Position Overview:
The Senior Scrum Master leverages agile frameworks and practices to coach and drive teams towards delivering outcomes to our customers. This role not only facilitates agile events, but also ensures alignment to the department goals and standards. The position will collaborate with other Scrum Masters to lead the organization into the development of an Agile strategy. Doing this the Senior Scrum Master will collaborate with teams to deliver technology solutions to solve customer problems, while maintaining quality standards within time and budget constraints.
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead agile software projects from product conception to release.
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to understand product/project objectives and expected outcomes.
- Facilitate agile team events, such as stand-up, backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
- Assist in removing team impediments, and track and maintain agile metrics in information radiators.
- Coach team members and the organization on utilizing agile principles and frameworks, and effectively leverage best practices.
- Promote collaboration and transparency and communicate accurate and timely information to stakeholders.
- Help build a productive environment where team members are driven, accountable, and continuously improve.
Qualifications and Skills:
- 5+ years’ experience as a Scrum Master
- CSM or PMI-ACP highly preferred.
- Expert understanding of Agile principles and frameworks
- 3+ years’ experience implementing Agile practices.
- 3+ years’ experience leading web-based software projects and delivering new products.
- Experience working in a frequent release-cycle environment.
- Ability to work with teams to gather unrefined business requirements to formulate and deliver a solution in a timely manner.
- Ability to work with teams to break down large complex concepts into iterative deliverables.
- B.S. Degree in Information Systems or related field OR 7+ years of relevant experience in lieu of degree
This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. However, this job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.
About Us:
CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM) is the nation's number one distributed retail mortgage lender with more than 7,000 employees operating over 700 branches and servicing loans across all 50 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico. Our company has been recognized ten times on the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private businesses and has received many awards for our standout culture.
A culture where you can grow! CCM has created an exceptional culture driving employee engagement, exceeding employee expectations, and directly impacting company success. At our core, our entrepreneurial spirit empowers every employee to be who they are to help us move forward together. You’ll get unwavering support from all departments and total transparency from the top down.
CCM offers eligible employees a competitive compensation plan and a robust benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, as well as a 401K. We also offer company-provided short-term disability, an employee assistance program, and a wellness program.
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CrossCountry Mortgage supports equal employment opportunity in hiring, development and advancement for all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, ancestry, marital status, uniformed service, covered veteran status, citizenship status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, and lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, domestic violence victim status (where applicable), protected hair style or texture, genetic information (testing or characteristics), or any other protected status of an individual or because of the individual’s association with a member of a protected group or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law (“Protected Characteristics”). The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation. The Company is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture that welcomes diversity and inclusion.
CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC (NMLS3029) is an FHA Approved Lending Institution and is not acting on behalf of or at the direction of HUD/FHA or the Federal government. To verify licensing, please visit www.NMLSConsumerAccess.org.
