Scrum Master

Build a career that matches all your initiative with an impressive dose of innovation. From cutting-edge resources and a collaborative environment to the freedom to make an impact and more, you’ll find the ingredients you need at LPL Financial to shape your success while helping clients pursue their financial goals.

The AVP, Scrum Master is responsible for providing program management support to application development teams. This role supports the following:

• Demand & Delivery Management
• Quality Management
• Reporting
• Financial Management
• Benefits Management
• Governance of processes, standards, etc.

• Facilitates and drives the team through the agile ceremonies – foster a Lean-Agile leadership including (PI Planning at the team level, Iteration Planning, Standup, Retro, Inspect and Adapt Workshop, Iteration Review and Demo).
• Release Planning and Execution – Releases to production, being able to provide dates and the important artifacts. Work with Release Management and submit Change tickets for the team(s) to closure.
• Ensure agreement and transparency across team including up to the RTE.
• Ensure JIRA is accurate and updated as required per Iteration.
• Capacity vs Load – What is the teams available capacity (considering holidays, vacations, and etc.) vs how much customer demand. Hours versus hours
• Performs PI Planning prep & execution for the team.
• Ensures weekly, monthly and iteration reports are produced as required/requested for the team from the organization standards perspective.
• Progress of PI Objectives – Demonstrate how much work in progress and in backlog. Priority and dependencies.
• Commit to Complete Ratio (not all teams are at the level of maturity)
• Velocity – In an Agile environment, for a 2-week sprint, how much work was committed and how much work was completed. This is measured in points.
• Backlog Revisions (meet definition of ready?) and Health (this is a product metric that some Scrum Masters review to ensure they have work planned for future iterations)
• Arbitrate and resolve conflict within the team when necessary. Understand appropriate paths and methods for escalation
• Provide leadership to fellow project managers/scrum masters, create a positive team environment, and provide direction in ambiguous situations
• Be proactive and exercise initiative in identifying, tracking, and removing impediments to program success.
• Understand how individual projects affect the program & portfolio and exercise judgement in raising issues and risks to the program/portfolio level

We’re looking for strong collaborators who deliver exceptional client experiences and thrive in fast-paced, team- oriented environments. Our ideal candidates pursue greatness
, act with integrity
, and are driven to help our clients succeed
. We value those who embrace creativity, continuous improvement, and contribute to a culture where we win together and create and share joy in our work.

• 4+ years of experience managing the development team’s project and maintenance activities from initiation to production support.
• 4+ years of experience working collaboratively with Development teams, EA, QA, Release Management and Infrastructure teams to resolve technical requirements.
• 4+ years of experience providing regular written and verbal communication to various audiences throughout the lifecycle of the project.
• 4+ years experience and ability to manage Project and Software Development Life Cycle(s) using Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• 4+ years working knowledge of JIRA, Confluence or similar tools.

• 4 year college degree, preferably in Project Management, Computer Science, Information Systems, Communications or related technical field.
• Experience communicating and collaborating with various business units in regard to project and maintenance efforts.
• Comfortable exercising judgment and using analytical skills in ambiguous situations.
• Outstanding attention to detail combined with the ability to see the big picture.
• Clear, effective verbal and written communication skills including the ability to actively listen, problem solve, and communicate effectively with both technical and business…