Senior Scrum Master - Exactuals

• Facilitate medium to high complexity Agile initiatives from initiation through release, providing oversight to ensure alignment with CNB Agile/Scrum practices
• Accountable along with the Agile team for the achievement of PI Objectives
• Manage risk to delivery by raising / resolving impediments in a timely manner
• Proactive management of external dependencies
• Create/maintain the appropriate vehicles for open communication within the scrum team (e.g. tracker boards) to create a trusting and safe team environment
• Track & report team progress leveraging appropriate Agile metrics (i.e. Capacity, Burndown, Velocity charts, etc.)
• Facilitate Scrum team ceremonies; Daily Stand Up, Refinement, Planning, Demos & Retrospectives
• Provide updates on Team’s progress against PI Objectives, proactively manage dependency communications & provide appropriate watch out items in the Scrum of Scrums
• Proactive cross-functional communication, ensuring transparency of progress and outcomes; anticipate need and proactively report team progress and accomplishment(s) up and across
• Facilitate discussion leading to collective decision-making, goal setting and conflict resolution within the team
• Active demonstration and reinforcement of CNB’s PRIDE (People, Relationships, Integrity, Dedication and Entrepreneurs) values in day-to-day activities
• Comply fully with all Bank policies and procedures as well as all regulatory requirement(s)
• Complete all required training
• Navigate and identify shared IT services required by the team in the delivery of its objectives

Must-Have*

• Minimum 3 years of experience as a Scrum Master
• Minimum 5 years of experience in one or more agile methodologies (Scrum, Lean, Kanban, XP, TDD, CI) for software development and how they can be applied in a product development / program delivery environment
• Minimum 5 years proficiency with Jira or other Agile Management tools
• Agile Scrum / SAFe Certified Agile Practitioner

Skills and Knowledge

• Expert in Agile environment using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum, XP, Kanban, or other Agile methodologies
• Experience leading distributed/virtual teams
• Experience operating within various agile frameworks and implementation of Agile methodologies to multiple teams in large-scale enterprise change projects & programs.
• Growth mindset, learning mindset, strategic thinking
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills
• Organizational change management experience
• Ability to influence at all levels without straight line authority
• Experience with modern software engineering techniques such as Continuous integration, build, deliver, test-driven development and other automated acceptance testing techniques
• Banking or financial industry experience preferred
• Ability to work effectively in a rapidly changing, fluid and dynamic environment
• Highly collaborative, excellent interpersonal skills and able to work with diverse personality types
• Motivate and enable the Agile teams to be self-organized and make them feel like awesome team members