Specialist, Scrum Leader

Ideal Candidate

Drive Change Enablement
Knowledge of Agile Methods
Ability to drive consensus and resolve conflicts across multiple parties.
Project Management within Development Life Cycle (DLC).
Knowledge of Story Point Estimation, User Story Writing, and Prioritization Techniques

Responsibilities

Manage and optimize the flow through the program
Facilitate PI Planning and readiness
Aggregate Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives
Assist with execution and completion tracking
Facilitate Agile Release Train (ART) Sync
Assist with economic decision-making
Escalate and track impediments
Ensure strategy and execution alignment
Help manage risks and dependencies and report status
Understand and operate within Agile Release Train budget
Provide input on resourcing.
Attend System and Solution Demos
Drive continuous improvement and continuous integration and Communities of Practice
Coach leaders, teams and Scrum Masters in Safe
Relevant Skills

Agile Program Management
Agile Tools and Methodologies
Change Management
Coaching
DevOps Practices
Facilitation
Lean Methodology
Lean User Experience
Mentoring
Risk Management
Teaching
Value Realization

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience in business management or related field is required.
Work experience in Project Management / Agile Project Management is a must
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. Scrum Master and / or Safe certifications are preferred.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.

The Scrum Leader is accountable for establishing and maintaining Scrum, facilitating understanding of Scrum theory and practice, both within the Scrum Team and the organization. The Scrum Leader serves the Scrum Team (Team) by: Causing removals of impediments to the Team's progress; Ensuring that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox; Helping Teams focus on creating high-value Increments that meet the Definition of Done. The Scrum Leader serves the Product Owner by: facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed and Providing techniques for effective product goal definition and backlog management. The Scrum Leader serves the Organization by: Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach for complex work.

Primary responsibilities include: Ensuring Scrum principles and practices are followed, Scrum team events occur, are productive and kept within timeboxes. Removing impediments identified by Teams. Tracking and resolving team dependencies. Ensuring Teams' effectiveness in using Scrum. Facilitating and guiding Teams to deliver expected outcomes with high quality. Helping Teams focus on creating increments of value for each iteration and achieving daily and Iteration goals in the context of current program objectives. Using Data driven approaches to help Teams eliminate waste, improve productivity and improve team performance. Facilitates Team level events and readiness. Helps Teams come up with Iteration Goals and PI objectives. Aggregate team objectives into Program Objectives. Fosters innovation and implementation of strategic solutions within regional/global, large programs. Helps in managing and optimizing the value delivery flow through the program/Business domain within a line of business. Ensures SDLC lifecycle, activities and artifacts are managed to completion, where applicable. May oversee and coach less experienced Scrum Leaders. Gets teams within programs to high performing levels by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques. Teaches problem solving techniques and helps the team become better problem-solvers for themselves. Helps the teams within a program improve and take responsibility for their actions; facilitates the problem-solving workshop Contributes to the achievement of related teams' objectives.

Relevant competencies: Agile Methodologies-Advanced / Business Process Improvement-Beginner / Cross Functional Team Leadership-Beginner / Kanban-Intermediate / Lean- Intermediate / Process Improvement-Intermediate / Scaled Frameworks-Intermediate / Scrum-Advanced / Servant Leadership- Advanced / Software Project Management-Beginner / Written and Oral Communication-Advanced

Modified based upon local regulations/requirements. Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required. 4-6 years of relevant experience in similar role. Previous technical experience is preferred. Experience in Scrum Master role for software development team for large initiatives. Knowledge of various Agile approaches: Scrum, SAFe, XP, Kanban, Spotify, etc. Awareness and experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games. Knowledge and experience in the use of tools such as: Jira, Confluence etc. Ability to learn new technology quickly, demonstrated by experience in an engineering environment. Ability to take ambiguous topics and translate into actionable plans working with multiple business, operational and technical stakeholders. Excellent communication and mentoring skills. Preferred to have Agile certifications including CSM, PSM, SAFe SSM. Talent for driving change. Ability to drive consensus and resolve conflicts across multiple parties. Strong problem-solving skills and knowledge of Agile methods, User Story writing, and prioritization techniques.

BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans. Our ambition is to build the best global team-one that is representative and inclusive of the diverse talent, clients and communities we work with and serve-and to empower our team to do their best work. We support wellbeing and a balanced life, and offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies and employee forums.

BNY Mellon assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The base salary for this position is expected to be between $64,000 and $165,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base salary if hired will be determined on an individualized basis, including as to experience and market location, and is only part of the BNYM total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, short and long-term incentive packages, and Company-sponsored benefit programs.
This position is at-will and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, change in geographic location, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Employer Description:

For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments and safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world's financial assets. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helping clients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. It's the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart. Make your mark: bnymellon.com/careers.

EEO Statement:

BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities/Females/Individuals With Disabilities/Protected Veterans. Our ambition is to build the best global team - one that is representative and inclusive of the diverse talent, clients and communities we work with and serve - and to empower our team to do their best work. We support wellbeing and a balanced life, and offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies and employee forums.