Job Details

Scrum Master II
Wilmington, DE (Hybrid 3 days onsite/2 days remote; required & no exceptions)
6+ month contract
Web Cam Interview

$65-$75/Hr on W2

NOTES FROM MANAGER / REQUIRED SKILLS & EXP.:

• Looking for Very Experienced Scrum Master. Prior experience in 1)Managing 2 Teams at a time, 2) Handling diverse agile maturity individuals, 3) working on any technologies, 4) Strong influential ability. For a brief period may have to work on early hours on some days.

• Provides servant-leadership and mentorship to multiple cross-functional agile teams through effective application of Agile principles and frameworks including Scrum, Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP).
• Strengthens understanding of effective practices, theories and techniques to support continuous improvement.
• Educates and coaches teams to create an environment that fosters self-organization, cross-functionality, collaboration, conflict resolution, transparency and continuous improvement.
• Visualizes, communicates and radiates team information to keep their work and impediments visible to stakeholders.

• Utilize a broad knowledge base of agile practices including user stories, retrospectives, story mapping, Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD), continuous integration, pairing, information radiators, etc., to help create high performing teams.
• Encourage a continuous improvement culture for individuals within the agile teams, constantly discovering better ways of working, through transparency, collaboration, and retrospectives.
• Curate team-level coaching content used to guide teams regarding agile practices.
• Facilitate meetings with the teams for purposes of idea generation, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, problem-solving and alignment.
• Help the teams gain transparency into their workflow through appropriate use of information radiators.
• Address blocking issues that are beyond the teams authority, or require support from other teams, so the teams remain focused on achieving their goals.
• Work with other Agile Leaders to increase the effectiveness of the application of Agile within the organization.
• Provide mentorship to less experienced Scrum Masters.
• Seek and host a variety of individual and team learning opportunities, such as communities of practice, conferences, meetups, reading and classroom training.
• Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
• Design, implement, maintain and enhance internal controls to mitigate risk on an ongoing basis. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
• Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
• Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

• While not having direct management responsibility, the position manages activities through influence, accountability and ownership, functioning in an agile environment.

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 4 years' experience as a member of an agile team, including a minimum of 2 years Scrum Master experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 8 years higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 4 years' experience as a member of an agile team, including a minimum of 2 years Scrum Master experience.

• Depth of knowledge in at least two technology team roles (project manager, user experience, business analyst, developer, testing, deployment).
• Prior experience fostering team self-organization and continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of Agile and Lean principles and practices.
• Experience developing/managing digital capabilities.
• Understanding of Design Thinking principles.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Prior experience leading through influence.

• First, you do not currently have an employer where you're required to work C2C only, & if given an offer, you can work as a W2 employee of our company, for the contract duration, correct (W2 only - there is NO option for C2C or 1099)?
• Second, you're not strictly targeting a remote job opp., & if hired, you have no issues relocating to Wilmington, DE at your own expense to be onsite from day 1 in a hybrid work model - 3 days onsite/2 days remote (mandatory, no exceptions), & you can relocate within 2 weeks' of offer acceptance, correct?
• Third, for a brief period may have to work on early hours on some days. Do you have any issues w/ this (required)?

• LinkedIn profile link?
• Yrs. of IT exp. overall?
• Yrs. of exp. as a Scrum Master?
• Yrs. of exp. managing 2 Teams at a time (required)?
• Yrs. of exp. handling diverse agile maturity individuals (required)?
• Yrs. of exp. working on any technologies (required)?
• Yrs. of exp. w/ strong influential ability (required)?
• Yrs. of exp. w/ Advanced Facilitation, Team Mentoring & Conflict Resolution (required) - please share yrs. of exp. for each listed )?
• Yrs. of exp. w/ Multi-Team Coordination & Delivery Focus (required)?
• Yrs. of exp. working specifically for banks and/or financial institutions (required)?
• Do you possess Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 4 years' experience as a member of an agile team, including a minimum of 2 years Scrum Master experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 8 years higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 4 years' experience as a member of an agile team, including a minimum of 2 years Scrum Master experience (required)?
• Do you possess exceptional communication skills (verbal/written)?