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Company: United Shore Financial Services LLC
Location: Pontiac, MI 48341

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United Shore is seeking a Scrum Master who knows how to work with teams of developers in a fast-paced, agile environment. We’re looking for someone who is passionate about Agile and constantly on the lookout for ways to improve existing conditions. If you’re a self-starter who’s not afraid to raise issues and drive change to remove barriers, we should talk.

]WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

  • Driving and leading sprint planning, daily stand-ups, demos, and retrospectives
  • Anticipating and aggressively removing obstacles that slow down or prevent work completion
  • Embracing, coaching, and evangelizing agile values and principles
  • Building team cohesion and fostering open and honest team communication
  • Collecting, reporting, and refining agile metrics to quantify and communicate team performance
  • Catalyzing continuous improvement of process through collaboration with team and organizational leaders to implement changes
  • Ensuring that teams are effectively executing against the highest value priorities
  • Providing “go to” leadership, transparency and visibility

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU:


Required:

  • Computer or business-related Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
  • Knowledge of Agile framework and methods (i.e. Scrum, Kanban)
  • Deep skills in estimation, story slicing, grooming and other Agile techniques
  • Solid experience leading Scrum events: spring planning, daily scrums, reviews / demos and retrospectives
  • Outstanding communication, facilitation, organization and coaching skills
  • Ability to productively converse with business stakeholders and developers alike
  • Self-motivated with a strong work ethic
  • Comfortable in a fast-moving environment
  • Ability to multitask and adapt
  • Positive attitude and willingness to learn
  • Onsite, full-time attendance


Preferred:

  • 5+ years of project, product, or technical leadership in a software development environment
  • 3 years’ experience as a dedicated Scrum Master and / or Agile Coach.
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or similar certification
  • Experience with Team Foundation Server (TFS)

THE PLACE & THE PERKS:[

United Shore is a rapidly growing, family-owned company that feels very much like family. Our team is a diverse group of mortgage experts, sales superstars, tech gurus, marketing whizzes and more. And our award-winning workplace just happens to be home to the #1 wholesale mortgage lender in the nation, United Wholesale Mortgage. We believe in setting our team members up for success by creating a unique, energetic culture where you can be yourself and still reach your professional goals.
Here are some of the reasons you’ll love working here:
  • Large, state-of-the-art fitness center with a full-size basketball court, outdoor sand volleyball court, plus Zumba and yoga classes
  • Wellness area, including an in-house primary-care physician’s office, full-time massage therapist and hair salon
  • Gourmet cafeteria featuring homemade breakfast and lunch, and a dedicated food truck
  • Free fruit, soft drinks and coffee
  • Convenience store featuring grab-and-go snacks
  • In-house Starbucks and indoor/outdoor café with Wi-Fi
  • Escape room designed for team-building activities
  • Indoor/outdoor putting greens

]DISCLAIMER:[All the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation and change. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. Team members may be required to perform other or different job-related duties as requested by their team lead, subject to reasonable accommodation. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise. Employment with United Shore is “at-will.” United Shore is an Equal Opportunity Employer.]