Job DescriptionThe Impact You will have in this role:
The Delivery department supports the development and testing needs of multiple DTCC core business lines. The
Senior Associate Scrum Master will support cross-functional teams in applying Agile and Scrum practices to deliver high-quality technology solutions. This role partners closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, developers, testers, and other stakeholders to facilitate effective delivery, remove impediments, manage dependencies, and promote continuous improvement within the squad.
Your Primary Responsibilities:
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Support the squad in applying Scrum and Agile principles and continuously improving its ways of working.
- Partner with Product Owners, Business Analysts, developers, testers, and other stakeholders to maintain alignment on priorities, deliverables, and timelines.
- Create and maintain Jira boards and ensure accurate tracking of sprint commitments, deliverables, risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Monitor squad progress and provide clear updates on delivery status, metrics, risks, and impediments.
- Identify delivery blockers and work with the appropriate teams and stakeholders to resolve or escalate them.
- Support release and project planning activities, including timelines, dependencies, resource coordination, and delivery milestones.
- Coordinate activities across Development, Testing, UAT, and Production environments to support successful releases.
- Support adherence to financial industry regulations, data security standards, risk and control requirements, and internal governance processes.
- Participate in Scrum of Scrums and other cross-team forums to coordinate dependencies and maintain alignment across squads.
**NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **
Qualifications: - Minimum of 6 years of related experience, including experience working in Agile technology delivery environments.
- Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.
Talents Needed for Success: - Strong working knowledge of Agile frameworks and methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban; exposure to SAFe is beneficial.
- Scrum Master certification such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), PSM, PMI-ACP, or equivalent preferred.
- Experience supporting software application development, technology transformation, cloud migration, or similar technology initiatives.
- Hands-on experience with Jira and familiarity with project and delivery management tools.
- Ability to facilitate Agile ceremonies and work effectively with Product Owners and cross-functional technology teams.
- Ability to identify and communicate risks, dependencies, blockers, and delivery concerns.
- Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and competing priorities.
- Ability to coordinate resources and activities across multiple teams while keeping deliverables and timelines on track.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to track action items, risks, issues, and dependencies through resolution.
- Maintain project budgets and forecasts, track forecast versus actual spend, identify variances, and provide accurate financial reporting and updates to stakeholders.
- Monitor project financials and proactively communicate budget risks, forecast changes, and material variances.
- Strong communication, facilitation, organization, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Familiarity with financial services, technology risk, or risk and control practices is preferred.
The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations.
About the TeamServes as a dedicated technology resource for advancing DTCC's business opportunities and providing industry thought leadership for leveraging new technology. The goal of this new department is to partner internally with IT, our business and regulatory divisions and externally with clients, regulators, and fintech vendors, to help build new platforms and business models to advance DTCC's mission to support the financial markets.
