Scrum Master

  • Full-time
  • Job Family Group: Product Development

Company Description

Merchant and Acquirer Processing (MAP) is a Product Development (PD) Group within the Visa Technology Team. This group is responsible for building leading edge full-service Payment Solutions for our customers by combining global payment processing, fraud management, payment security and reporting systems. We are a group of bright, motivated engineers and technical managers excited about building the next generation of Payment products that will drive e-Commerce, mobile-Commerce as well as POS businesses for our customers.

Job Description

Our Scrum Masters are highly visible leaders, building bridges across Visa to ensure projects are effectively developed, integrated and deployed with quality and on time delivery into our production systems. Our Scrum Masters also coach and mentor teams to deliver critical, customer facing, enterprise class software development projects while continuously growing and improving!

Esential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Facilitate sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand-up meetings, reviews/demos, retrospectives, and other Scrum ceremonies 
• Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution 
• Ability to track and remove impediments for the team as quickly as possible 
• Develop metrics and reports using Rally and other tools to help the team understand its health and progress and to set goals 
• Agile release planning and slotting 
• Ensure early and often communication within team and clear visibility with stakeholders. 
• Influencing habit changes that increase team performance at a sustainable pace 
• Ability to shield the team from outside distractions and interferences 
• Leading and coaching a team in growing its Agile maturity 
• Coach team members to understand Scrum and the Agile Principles 
• Work with product owner to ensure a well-groomed Product Backlog at all times 

Qualifications

  • Bachelors or Masters STEM major (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math). 
  • 5+ years of experience, as an Analyst, Project Manager or Developer, working with technical teams developing Enterprise class software applications. 
  • 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, Project Leader, Project/Program Manager. 
  • Expert with Agile techniques and best practices including but not limited to: Defining User Stories, Continuous Integration, TDD, Continuous Delivery, Pairing, Automated Testing 
  • Solid understanding of Agile principles and their application in day-to-day activities 
  • Solid presentation skills. 
  • Excellent facilitation skills with ability to influence change. 
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of competency using Scrum practices. 
  • Scrum Master Certification

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Privacy Policy