Job Description:

SCRUM MASTER – National Charitable Services Donor Solutions

The Role

As a Scrum Master with Fidelity Charitable you blend deep scrum expertise with a passion for mentoring and coaching, and constant improvement. As part of a highly collaborative squad in the Donor Solutions Area you will advise, mentor, coach and train on performance against agile values, practices and processes to accelerate squad value delivery. In partnership with the squad leader you will maintain a backlog, help to remove impediments and facilitate agile ceremonies such as the daily scrum meeting, sprint planning, backlog refinement and retrospectives. You will have responsibility for release management coordination and participate in scaling ceremonies and activities as you manage interdependencies across squads and product areas. You will examine and drive team performance through metrics and find opportunities for the squad to fully realize the benefits of working in an agile structure.

Working collaboratively with squad and chapter leaders to enable delivery of the squad's mission through well-executed sprints Accelerating overall squad performance, efficiency and value delivered by engaging within and across squads to find opportunities to improve agile maturity and metrics, and providing coaching, training and resources Maintaining and updating squad performance metrics (e.g., burn-down charts) and artifacts to ensure accurate and clear feedback to the squad members and transparency to other partners Managing, coordinating logistics for and participating in agile events (e.g., backlog prioritization, sprint planning, daily meetings, retrospectives and as appropriate, scrum of scrum masters) Supporting adoption, and consistent use of enabling tools (e.g., Jira, Mural, MS Teams) Support the scrum master chapter lead in training new scrum masters

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent, and at least 5 years of experience Jira/Jira Align experience Experience working as a scrum team member Financial services experience preferred You possess excellent communication and people-interaction skills and can rapidly build trust and positively influence others at all levels of the organization You demonstrate a continuous improvement approach You are a proven change agent capable of coaching agile practices to teams and individuals from across different functions, experiences and geographies as they work through new and unfamiliar situations You are an effective facilitator and can brainstorm with the team to generate solutions that address challenges and roadblocks to accelerating value delivery You are intellectually curious and passionate about learning new skills, and model a culture of continuous learning, mentoring and coaching

The Team

Fidelity Charitable® (www.fidelitycharitable.org) is an independent public charity with a mission to further the American tradition of philanthropy by offering solutions that make charitable giving simple and effective.

You will support one or more cross-functional squads, engaging with all team members and the Squad Leader to reinforce and embed an agile approach and principles into the day-to-day work. By demonstrating and promoting Fidelity and agile leadership behaviors, you will evolve and sustain an innovative agile culture.

Company Overview

At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want!  We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com.  Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process. Please email us at accommodations@fmr.com or call 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 2 if you would like to request an accommodation.

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