Scrum Master

Job Description
As a Scrum Master, you'll act as a servant leader for your team(s) by facilitating clear communication to management and to the team. Our Scrum Masters are open, approachable, collaborative, and enjoy working with passionate people. They're proactive in solving problems to help their team(s) succeed. The Scrum Master drives Agile and Lean frameworks that result in quality product delivery and continuous improvement. They embrace agility as a practice. The Scrum Master is responsible for removing impediments that hinder the team from reaching their goals and has a flexible approach that enables the team to rapidly respond to changes.
CEM (Currencies, Emerging Markets) Technology works very closely trading, middle office to provide technology solutions, and works in a continuous development environment. We currently have 9 product teams and you would be expected to work closely with 2-3 product teams as a full-time Scrum Master.
Our culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, and problem solving is essential to our success. We bring people together with a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We support teamwork, thinking big, and taking risks in a blame-free environment. We promote self-direction to work on relevant projects, while building an environment that provides support and mentorship needed to learn and grow. We're excited to see what you'll bring to our team.
Responsibilities:

• Works with the Product owner to align team with the product vision, sprint goals, and other necessary information
• Takes ownership of effectively managing team backlog
• Creates an environment of collaboration within the teams that allows for open dialogue and productive solutions for resolving conflicts
• Champions continuous improvement activities to reduce waste and increase productivity; coaches teams to conduct continuous improvement events
• Seeks opportunities for improvement to the overall effectiveness of teams and the organization
• Communicates organizational impediments to leadership; clears impediments for the team
• Embraces the concept of continuous learning in your own journey and instills the same in the team(s) you coach

Qualifications:

• BS/BA degree or equivalent experience
• Experience in the financial services industry and their IT systems preferred
• Strong familiarity and adherence to core Agile values and principles
• Experience as a practicing Scrum Master on a team.
• Experience working with global teams that have developers in different regions
• Familiarity with Continuous Delivery
• Exposure to modern engineering practices like Unit Test-Driven Development, Acceptance Test-Driven Development, and Continuous Integration
• A mindset of servant leadership
• Expert with Agile and Scrum framework and its application in Product Development and delivery organization
• Leverage skills from coaching, facilitation, conflict resolution, and more to serve the team(s)
• Expertise with Agile frameworks and their application in Product Development and delivery organization
• Ability to collaborate with and influence people at various levels

About Us
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
About the Team
Our Corporate & Investment Bank relies on innovators like you to build and maintain the technology that helps us safely service the world's important corporations, governments and institutions. You'll develop solutions that help the bank provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk, and extend liquidity in markets spanning over 100 countries around the world.