. We champion our employee strengths, guide their development, and invest in their long-term success. We hire optimistic, results-oriented, curious, innovative, and adaptable people with the desire to help our clients and one another succeed.

As a company, we were established by Chuck over 40 years ago to champion Main Street over Wall Street, and to help Americans transform themselves from earners to owners. Through advocacy and innovation, we work to make investing more affordable, accessible and understandable for all. As we enter our fifth decade, we are looking for talented, innovative and driven people who believe they can help themselves, and our clients, create a better future.

Our Opportunity:
The Advisor Services Technology (AST) team is responsible for leading a coordinated technology approach to developing and maintaining a portfolio of products and services for the Advisor Services and Schwab Retirement Services business. We are looking for a talented, high-performing Scrum Master to provide collaboration, facilitation, leadership and coaching for our feature development teams. The role of the Scrum Master requires a dynamic individual, capable of managing simultaneous medium to complex, cross functional projects, as well as, maintaining close working relationships with geographically dispersed business partners and technical teams.

What you’ll do:
Execute on Scrum Master responsibilities that include organizing and facilitating daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.

Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress, maintain process documentation.

Ensure that the development teams are practicing/following core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.

Collaborate closely with other Scrum Masters.

Update agile tracking systems to provide transparency on Product & Sprint Backlogs; Recommend improvements and assist in changes to best practice; Support Development Managers and Project Leads as necessary.

Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and information sharing.

Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition; Identify and remove impediments; prevent distractions that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver the sprint goal; Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution.

Empower the teams to self-organize; improve the productivity of the sprint teams; ensure that the team strives to make each increment of functionality potentially releasable.

Participate in the organization and planning of the development schedule based on methodology that has been developed to create a cohesive plan with identifiable platform dependencies, and major milestones, and manages the agreed project user stories and schedules, ensuring successful completion within scope, budget, time, and quality parameters.

Adapting project scope, schedules, and resource assignments as required throughout projects to respond to emerging requirements and risks.

What you have:
Two or more years of work experience as a Scrum Master

Three to five years of project management experience, managing multiple large, complex and cross functional projects, with emphasis on systems, technologies, business process redesign, and knowledge of technical environments

Previous technical experience with the Microsoft technology stack (C#, SQL Server) or with Java (nice to have)

Experience managing multiple priorities in a dynamic, geographically dispersed environment

Exceptional communication, organization, and time management skills

BS/BA Degree

What you’ll get:
Everyday Wellness: Healthy Rewards, Onsite Fitness Classes, Healthy Choices, Wellness Champions

Financial Fitness: 401k Match, Employee Discounts, Personalized advice, Brokerage discounts

Work/Life Balance: Sabbatical, New Mothers returning to work Program, Tuition Reimbursement Programs, Time off to volunteer

Inclusion: Employee Resource Groups, Commitment to diversity, Strategic partnerships

Not just a job, but a career, with an opportunity to do the best work of your life

Learn more about Life@Schwab .

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversifying its workforce. It is Schwab’s policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, legally protected medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, military status, citizenship status or any other status that is protected by law.

Position Located In: TX – Austin