Apex Systems is recruiting a Scrum Lead to join our client's Compliance Technology team. Responsibilities:
- Removing impediments for the team with tenacity and urgency
- Facilitating Scrum events and ensure necessary preparation work is completed in advance to create efficient, engaging, and productive events
- Supporting and educate the Product Owner, especially with respect to refining and maintaining the product backlog
- Monitoring team activity and progress against sprint goals
- Managing artifacts in development tools
- Leading retrospectives, capture minutes/actions and circulate
- Capturing sprint metrics for monitoring team performance
- Attending project update meetings, milestone review meetings, and process improvement meetings
- Coordinating with other Scrum teams and other cross-functional groups
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Software/ Information Technology or similar technical field
- Certified Scrum Master (preferred)
- 5+ year of experience as a Scrum Master for a software development team that followed Scrum principles, practices, and theory
- 3+ years of professional experience working in a software development organization
- Strong skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
- Knowledge of other Agile approaches/techniques: XP, Kanban, SAFe, TDD/BDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Agile Games
Required Skills : Scrum Master, AML, KYC, Fraud Technologies, Financial Crime Experience, CFCS (Certified Financial Crime Specialist) Background Check :Yes Drug Screen :Yes Notes : Selling points for candidate : Project Verification Info : Candidate must be your W2 Employee :Yes Exclusive to Apex :No Face to face interview required :Yes Candidate must be local :Yes Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship :Yes Interview times set :Yes Type of project :Project Management Office Master Job Title :Program Manager Branch Code :Pittsburgh