Scrum Master

JOB DESCRIPTION
As a Scrum Master, you'll act as a servant leader for your teams by facilitating clear communication to management and to the team. Our Scrum Masters are open, approachable, collaborative, and enjoy working with passionate people. They're proactive in solving problems to help their teams succeed. The Scrum Master drives Agile and Lean frameworks that result in quality product delivery and continuous improvement. They embrace agility as a practice. The Scrum Master is responsible for removing impediments that hinder the team from reaching their goals and has a flexible approach that enables the team to rapidly respond to changes.
Our culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, and problem solving is essential to our success. We bring people together with a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We support teamwork, thinking big, and taking risks in a blame-free environment. We promote self-direction to work on relevant projects, while building an environment that provides support and mentorship needed to learn and grow. We're excited to see what you'll bring to our team.
Responsibilities:
Works with the Product owner to align team with the product vision, sprint goals, and other necessary informationCreates an environment of collaboration within the teams that allows for open dialogue and productive solutions for resolving conflictsChampions continuous improvement activities to reduce waste and increase productivity; coaches teams to conduct continuous improvement eventsSeeks opportunities for improvement to the overall effectiveness of teams and the organizationCommunicates organizational impediments to leadership; clears impediments for the teamEmbraces the concept of continuous learning in your own journey and instills the same in the teams you coachThis role requires a wide variety of strengths and capabilities, including:
BS/BA degree or equivalent experienceStrong familiarity and adherence to core Agile values and principlesExperience as a practicing Scrum Master on a teamExposure to modern engineering practices like Unit Test-Driven Development, Acceptance Test-Driven Development, and Continuous IntegrationA mindset of servant leadershipAn Agile mindset: "An attitude that equates failure and problems with opportunities for learning, a belief that we can all improve over time, that our abilities are not fixed but evolve with effort." – Linda RisingExpert with Agile and Scrum framework and its application in Product Development and delivery organizationAbility to coach and mentorAbility to collaborate with and influence people at various levelsSound understanding of Scaling framework such as LeSSLeverage skills from coaching, facilitation, conflict resolution, and more to serve the team(s)ABOUT US
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.
ABOUT THE TEAM
The Corporate & Investment Bank is a global leader across investment banking, wholesale payments, markets and securities services. The world’s most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. We provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk and extend liquidity in markets around the world.