Scrum Master I

CoBank is a cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America, and they are seeking a Scrum Master I to support multiple scrum teams and ensure the successful execution of sprint goals. The role involves facilitating agile processes, encouraging team engagement, and monitoring team progress to drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Assists with Agile process questions, clearing blockers, reinforcing transparency, and encouraging self-organization
• Facilitate the identification of relevant metrics and define the measurement system
• Cultivates an Agile mindset in problem solving and applying system thinking to uncover bottlenecks
• Encourages engagement between teams and stakeholders
• Ensures that the project risks raised are escalated and highlighted appropriately
• Empowers managers to partner with business stakeholders and make more strategic decisions
• Ensures the team understands agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions
• Scheduling and facilitating scrum events, meetings, and decision-making processes
• Monitors scrum team progress and performance to encourage team improvements
• Assisting the Product Owner with preparing and presenting status reports to stakeholders
• Provides input into Agile governing policies in view of the organization's principles to support Agile-based approaches
• Maintains Platform-wide awareness and focus to assist with resource allocation and ensuring collaboration
• Facilitating Scrum of Scrums in addition to facilitating their own individual scrum teams
• Represents platform in organization-wide scrum of scrums and can present platform concepts to other project teams
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned

Skills

• High school diploma or GED required
• Prior Experience in Banking, Financial or other highly regulated industry, required
• Good people skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Good facilitation skills
• Good communication skills
• Good interpersonal and leadership skills
• Good conflict management skills
• Good organizational and time management skills
• Novice experience with modern software engineering techniques such as Continuous Integration, build, deliver, test-driven development and other automated acceptance testing techniques
• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• Prior Experience serving as Scrum Master, preferred

Benefits

• Time-Off Packages, boasting over 15 days of vacation, 10 paid sick days and 11 paid holidays
• Competitive Compensation & Incentive
• Hybrid work model: flexible arrangements for most positions
• Benefits Packages, including Medical, Dental and Vision coverage, Disability, AD&D, and Life Insurance
• Robust associate training and development with CoBank University
• Tuition reimbursement for higher education up to $10,000 per year
• Outstanding 401k: up to 6% matching and additional 3% non-elective contribution
• Community Impact: United Way Angel Day, Volunteer Day and Associate Directed Contribution
• Associate Resource Groups: creating a culture of diversity and inclusion
• Recognize a fellow associate through our GEM awards

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