Senior Lead Analyst - Scrum Master (Scrum Master, Agile)

Position Type

Full time

Type Of Hire

Experienced (relevant combo of work and education)

Education Desired

Bachelor of Computer Engineering

Travel Percentage

0%

Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun.

About The Team

FIS Securities processing suite consists of integration of various FIS products to provide complete 360 solution to our clients in Securities processing domain. FIS helps to mitigate the burden of front-middle-back-office technology requirements and allowing our client to focus on revenue generating initiatives.

In this securities processing suite of products, our team work on enhancing and maintaining WealthStation portal. WealthStation Portal provides investment professionals with the ability to trade on behalf of their clients, review Balances, Positions, Activity, Order Status and supports connectivity to all major vendor back offices.

About The Role

Entry level professional individual contributor role. Generally, performs tasks with multiple Scrum teams. Consults with senior peers on non-complex teams to learn through experience. Mentors/coaches the team they are on.

What You Will Be Doing

• Serve as the Project Scrum team facilitator
• Leverages Agile principles to ensure adherence to the theory, practices, and rules of Scrum
• Supports Product Owners in structuring and organizing backlog by utilizing collaborative techniques and communication strategies for efficient backlog management
• Promotes self-organizing, cross-functional techniques to build high performing teams; that delivery high-quality products
• Supports Scrum teams by removing impediments to protect sprint goals
• Facilitates Scrum ceremonies as requested or needed, maintains time-box ceremonies
• Practices the core agile principles in collaboration, prioritization, accountability
• Promotes continuous improvement throughout the product cycle
• Facilitates sprint demos, planning and retrospectives
• Provides status reporting on key performance indicators (KPIs), schedules, resources and milestone delivery
• Manage each project’s scope and timeline
• Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings and daily stand-ups
• Coach team members in Agile frameworks
• Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration
• Be the point of contact for external communications (e.g. from customers or stakeholders)
• Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests
• Resolve conflicts and remove obstacles that occur
• Help teams implement changes effectively
• Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint
• Guide development teams to higher scrum maturity
• Help build a productive environment where team members ‘own’ the product and enjoy working on it
  
  

What You Will Need

• Total 7-10 years of experience, 4+ years of relevant experience in Scrum Master Role
• Familiarity with software development and SDLC cycle
• Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)
• Good knowledge of other Agile frameworks like Kanban, XP, and scaling agile frameworks like SAFe, Spotify, etc
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
• Outstanding organizational skills
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Business or similar field
• Scrum master certification is a plus
• Helping software development teams apply the Scrum framework
• Planning deliverables and helping teams monitor performance
  
  

What We Offer You

• A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities
• A broad range of professional education and personal development possibilities – FIS is your final career step!
• A competitive salary and benefits
• A variety of career development tools, resources and opportunities
  
  

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Sourcing Model

Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

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