Scrum Master II, Risk Technology
Charlotte, North Carolina;Jersey City, New Jersey
**Job Description:**
Responsible for optimizing the flow of stories and the value delivered by one or more Scrum teams. Coordinates and facilitates Scrum ceremonies, managing dependencies for the team, providing visibility into team delivery plans and progress, enabling continuous improvement within the team. Ensures the impediments are resolved quickly, the team follows their agreed-to processes, and that there is a good relationship between the Product Owner and the development team. Acts as an Agile Coach, promoting and coaching the Agile mindset and principles, empowering the team to become self-managing and fulfill their cross-functional potential. Guides and coaches one or more teams on Scrum practices, and develops their understanding of Agile principles. Facilitates Scrum ceremonies i.e. Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Demos/Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives. In a Scaled Agile model, facilitates scaled planning for the team - e.g. Pre Planning/ Preparation, PI Planning Events - and represents the team in Scrum of Scrums/ART Syncs. Helps the team define norms/agreements, like a Definition of Ready and Definition of Done, and enforces the agreements. Ensures the team has a healthy product and Sprint backlog (in collaboration with the PO). Facilitates dependency management/risk management/impediment removal for the team. Promotes/facilitates communication and collaboration within the Agile team to support value delivery and Sprint commitments. Provides visibility into the Agile teams delivery plans and progress against plan to stakeholders. Enables the team to become high performing through collaboration and a relentless focus on continuous improvement including cross-skilling across the team. Measures team delivery, maturity, and performance and reviews the metrics with the team to identify improvement opportunities. Mentors more junior Scrum Masters. Individual Contributor.
**Enterprise Risk & Finance Technology (ERFT) at Bank of America:**
Believes diversity makes us stronger so we can reflect, connect and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world.
Is committed to building a workplace where every employee is welcomed and given the support and resources to perform their jobs successfully.
Wants to be a great place for people to work and strives to create an environment where all employees have the opportunity to achieve their goals.
Provides continuous training and development opportunities to help employees achieve their career goals, whatever their background or experience.
Is committed to advancing our tools, technology, and ways of working to better serve our clients and their evolving business needs.
Believes in responsible growth and is dedicated to supporting our communities by connecting them to the lending, investing and giving them what they need to remain vibrant and vital.
**Who We Look For:**
Bank of Americas associates are innovators and problem-solvers. We look for creative collaborators who evolve, adapt to change and thrive in a fast-paced global environment. The Climate Risk team within Risk and Finance Technology consists of extremely talented project managers, who develop industry leading management platforms that provide solutions.
We are looking for looking for a talented and highly motivated project manager with distributed computing technologies experience or knowledge in Agile or Jira to help further develop an analytics platform. The right candidate will help deliver new analysis to the Risk Technology team under Enterprise Risk Testing Technology.
**Role Overview:**
Enterprise Independent Testing is a growing area across the Enterprise; our funding significantly increased 2021 to 2022. This position is required to enable management to meet the 2022 CFO Deliverables that include testing for the company.
**Job Responsibilities:**
Responsible for leading the Agile team and applying Scrum to achieve business value
Facilitate Scrum routines and corresponding with management as needed
Execute on Enterprise Change Management requirements
Work with the Agile team to remove impediments
Proficiency in using Jira for managing project deliverables
Manage governance routines that daily/ weekly routines, tollgates, program increment preparation, updating project repositories and required documentation.
Create, maintain and execute project plans
Integrate with project, technology and business partners to manage the projects and be proactive in gathering status updates from partners, while minimizing impact
Facilitate communication, influence and negotiate both vertically and horizontally to obtain agreement between partners
Establish and provide supporting documentation for governance routines
Establish status templates and weekly status update routines
**Required Skills:**
+ 5+ years experience in Agile; Project management experience
+ Knowledge of Agile methodology and framework (Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.)
+ Knowledge of software development lifecycle
+ Ability to lead and influence team in adopting the Agile principles
+ Ability to ensure the correct use of Scrum process
+ Ability to manage complex project(s) simultaneously in a fast-paced environment with strong attention to detail and accuracy
+ Ability to foster strong collaboration among team members and help team solve problems
+ Excellent communication and collaboration skills analytical and presentation skills; ability to synthesize complex data into actionable presentations / reports and communicate technical concepts to non-technical clients
+ Self-motivation, self-direction, organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities without sacrificing quality or timelines
+ Excellent communication, influencing and facilitation skills
+ High level of credibility with executives and business partners; demonstrated ability to influence, negotiate, and drive to results
+ Able to work independently with limited supervision
**Desired Skills:**
+ High level understanding of BAC Enterprise Change Standards
+ Scrum Master Certification is preferred Experience with Scrum master, Agile, Jira
**Job Band:**
H5
**Shift:**
1st shift (United States of America)
**Hours Per Week:**
40
**Weekly Schedule:**
**Referral Bonus Amount:**
0
**Job Description:**
Responsible for optimizing the flow of stories and the value delivered by one or more Scrum teams. Coordinates and facilitates Scrum ceremonies, managing dependencies for the team, providing visibility into team delivery plans and progress, enabling continuous improvement within the team. Ensures the impediments are resolved quickly, the team follows their agreed-to processes, and that there is a good relationship between the Product Owner and the development team. Acts as an Agile Coach, promoting and coaching the Agile mindset and principles, empowering the team to become self-managing and fulfill their cross-functional potential. Guides and coaches one or more teams on Scrum practices, and develops their understanding of Agile principles. Facilitates Scrum ceremonies i.e. Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Demos/Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives. In a Scaled Agile model, facilitates scaled planning for the team - e.g. Pre Planning/ Preparation, PI Planning Events - and represents the team in Scrum of Scrums/ART Syncs. Helps the team define norms/agreements, like a Definition of Ready and Definition of Done, and enforces the agreements. Ensures the team has a healthy product and Sprint backlog (in collaboration with the PO). Facilitates dependency management/risk management/impediment removal for the team. Promotes/facilitates communication and collaboration within the Agile team to support value delivery and Sprint commitments. Provides visibility into the Agile teams delivery plans and progress against plan to stakeholders. Enables the team to become high performing through collaboration and a relentless focus on continuous improvement including cross-skilling across the team. Measures team delivery, maturity, and performance and reviews the metrics with the team to identify improvement opportunities. Mentors more junior Scrum Masters. Individual Contributor.
**Enterprise Risk & Finance Technology (ERFT) at Bank of America:**
Believes diversity makes us stronger so we can reflect, connect and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world.
Is committed to building a workplace where every employee is welcomed and given the support and resources to perform their jobs successfully.
Wants to be a great place for people to work and strives to create an environment where all employees have the opportunity to achieve their goals.
Provides continuous training and development opportunities to help employees achieve their career goals, whatever their background or experience.
Is committed to advancing our tools, technology, and ways of working to better serve our clients and their evolving business needs.
Believes in responsible growth and is dedicated to supporting our communities by connecting them to the lending, investing and giving them what they need to remain vibrant and vital.
**Who We Look For:**
Bank of Americas associates are innovators and problem-solvers. We look for creative collaborators who evolve, adapt to change and thrive in a fast-paced global environment. The Climate Risk team within Risk and Finance Technology consists of extremely talented project managers, who develop industry leading management platforms that provide solutions.
We are looking for looking for a talented and highly motivated project manager with distributed computing technologies experience or knowledge in Agile or Jira to help further develop an analytics platform. The right candidate will help deliver new analysis to the Risk Technology team under Enterprise Risk Testing Technology.
**Role Overview:**
Enterprise Independent Testing is a growing area across the Enterprise; our funding significantly increased 2021 to 2022. This position is required to enable management to meet the 2022 CFO Deliverables that include testing for the company.
**Job Responsibilities:**
Responsible for leading the Agile team and applying Scrum to achieve business value
Facilitate Scrum routines and corresponding with management as needed
Execute on Enterprise Change Management requirements
Work with the Agile team to remove impediments
Proficiency in using Jira for managing project deliverables
Manage governance routines that daily/ weekly routines, tollgates, program increment preparation, updating project repositories and required documentation.
Create, maintain and execute project plans
Integrate with project, technology and business partners to manage the projects and be proactive in gathering status updates from partners, while minimizing impact
Facilitate communication, influence and negotiate both vertically and horizontally to obtain agreement between partners
Establish and provide supporting documentation for governance routines
Establish status templates and weekly status update routines
**Required Skills:**
+ 5+ years experience in Agile; Project management experience
+ Knowledge of Agile methodology and framework (Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.)
+ Knowledge of software development lifecycle
+ Ability to lead and influence team in adopting the Agile principles
+ Ability to ensure the correct use of Scrum process
+ Ability to manage complex project(s) simultaneously in a fast-paced environment with strong attention to detail and accuracy
+ Ability to foster strong collaboration among team members and help team solve problems
+ Excellent communication and collaboration skills analytical and presentation skills; ability to synthesize complex data into actionable presentations / reports and communicate technical concepts to non-technical clients
+ Self-motivation, self-direction, organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities without sacrificing quality or timelines
+ Excellent communication, influencing and facilitation skills
+ High level of credibility with executives and business partners; demonstrated ability to influence, negotiate, and drive to results
+ Able to work independently with limited supervision
**Desired Skills:**
+ High level understanding of BAC Enterprise Change Standards
+ Scrum Master Certification is preferred Experience with Scrum master, Agile, Jira
**Shift:**
1st shift (United States of America)
**Hours Per Week:**
40
Learn more about this role
Full time
JR-22059535
Band: H5
Manages People: No
Travel: No
Manager:
Talent Acquisition Contact:
Forrest Williams
Referral Bonus:
0
Jersey City pay and benefits information
**Jersey City pay range:**
$89,200 - $137,700
annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.
**Discretionary incentive eligible**
This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.
**Benefits**
This role is currently benefits eligible . We provide industry-leading benefits, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.
Bank of America and its affiliates consider for employment and hire qualified candidates without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our teammates.
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