Scrum Master - Career

Equifax is where you can power your possible. If you want to achieve your true potential, chart new paths, develop new skills, collaborate with bright minds, and make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you.

Manage multiple teams of size 8-10 each whcih include teams working on Scrum and kanban. Ensure the team is aligned to the project plans and timelines and delivery is met.

What You’ll Do

• Responsible for running 2-3 Scrum teams made up of 7-9 members each which includes software developers, QA engineers, and a product
  
  

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• Facilitate the creation of the Team Agreement, Definition of Ready and Definition of Done.
• Run Scrum of Scrums between teams within the organization.
• Establishes backlog refinement and sprint planning (as needed) to ensure that the right capabilities are developed.
• Partners with product owners, product managers and senior leaders to ensure that business objectives are understood in the features and user stories, epics and roadmap to be developed
• Facilitate sprint planning, release planning, daily stand-ups, stakeholder demos, and sprint retrospectives.
• Remove impediments/blockers in order to keep teams highly productive.
• Identify and manage dependencies with other internal or external teams.
• Provide metrics and team health status to senior management.
• Mentor on and ensure team members incorporate Agile/Scrum/Kanban best practices.
• Identifies, tracks, reports and facilitates the resolution of issues and risks.
• Implements and understands change practices, DevOps practices and processes.
• Create and track metrics of team progress, productivity and use the metrics to help the team get better. (i.e. velocity, volatility, predictability and cycle time).
• Provide support to the team using servant leadership and leading by example.
• In depth experience of Jira in creating dashboards, filters, reports, etc.
• Build a trusting and safe environment for the teams to express themselves freely, collaborate and experiment.
• Train team on Agile principles and practices.
  
  

What Experience You Need

• 5-7 years IT industry experience in a technical team leadership role with demonstrated understanding of Agile SAFe SDLC and end to end software delivery
• Scrum certification
• Experience in handling multiple teams
• Capable of training team on Agile principles and practices.
• Cloud Certification Strongly Preferred
  
  

What Could Set You Apart

• Self motivated and ready to take up challenges
• People management skills that helps to keep your team together
  
  

We offer a hybrid work setting, comprehensive compensation and healthcare packages, attractive paid time off, and organizational growth potential through our online learning platform with guided career tracks.

Are you ready to power your possible? Apply today, and get started on a path toward an exciting new career at Equifax, where you can make a difference!

Who is Equifax?

At Equifax, we believe knowledge drives progress. As a global data, analytics and technology company, we play an essential role in the global economy by helping employers, employees, financial institutions and government agencies make critical decisions with greater confidence.

We work to help create seamless and positive experiences during life’s pivotal moments: applying for jobs or a mortgage, financing an education or buying a car. Our impact is real and to accomplish our goals we focus on nurturing our people for career advancement and their learning and development, supporting our next generation of leaders, maintaining an inclusive and diverse work environment, and regularly engaging and recognizing our employees. Regardless of location or role, the individual and collective work of our employees makes a difference and we are looking for talented team players to join us as we help people live their financial best.

Equifax is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.