IT - SCRUM Master

job summary:

Role Summary

Manage Agile practices and overall delivery processes for multiple scrum teams creating solutions for Client Asset Management (SAM) and Client Center for Financial Research (SCFR) research teams. You will work with highly-skilled engineering teams and innovative internal clients building new products for our retail and institutional clients. Our teams maintain and evolve systematic processes that synthesize a broad variety of market, company, and text data sources to produce equity and fund ratings, thematic investing baskets, asset allocation datasets, educational chart content, and other products used by retail clients and SAM portfolio managers. One of our main focus areas at this time is centralizing our research data to make it more accessible across the research organizations and to enable more effective use of the data via advanced analytics and compute capabilities. This role will be central to these activities, driving the scrum process but also acting as an "unblocked".

location: Southlake, Texas

job type: Contract

salary: $51.25 - 56.25 per hour

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: Bachelors



responsibilities:

- Lead all scrum ceremonies for one or more teams building systematic research, data distribution, asset allocation, and charting capabilities

- Take responsibility for team effectiveness and maintain consistent focus on improving and sustaining delivery. We want our engineering delivery teams to be focused, productive, and happy without burning out, and we look to you to help create the right environment for our people can flourish and enable our business partners.

- Act as a liaison between our teams and other enterprise organizations, understanding and managing dependencies and risks to unblock delivery and ensure quality release and platform monitoring practices.

- Support our Scaled Agile Framework by representing one or more teams participating in the Investment Research Agile Release Train within the SAM portfolio.

Required Qualifications

- Three years of experience working in a role related to software delivery. This could include work as a software developer or QA engineer, project or product manager, devops or support engineer, or scrum master. We are looking for engagement with technology delivery, and the people and processes involved, not particular technical skillsets.

- Familiarity with Agile practices and - importantly - the principles which underly these practices

- Robust communication skills as well as emotional intelligence to be able to gain the trust of diverse staff members in various organizations and roles

- Must be a self-starter, motivated by working with others and biased toward action to overcome challenges and deliver quality software

qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications

- Detailed experience in a technical role related to software development

- Capability to make use of data in evaluating options and driving decision-making

- Experience, exposure, or interest in investment research processes and capabilities

- Experience operating within the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.