Job Description

Agile Scrum Master

We are currently sourcing for an Agile Scrum Master to support the FIWA Portfolio Engineering Product Area under Fidelity’s Financial Institutional Group.

As an Agile Scrum Master you blend deep scrum expertise with a passion for mentoring and coaching, and constant improvement. As part of a newly formed squad you will advise, mentor, coach and train on performance against agile values, practices and processes to accelerate squad value delivery. In partnership with the Squad Leader you will maintain a backlog, help to remove impediments and facilitate agile ceremonies such as the daily scrum, sprint planning, backlog refinement and retrospectives. You will have responsibility for release management coordination and participate in scaling ceremonies and activities as you manage interdependencies across squads and product areas. You will examine and drive team performance through metrics and find opportunities for the squad to fully realize the benefits of working in an agile structure.

You will support one or more cross-functional squads, engaging with all team members and the Squad Leader to reinforce and embed an agile approach and principles into the day-to-day work. By demonstrating and promoting Fidelity and agile leadership behaviors, you will evolve and sustain an innovative agile culture.

The Expertise You Have

Bachelor’s degree
CSM or PSM1 required, A-CSM, PMI-ACP or equivalent preferred
Jira and Jira Align experience required
Financial Industry knowledge preferred
At least 3-5 years of Scrum Master experience working in an agile environment
Prior knowledge and/or experience working on database and ETL technologies preferred
Knowledge on data modeling techniques preferred
Knowledge on data processing techniques – batch/real-time preferred

The Skills You Bring

You possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and can rapidly build trust and positively influence others at all levels of the organization
Proven change agent capable of coaching agile practices to teams and individuals from across different functions, experiences, and geographies as they work through new and unfamiliar situations
You are an effective facilitator and can brainstorm with the team to generate solutions that address challenges and roadblocks to accelerating value delivery
An intellectual curiosity and passion for learning new skills and modeling a culture of continuous learning, mentoring and coaching

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Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients’ money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

At Fidelity, our goal is for most people to work flexibly in a way that balances both personal and business needs with time onsite and offsite through what we’re calling “Dynamic Working”. Most associates will have a hybrid schedule with a requirement to work onsite at a Fidelity work location for at least one week, 5 consecutive days, every four weeks. These requirements are subject to change.