Scrum Master I

Company: M&T Bank
Location: Wilmington, DE

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At M&T Tech , we’re a team of makers, doers, and builders, working to create the most advanced technology solutions in banking. We’re not your stereotypical suit and tie bankers: we’re an innovative team of leading tech experts, pushing boundaries, and taking risks. We’re building an agile team of the most skilled and creative workers to solve complex problems, architect solutions, write high-performance software, and chart our new path, all to make the lives of our customers, and the communities that we serve, better. Join us and be part of something new as we build tomorrow’s bank, today.

Wilmington Trust Wealth Management Technology supports the technology related to the client lifecycle of M+T’s Wealth Management business: From Prospect Management over Planning to Private Banking, Trust and Investment Management; then to Client Onboarding and Service Provisioning and finally Compliance and Risk Management. The technology stack addresses the data needs of the Wealth Management business, a significant investment in a SOA middleware and a Web and Mobile based UI infrastructure. The team maintains both – inhouse written applications and vendor provided functionality.

Overview:

Ensures Scrum practices, theories and techniques are understood, enacted, and followed. Guides and empowers delivery teams to self-organize, within constraints of Scrum and project goals. Facilitates building working agreements with others. Shields the team from unnecessary interruptions to enable them to focus on most valuable work. Ensures the delivery team keeps their work and impediments to work visible. Ensures the organization works to remove impediments, or accepts the current rate of progress.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Serve as Scrum Master for one team, under the direction of more senior personnel, establishing familiarity with scope and project objectives, helping to establish clear roles and responsibilities for project team members
  • Facilitate meetings with team for purposes of idea generation, planning, retrospecting, problem-solving and alignment.
  • Work with the product owner and facilitate development of product backlog.
  • Work in conjunction with the Project Manager to ensure project management needs are met or impediments, issues and/or risks are resolved or escalated.
  • Communicate project status to the team and product owner to ensure common understanding, set expectations and align stakeholders and project team members.
  • Measure project performance utilizing appropriate tools and techniques to monitor progress; identify and quantify variances, complete required corrective actions and communicate to stakeholders.
  • Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
  • Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
  • Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
  • Complete other related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience Required:

Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years’ proven general management, project analysis or project management experience, including a minimum of 1 year’s project management experience OR in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 6 years’ higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 2 years’ proven general management, project analysis or project management experience, including a minimum of 1 years’ project management experience

Proficiency with personal computers as well as pertinent software packages

Knowledge of project management methodology

Good verbal and written communication skills

Good problem-solving skills

Experience working individually as well as a member of a team

Results-driven

Self-motivated

Good interpersonal skills necessary for business partner relationships within and outside the organization

Knowledge of agile practices and principles

Proven organizational skills

Education and Experience Preferred:

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification active and in good standing

Prior work experience in the financial services or related industry

About M&T

M&T Bank is a Top 20 US bank holding company and one of the best performing and financial stable regional banks in the country, we offer our technology employees a wide range of performance-based career development opportunities. We have a strong commitment to our customers and the communities we serve, and we continue to grow with a focus on the future. So, when looking to advance your career, look to M&T. Grow with us.

Location

Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America