Agile Scrum Master

Fidelity TalentSource is your destination for discovering your next temporary role at Fidelity Investments. We are currently sourcing for a Agile Scrum Master to work in Westlake, TX!

The Role

As a Scrum Master you blend deep scrum expertise with a passion for mentoring and coaching, and constant improvement. As part of a highly collaborative squad you will advise, mentor, coach and train on performance against agile values, practices and processes to accelerate squad value delivery. In partnership with the squad leader you will maintain a backlog, help to remove impediments and facilitate agile ceremonies such as the daily stand up, sprint planning, backlog refinement and retrospectives. You will have responsibility for release management coordination and participate in scaling ceremonies and activities as you manage interdependencies across squads and groups. You will examine and drive team performance through metrics and find opportunities for the squad to fully realize the benefits of working in an agile structure.

The Team

You will support one to two cross-functional squads within Enterprise Technology engaging the squad leader, other scrum masters, and squad members aligned to the squad(s). You will reinforce and embed an agile approach and principles into the day-to-day work. By demonstrating and promoting Fidelity and agile leadership behaviors, you will evolve and sustain an innovative agile culture.

The Expertise You Have

• Bachelor’s degree or undergraduate degree preferred
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) required
• Jira experience
• Three to five year’s experience as a Scrum Master.
• Understanding and experience working with Scrum and Kanban teams.

The Skills You Bring

• You possess excellent communication and social skills and can rapidly build trust and positively influence others at all levels of the organization
• Proven change agent capable of coaching agile practices to teams and individuals from across different functions, experiences, and geographies as they work through new and unfamiliar situations
• You are an effective facilitator and can brainstorm with the team to generate solutions that address challenges and roadblocks to accelerating value delivery
• An intellectual curiosity and passion for learning new skills and modeling a culture of continuous learning, mentoring and coaching
• JIRA align experience preferred

The Value You Deliver

• Working collaboratively with squad and chapter leaders to enable delivery of the squad's mission through well-executed sprints
• Accelerating overall squad performance, efficiency and value delivered and find opportunities to improve agile maturity and metrics, and providing coaching, training, and resources
• Maintaining and updating squad performance metrics (e.g., burn-down charts) and artifacts to ensure accurate and clear feedback to the squad members and transparency to other partners
• Managing, coordinating logistics for and participating in agile ceremonies (e.g., backlog prioritization, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives and as appropriate, scrum of scrum masters)
• Supporting adoption, and consistent use of enabling tools (e.g., Jira, Mural, MS Teams)

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate associates with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of their job.

For roles based in the US : Visit myHR and search for “accommodation” to review Fidelity’s Reasonable Accommodation for Disabilities Policy. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Leave of Absence/Accommodation Team by completing the Accommodation Request Form on myHR, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 2.

For roles based in Ireland: Contact AccommodationsIreland@fmr.com

For roles based in Germany: Contact accommodationsgermany@fmr.com

Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles. Some roles may have unique onsite requirements. Please consult with your recruiter for the specific expectations for this position.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

Company Overview

At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want! We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com. Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process.

Fidelity TalentSource, is the in-house temporary staffing provider for Fidelity Investments. Unlike traditional staffing agencies, we are an internal business unit within Fidelity’s Talent Acquisition team, dedicated to recruiting talent from various backgrounds for roles in Fidelity’s regional and investor center locations. Our mission is to help you experience Fidelity’s diverse and inclusive workplace while expanding your skill set and professional network, with the ultimate goal of conversion to full-time employment as part of Fidelity’s long-term strategy.

For information about working at Fidelity TalentSource, visit FTSJobs.com.

Fidelity TalentSource will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments in order to complete the application or interview process. Please email us at HR@ftsjobs.com if you would like to request an accommodation.