[Remote] Scrum Master III - REMOTE

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Primax, a Velera Company, is looking for a Scrum Master III to lead Agile teams and drive continuous improvement. The role involves coaching teams on Agile practices, facilitating events, and ensuring effective team dynamics and maturity. Responsibilities • Act as a true leader and facilitator of Agile events, program events, team dynamics and team maturity. • Drive continuous improvement within the team(s) with a focus on agile principles. • Protect the team from interruptions and manage internal escalations as needed. • Coach the team to consistently align with program standards. • Elicit feedback from the team to identify and resolve impediments, monitor progress and performance, and to always keep a pulse on where the team is at in regard to their Team Working Agreement: Team Rules, Definition of Ready (DoR), and Definition of Done. (DoD). • In partnership with the Product Owner and Business System Analyst, develop a clear and concise product backlog items and consistently review. • Collaborates with the Product Owner and Agile team to understand, identify, and document business value through clear, testable stories. • Maintains an awareness of relationships, dependencies, risks, and impacts across products and platforms. • Takes ownership and accountability for the effectiveness of the Agile team and champions change when the team may need to pivot or re-prioritize. • Mentor less tenured Scrum Masters in the areas of Scrum, Kanban, Agile, refinement, story splitting, relative sizing, velocity, retrospection, conflict resolution, and other techniques. • Perform other duties as assigned. Skills • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Management, or equivalent combination of education and experience required. • 7-9 years of hands-on experience on an agile team, preferably in the Scrum Master role required. • Considerable knowledge with Agile tools such as Azure DevOps (ADO), or similar applications, around epics, features, user stories and tasking and guiding others on those tools and best practices. • Experience with managing large scale technology projects (software/hardware). • Utilizes understanding of Agile practices, patterns and techniques to formulate self-organizing and highly collaborative teams. • Experienced in the facilitation of positive and productive Agile events/ceremonies within a timebox for one or more Agile team: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum/Stand-Up, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective and assists in Refinement activities. • Agile Certification preferred (work experience is considered). • Experience in systems or financial services environment, card payments, banking, contact center, new product development, information technology or process re-engineering preferred. • Technically savvy on software development terminology like API’s is a plus. Benefits • Competitive wages • Medical with telemedicine • Dental and Vision • Basic and Optional Life Insurance • Paid Time Off (PTO) • Maternity, Parental, Family Care • Community Volunteer Time Off • 12 Paid Holidays • Company Paid Disability Insurance • 401k (with employer match) • Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with company provided contributions • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) • Supplemental Insurance • Mental Health and Well-being: Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Tuition Reimbursement • Wellness program • Benefits are subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions Company Overview • Primax is a financial services company offering credit card and private label card services. It was founded in 1981, and is headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is http://primax.us. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job