Senior Scrum Master

Category: Project Management

Main location: United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh

Position ID:J0526-1766

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Description:

This position is located at our client site five days a week in Pittsburgh, PA, Cleveland, OH, or Dallas, TX.

For this role on this particular client engagement, employer sponsorship of immigration related visa and/or green card status as part of the PERM process will not be available.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

. Leading software development teams in applying agile software development principles.
. Oversee the scrum team and all pre-requisites to scrum team - requirements, data model, design, implementation, QA, and validation of programming code and products
. Create project outlines and timelines and distribute responsibilities to team members
. Facilitate daily scrums, stand-ups, and meetings to monitor project progress and resolve any issues the team may be experiencing
. Shape team behavior through excellent management via the agile method
. Perform reviews on software development team members
. Remove project obstacles, develop solutions with team
. Ensure milestones are reached and deadlines are met throughout project lifecycle
. Build strong relationships with stakeholders, application users, and program owners
. Document progress and communicate to upper management and stakeholders
. Take responsibility for successful product delivery

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

. Bachelor's degree plus 6 years of relevant experience required.
. Experience in Banking Domain is a MUST
. Certified Scrum Master/Scrum Practitioner with minimum 6+ years of experience in a scrum master role.
. Detailed knowledge of and experience with team-level Agile frameworks (including Scrum, Kanban)
. Experience facilitating the Agile Team ceremonies
. Ability to act as a Scrum Master to more than one team
. Experience with metrics
. Ability to lead the Scrum Master Community of Practice
. Experience with tools like JIRA, Confluence.
. Very effective facilitation skills and experience
. Effective oral and written communication skills
. Experience in creating information radiators that show progress of stories, features, and releases to stakeholders.
. Ability to communicate with/and work in partnership with software developers.
. Ability to communicate with subject matter experts in the domain of the product
. Ability to collect and distribute status to all levels of the organization

Other Information:
CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit-based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $89,600.00 - $156,700.00.
CGI's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:
. Competitive compensation
. Comprehensive insurance options
. Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
. Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
. Paid parental leave
.Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
. Wellness and Well-being programs
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Skills:

• Agile
• Communications Management
• Kanban
• SAFe
• Scrum Master