Associate Principal, IT Governance: Scrum / Agile
Company: Options Clearing Corporation
Location: Chicago
Posted on: May 4, 2024
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Job Description:
What You'll Do:This role is accountable for driving the Agile
transformation across the enterprise through sustained coaching
models and various learning approaches. This role requres advanced
experience in Agile frameworks with practical experience in an
Agile role at either the program or team levels with demonstrated
ability to adopt Agile principles, mindset, practices and
methodologies. This role will drive the team to teach, mentor, and
advise teams, product owners, business stakeholders on agile
practices and design strategies for delivery teams to improve and
mature their use of Agile principles and practices.Primary Duties
and Responsibilities:To perform this job successfully, an
individual must be able to perform each primary duty
satisfactorily.Drive efforts to guide and coach delivery teams to
self-organize and achieve objectives, without assigning or
dictating the workContribute to the building of Agile
teams/squadsProvide support to the Product Owner and Delivery Team,
and lead by exampleParticipate in and lead discussion, decision
making, and conflict resolutionContribute to a trusting and safe
environment where problems can be raised and resolvedContinually
improve Scrum Master skills through education and engaging with
fellow Scrum MastersWork with Product Owner and Team to plan and
execute project implementationsSupport the identification and
mitigation of project risksParticipate in and lead regular
assessments of a team Agile Maturity and uses the results to guide
them to improved performanceWork with Product Owner and Delivery
Team to facilitate effective sprints by removing impediments and
ensuring that stories are 'sprint ready'Drive internal and external
communication, improving transparency, and information
radiationSupport the Product Owner, especially with respect to
story grooming and maintaining the product backlogProactively
identify and mitigate risks using Agile best practices and project
dataDrive daily stand-ups, facilitate story grooming, coordinate
sprint demos, planning and retrospectivesSupervisory
ResponsibilitiesNoneQualifications:The requirements listed are
representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the primary functions.[Required]
Understands Agile values and principles and can guide and coach
teams, and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum
practices[Required] Experience with agile transformations, building
Agile teams and implementing Agile from scratch[Required]
Experience being on multiple Scrum teams in a variety of different
contexts (diverse team sizes, organizations, cultures, co-located
vs. distributed, etc.)[Required] Experience with Scaled Agile
(SAFe) / Scrum of Scrums or equivalent[Required] Track record of
continued and recent education in Scrum, including training,
conferences, user groups, self-study, etc.[Required] Knowledge of
other approaches discussed in the Agile space: XP, Kanban, Crystal,
FDD, etc.[Required] Knowledge and/or experience with widely
successful Agile techniques: ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration,
Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile
Games[Required] The proven ability to be self-motivated and a
self-starter[Required] Ability to work under minimal
supervision[Required] Demonstrated experience and success with
organizational process design and implementation[Required] Strong
background in ITIL and Agile methodologies[Required] Exceptional
written and verbal communication skills[Required] Strong customer
service mindset[Required] Proven experience in project and program
management[Required] Assist with response to regulatory audits
regarding process flows[Required] Understands backlog tracking,
Scrum and Kanban based metrics, task definition, story
splitting[Required] Experience in sprint & release planning,
running demos and retrospectives[Required] Demonstrate sound
judgment and strong reasoning skills as well as good analytical and
problem-solving abilities[Required] Ability to review large amounts
of data and analyze and spot trends and provide analysis and
insights[Required] Experience consolidating data from multiple data
sourcesTechnical Skills & Background[Required] Experience with
Agile PLM tools like JIRA, Portfolio for JIRA, Rally, VersionOne,
etc.[Required] Proven ability to work with toolsets including, but
not limited to Jira, MS Project, Microsoft Excel and
PowerPoint[Required] Basic understanding of IT infrastructure and
IT systems design[Required] Familiarity within a ticketing system
such as ServiceNowCertificates or Licenses:[Preferred] Scrum Master
Certified preferred[Preferred] ITIL Foundations certification
preferred[Preferred] PMP certified preferredEducation &
Training[Required] Bachelors degree in Information Technology or 7+
years equivalent work experience[Preferred] Strong knowledge of
Agile/Scrum principles and practices[Required] Experience as a
Scrum Master for a minimum of 3 years for a software development
team that was applying Agile/Scrum principles and
practices[Required] 3+ years of experience with JIRA[Required]
Ability to anticipate issues based on experience to help the team
avoid or resolve the issuesWho We AreThe Options Clearing
Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives
clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to
promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and
settlement services for options, futures and securities lending
transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility
(SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading
Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides
central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19
exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is
available at www.theocc.com.What We OfferA highly collaborative and
supportive environment developed to encourage work-life balance and
employee wellness. Some of these components include:A hybrid work
environment, up to 2 days per week of remote workTuition
Reimbursement to support your continued educationStudent Loan
Repayment AssistanceTechnology Stipend allowing you to use the
device of your choice to connect to our network while working
remotelyGenerous PTO and Parental leaveCompetitive health benefits
including medical, dental and visionStep 1When you find a position
you're interested in, click the 'Apply' button. Please complete the
application and attach your resume.Step 2You will receive an email
notification to confirm that we've received your application.Step
3If you are called in for an interview, a representative from OCC
will contact you to set up a date, time, and location.For more
information about OCC, please click here.OCC is an Equal
Opportunity Employerby Jobble
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