Job Description
Job Description
Overview
Are you ready to join a growing team?
CTG is seeking to fill a Scrum Master II opening for our client in Buffalo, NY.
Location: Buffalo, NY
Duration: 12 months
Overview:
Provides servant-leadership and mentorship to multiple cross-functional agile teams through effective application of Agile principles and frameworks including Scrum, Kanban, and Extreme Programming (XP). Strengthens understanding of effective practices, theories, and techniques to support continuous improvement. Educates and coaches teams to create an environment that fosters self-organization, cross-functionality, collaboration, conflict resolution, transparency, and continuous improvement. Visualizes, communicates, and radiates team information to keep their work and impediments visible to stakeholders.
Primary Responsibilities:
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Utilize a broad knowledge base of agile practices including user stories, retrospectives, story mapping, Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD), continuous integration, pairing, information radiators, etc., to help create high-performing teams.
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Encourage a continuous improvement culture for individuals within the agile teams, constantly discovering better ways of working through transparency, collaboration, and retrospectives.
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Curate team-level coaching content used to guide teams regarding agile practices.
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Facilitate meetings with the teams for purposes of idea generation, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, problem-solving, and alignment.
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Help the teams gain transparency into their workflow through appropriate use of information radiators.
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Address blocking issues that are beyond the teams' authority or require support from other teams so the teams remain focused on achieving their goals.
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Work with other Agile Leaders to increase the effectiveness of the application of Agile within the organization.
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Provide mentorship to less experienced Scrum Masters.
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Seek and host a variety of individual and team learning opportunities, such as communities of practice, conferences, meetups, reading, and classroom training.
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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.
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Design, implement, maintain, and enhance internal controls to mitigate risk on an ongoing basis. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
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Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
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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.
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Complete other related duties as assigned.
Scope of Responsibilities:
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Serves as a key facilitator in agile teams, ensuring adherence to Agile best practices and fostering an environment of continuous improvement.
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Collaborates with stakeholders at various levels to ensure successful delivery of projects.
Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities:
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While not having direct management responsibility, the position manages activities through influence, accountability, and ownership, functioning in an agile environment.
Education and Experience Required:
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Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years experience as a member of an agile team, including a minimum of 2 years Scrum Master experience.
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OR, in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 8 years higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 4 years experience as a member of an agile team, including a minimum of 2 years Scrum Master experience.
Education and Experience Preferred:
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Depth of knowledge in at least two technology team roles (project manager, user experience, business analyst, developer, testing, deployment).
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Prior experience fostering team self-organization and continuous improvement.
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Knowledge of Agile and Lean principles and practices.
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Experience developing/managing digital capabilities.
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Understanding of Design Thinking principles.
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Strong verbal and written communication skills.
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Prior experience leading through influence.
Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group are required.
CTG does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services for this role.
To Apply:
To be considered, please apply directly to this requisition using the link provided. For additional information, please contact Tana Stilloe at Tana.Stilloe@ctg.com. Kindly forward this to any other interested parties. Thank you!