Scrum Master

What You Can Expect In This Role

Effectively coach and lead Agile teams in delivering high value products while emphasizing collaboration, team self-management, and ensuring flexibility to adapt to emerging business realities.

What You'll Do In This Role

• Works with the team by using a servant leadership style and through leading by example.
• Facilitates effective meetings and Scrum events which include Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, estimating work, Sprint Review / Demo, Sprint Retrospective, and Daily Scrum for one or more agile teams.
• Collaborates with Product Owner and Solution Architect to understand requests, capabilities, and delivery schedules.
• Identifies and resolves impediments that are inhibiting the Agile Team from meeting Sprint Goal and/or other commitments.
• Creates an environment conducive to team self-organization and collaboration.
• Partners with and educates the Product Owner, especially with respect to refining and maintaining the product backlog.
• Collaborates with the team to ensure the product/feature backlog is organized, clear, and up to date.
• Manages and keeps artifacts visible through visual management techniques and tools like websites, dashboards, and collaborative applications including but not limited to: burn-down, burn-up, team velocity, task-time estimates, and status.
• Sets and continually manages expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Facilitates the team’s estimation of what is needed to achieve goals.
• Identifies and resolves and/or escalates roadblocks, issues, and conflicts within the team in a timely fashion. Shields the team from interruptions.
• Coaches, mentors and motivates team members (internal and external) and influences them to take positive action and accountability for the team’s work.
• Matures team in Agile practices by identifying team improvement opportunities and educating on best practices in order to increase productivity, quality and team health.
• Helps employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical process control product development.
• Continue professional, technical, and business growth.
• Commitment to embrace Sammons Financial Group Companies shared values (Accountability, Connection, Openness, Respect and Integrity).
• As stated within the Company Attendance and Punctuality policy, regular attendance is required and expected in order to meet the business service levels and workflow demands.
• Participate in other initiatives and/or projects as necessary.
  
  

What We're Looking For

• College Degree Preferred
• 3-5 years' appropriate work experience (Agile experience) Preferred
• Financial Services industry experience Preferred
• Experience working in an Information Technology organization Preferred
• Proven experience with SDLC, waterfall and agile methodologies Preferred
• Attention to detail, highly organized with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong analytical skills, including problem solving and strategic thinking skills
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to interact well with a variety of styles and personalities
• Demonstrated ability to manage conflict resolution with demonstrated leadership courage
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure while maintaining focus and professionalism
• Demonstrated excellent leadership, communication, planning, decision-making and negotiation skills
• Demonstrated team player with strong collaboration skills including motivating and building trust among team, encouraging respect and optimizing collaboration
• Track record of continuous process improvement
• CSM, PSM, ACP Preferred
• CSPO, A-CSM Preferred
  
  

Other Requirements

• Criminal background check required.
  
  

What you can expect when you join Sammons Financial Group

• Comprehensive health coverage for you and your family, including Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA & FSA options, and term life insurance.
• Competitive compensation with a performance-based incentive program tied to clear goals and individual and/or company success.
• Invest in your future with our 100% company-funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), plus automatic enrollment in our 401(k).
• Work–life balance that means something. Friday afternoons off year-round, generous paid time off, and paid holidays.
• Commit to your growth with paid development time, tuition reimbursement, and professional development opportunities across industry, individual, and leadership programs.
• Make an impact beyond the workplace through volunteer time off, and our company nonprofit matching gift program, supporting the causes that matter most to you.
• An ownership culture that inspires; join a connected, values-driven workplace where employees take accountability, support one another, and are empowered to do their best work—together shaping our future shared success.
  
  

Salary Range Information

USD $76,158.00 - USD $158,663.00 /Yr. Range includes data points from multiple labor markets. Specific range is dependent on the labor market where the incumbent will be hired to perform the position. Starting salary is dependent on candidate qualifications and experience. For a narrower salary range specific to your labor market, please inquire.

Work Authorization/Sponsorship

At this time, we’re not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future or those needing work authorization for this role (This includes, but is not limited to students on F1-OPT, F1-CPT, J-1, etc.)