Scrum Master

About Patelco Credit Union

Patelco Credit Union is a not-for-profit credit union with a purpose to build financial health and wellbeing for our members. Since 1936, Patelco has grown from $500 in assets to over $9 billion in assets and is the 7th largest credit union in California with branches throughout Northern California.

We are here for our members throughout all their stages of life. Meeting them with the products and services to help them plan purposefully for their futures and to secure our life-long partnership as their trusted financial advocate. As one team, we are all committed to delivering service, empowering financial literacy, creating products, and providing new technology for our members.

We believe that work should be rewarding, challenging, and enjoyable. We're dedicated to creating a positive and supportive culture where our team members can thrive. If you're looking to use your skills and knowledge to make a difference in our members' lives, Patelco could be the perfect fit for you.

Overview

As part of the Technology team, the Scrum Master plays a key role in the successful delivery of our enterprise portfolio roadmap. This role is the primary interface between the Product Manager/Product Owner roles and Technology teams, responsible for health of the Scrum Team and coaching best Agile Practices. This is a high-profile role will bring repeatable best Agile practices to Patelco to ensure delivery of high-quality financial solutions.

Responsibilities

**This role is located in Dublin, CA**

Guides and coaches the Scrum Team on how to use Agile practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services to our members.

Gets team to a high performing level by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques.

Responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines.

Coaches the Scrum team in self-organization, cross-functional skillset, domain knowledge and communicates effectively, both internally and externally working within the Scrum team.

Works with Scrum Team, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making and support organizational project or product teams.

Resolves team impediments with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.

Works with Agile coaches and other Scrum Masters to grow within the role.

Contributes to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization.

Facilitates and supports all scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.

Other duties as assigned Functional Competencies

Strong Project Management and Agile values and principles

Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills

Knowledge of agile frameworks or methods (i.e. Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, LESS, DAD, SAS)

Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques and metrics

Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams

Knowledge and use of Agile Life Cycle management tools (i.e. Rally, AgileCraft, Target Process, Jira) Qualifications

5+ years Scrum Master preferably in a financial services company with proven history

Strong Agile Mindset with an understanding of Scrum and Agile Methodology (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, LESS, DAD, SAS), Ceremonies, Metrics and Best Practices

Demonstrated knowledge of product feature lifecycle from concept through delivery

Experience working cross-functionally with business teams in complex projects

Bachelor's degree preferred Physical Activities/Requirements

This position is located primarily from the Dublin, CA HQ office Target Base Pay

$88,488 - $110,607 / year

Compensation at Patelco

Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Patelco Credit Union considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer. We offer a competitive total rewards package including a wide range of medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits.

We Offer

Physical Health:

Exceptional Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance benefits

Onsite fitness center at HQ and rewards for completing wellness related activities Financial Health:

Competitive compensation packages with bonus opportunity

401(k) with 3% Safe Harbor and 5% employer match

Discounts on loan products

Tuition reimbursement Emotional Health:

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

PTO for part-time and full-time positions

Paid holidays

Calm & Wellness app Personal Development:

On-the-job training and skills development

Internal transfer opportunities for career growth

Volunteer work

Flexible work arrangements available for specific positions

Patelco Credit Union is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans

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