Scrum Master II

Company: M&T Bank
Location: Buffalo
Posted on: February 15, 2020

Job Description:

Overview:Ensures Scrum practices, theories and techniques are understood, enacted, and followed. Guides and empowers delivery teams to self-organize, within constraints of Scrum and project goals. Facilitates building working agreements with others. Shields the team from unnecessary interruptions to enable them to focus on most valuable work. Ensures the delivery team keeps their work, and impediments to work visible. Ensures the organization works to remove impediments, or accepts the current rate of progress.Primary Responsibilities:Represent the health of scrum teams, oversee scrum practices, guide the teams to collaboration, work with other team members outside of the room and make the team's work visible.Facilitate meetings with the product owner and team to ensure Scrum framework is effectively used to deliver high-quality, high-priority features.Improve product owner effectiveness by helping them find ways to develop and maintain the product backlog and release plan.Work in conjunction with the Project Manager to ensure project management needs are met or impediments, issues and/or risks are resolved or escalated.Facilitate meetings with team for purposes of idea generation, planning, retrospecting, problem-solving and alignment.Communicate project status to the team and product owner to ensure common understanding, set expectations and align stakeholders and project team members.Measure project performance utilizing appropriate tools and techniques to monitor progress; identify and quantify variances, complete required corrective actions and communicate to stakeholders.Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the M&T Bank brand.Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.Complete other related duties as assigned.Scope of Responsibilities:Project Scope: $500.0 k - $2.0 mTeam Size Range: 10 - 20 FTEProject Duration: 12 - 18 monthsProject Size: Multiple high priority projectsProject Customer: Three or more lines of business or functionsScope of Change: Substantial changes to business processes or proceduresProject Timeline: Moderately aggressiveProject Innovation: Moderately defined scopeProject Benefits: MajorProject Customization: ModerateNumber of Interfaces: 6 or moreSupervisor/Managerial Responsibilities:Education and Experience Required:Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 4 years' proven general management, project analysis or project management experience including a minimum of 2 years' Scrum Master experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 8 years' higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 4 years' proven general management, project analysis or project management experience, including a minimum of 2 years' Scrum Master experienceProficiency with personal computers as well as pertinent software packagesSound knowledge of project management methodologyStrong verbal and written communication skillsExcellent problem-solving skillsExperience working individually as well as a member of a teamSelf-motivatedResults-drivenExperience handling multiple tasks and working under time constraints in support of various assignmentsStrong interpersonal skills necessary for business partner relationships within and outside the organizationTrained in and familiar with agile ceremoniesProven organizational skillsEducation and Experience Preferred:PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) certification active and in good standingPrior work experience in the financial services or related industryPhysical Requirements:

Keywords: M&T Bank, Buffalo , Scrum Master II, IT / Software / Systems , Buffalo, New York