Associate Scrum Master
As an Associate Scrum Master with Convera, we are seeking 1-2 years of industry experience in a Scrum Master role. The ideal candidate is eager to learn, grow, and become an effective, collaborative member of our Program Management team. You will coach one to two scrum teams, with mentoring from a more senior member of Program Management, and lead scrum ceremonies, coordinate dependencies and risks, and coach your team on agile best practices.
You will be responsible for:
- Scrum Team Coaching: Successfully coach one to two scrum teams with mentorship from a senior Program Management member.
- Scrum Ceremonies: Lead scrum ceremonies for your team, ensuring they are productive and focused.
- Dependency and Risk Coordination: Coordinate dependencies and risks with other teams in your Program as needed.
- Agile Best Practices: Coach your team on agile best practices to support Program Management’s mission.
- Communication: Clearly communicate status, blockers, and impediments, and work to facilitate their removal with your team.
- Self-Organization: Contribute towards improving self-organization within the team.
- Scrum Events: Ensure Scrum events occur as needed.
- Product Owner Support: Support the Product Owner in managing the product backlog and aligning on sprint goals.
- Collaboration: Collaborate with the Product Manager and Development Team to ensure alignment on sprint goals. Also collaborate with the program TPM to accurately report status on team progress toward the program goals.
- Guidance and Influence: Provide guidance on Scrum practices and principles, advocate for continuous improvement, and encourage the team to experiment with new approaches.
- Trust and Credibility: Build trust and credibility within the team to influence decision-making.
- Value Delivery: Coach your team to focus on delivering value to our customers in alignment with the company’s Strategy and Values.
You should apply if you have:
- Experience: 1-2 years of industry experience in a Scrum Master role.
- Scrum/Agile Knowledge: Familiarity with Scrum/Agile methodologies. Scrum Master certification preferred, but not required.
- Communication Skills: Ability to clearly communicate status, blockers, and impediments in multiple formats.
- Collaboration Skills: Ability to collaborate effectively with the Product Manager, Development Team, Technical Program Manager, and other stakeholders.
- Continuous Improvement: Advocate for continuous improvement and encourage the team to experiment with new approaches.
- Technical Understanding: Basic understanding of software development processes and technologies is beneficial.
- Agile Tools: Familiarity with Agile tools (e.g., Jira, Trello) and version control systems (e.g., Git) is helpful.
- Reliability and Openness: Reliable, respectful, open to feedback, and eager to learn.
What We Offer:
- Mentorship: Guidance and mentoring from senior Program Management members.
- Growth Opportunities: Opportunities to learn and grow within the company.
- Collaborative Environment: A supportive and collaborative work environment.
- Impact: The chance to make a meaningful impact on our customers and the company’s success.
About Convera
Convera is the largest non-bank B2B cross-border payments company in the world. Formerly Western Union Business Solutions, we leverage decades of industry expertise and technology-led payment solutions to deliver smarter money movements to our customers – helping them capture more value with every transaction. Convera serves more than 30,000 customers ranging from small business owners to enterprise treasurers to educational institutions to financial institutions to law firms to NGOs.
Our teams care deeply about the value we bring to our customers which makes Convera a rewarding place to work. This is an exciting time for our organization as we build our team with growth-minded, results-oriented people who are looking to move fast in an innovative environment. As a truly global company with employees in over 20 countries, we are passionate about diversity; we seek and celebrate people from different backgrounds, lifestyles, and unique points of view. We want to work with the best people and ensure we foster a culture of inclusion and belonging.
We offer an abundance of competitive perks and benefits including:
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity to earn an annual bonus.
- Great career growth and development opportunities in a global organization
- A flexible approach to work
There are plenty of amazing opportunities at Convera for talented, creative problem solvers who never settle for good enough and are looking to transform Business to Business payments. Apply now if you’re ready to unleash your potential.
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