Principal IT Project Manager / Scrum Master - Jersey City or Boston

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities?

Join our DTCC family, and you’ll grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll be supported and surrounded by other professionals as you learn new skills, advance your career, and see the impact of your efforts every day.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and other leave of absence
• Flexible/Hybrid Work Arrangements

Why you'll love this job

The Principal Project Manager / Scrum Master role specializes in applying technical knowledge of the Agile methodology to manage and support the Scrum process, clearing obstacles and guiding the Scrum team on best use of Agile practices. Organizes and facilitates the sprint planning meeting, arranges daily stand-up meetings, schedules demos, conducts retrospective meetings and facilitates the decision-making process. Oversees cross-functional coordination and communication, requirements traceability, release management, test case management, and defect tracking concerns to keep delivery on track.

Your Primary Responsibilities

The Principal Scrum Master is a people manager role and is involved in the project lifecycle from initiation through budgeting and to delivery. He/She guides assigned teams in the use of the Scrum framework including the adoption and continuous improvement of Agile practices. The Principal Scrum Master will also ensure that roles and responsibilities across squads are clear and that squads are self-governing. This position requires working closely with Product Owners to refine and maintain the product backlog and ensure alignment with product goals and vision. The role creates and maintains Jira projects and is responsible for tracking and reporting on team commitments as well as resolving (or assisting in resolving) risks, issues, and dependencies. The Principal Scrum Master facilitates all agile ceremonies including the Scrum or Scrums and uses the output from these ceremonies to resolve conflict and improve team performance as well as independence. The role is critical in identifying and driving standards and best practices within and across squads. The Principal Scrum Master is also responsible for analysis of Squad member skills and creating skills maturity plans. The incumbent maintains alignment with tribe ways of working, OKRs and instills a tribe mentality within squads.

*Note: Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above*

Talents Needed for Success

• 7-10 years of managing projects using the Agile (Scrum and/or Kanban) Methodology.
• Demonstrated experience in people (Scrum masters) management.
• Demonstrated experience in managing dependencies outside your scope of control.
• Demonstrated experience in Agile concepts including backlog creation and management, estimation, and Scrum and Quality metrics across multiple backlogs/projects.
• Demonstrated experience with Risk and Issue Identification and Management, Quality Management, Resource Identification and Planning, and Stakeholder Communication.
• Demonstrated experience with Jira including Dashboards and Jira Plans.
• Scrum certification from either the Scrum Alliance (CSM), Scrum.org (PSM I), Scaled Agile (SAFe Associate Director Scrum Master) or the Project Management Institute (ACP).

Preferred Qualifications

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or Computer Information Systems.
• Experience in IT project management delivery using Kanban concepts.
• Experience following and complying with a defined software delivery process and associated controls.
• Experience in IT project management using a Phased (waterfall) delivery approach.
• Experience with project and portfolio management tools (such as HP PPM).
• Experience working in the Financial Services or Financial Technologies (fintech) space.
• Experience with Excel Pivot Tables or Power BI.
• Experience working within the organizational structure of a Project Management Office (PMO).

Who we are

DTCC is the heart of the post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 21 locations all over the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. In 2020, DTCC’s subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at more than U.S. $2.3 quadrillion.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $61,307.63 - $175,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Signing bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Jersey City, NJ 07310: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Scrum: 7 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• PMP (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Jersey City, NJ 07310

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