Description:
Sitting within the CIO organization, Digital Technology Services (DTS) and Technology Strategy & Governance (TSG) are enterprise shared services enabling people, functions, and divisions by providing secure, reliable, and seamless solutions to customers and our people. We take a community approach in making decisions in partnership with stakeholders who are consumers of our services, with the belief that technology allows people to do their best work.
The Impact: We drive S&P Global to Power Global Markets by working as trusted partners delivering secure, scalable, resilient, and innovative services and solutions that enable seamless experiences for our people and customers.
What’s In It For You
- This is the place to enhance your technical & servant-leadership skills while having the chance to work on enterprise products and new technologies.
- You are the right candidate for this role if you are somebody who can foster teamwork, agility, and innovation in a global team.
- In this role, you will be a Scrum Master for an Agile team (SAFe Scrum or SAFe Kanban), which promotes a healthy culture and ambitious environment.
- With this position you will interact and support both the Technology teams and work in close partnership with Agile Coaches and the Agile transformation team to increase the effectiveness of SAFe/Agile practices and overall business agility in DTS and TSG.
Responsibilities
- Act as Servant leader and coach to Agile teams, fostering self-organization, high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and relentless improvement.
- Facilitates team events and processes, supports teams and Agile Release Trains (ARTs) in delivering value.
- Educate Agile teams to maximize efficiencies and performance from Scaled Agile principles, values, and practices to consistently deliver customer value.
- Manages risks, mitigates impediments, and negotiates dependencies within and across Agile teams.
- Work with Product Owners to ensure features and user stories are clear, concise, prioritized, and understood by every member of the Agile team.
What We’re Looking For
- Basic knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and/or Technology Infrastructure; understand other engineering processes and methodologies and leverage other techniques to provide value to a team/enterprise.
- Aptitude for nurturing self-organizing, high performing teams via servant leadership, individual coaching, and mentoring.
- Emotional intelligence, level-headed diplomat, skilled listener, and clear communicator, with strong empathy traits, able to remain objective and constructive in all situations.
- Ability to facilitate constructive debate and resolve disagreements and conflicts constructively.
- Proven ability to identify and mitigate risks.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
- Proven willingness to learn, a positive attitude, and an ability to work in a fast-paced, high demand work environment.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred in Business, Technology, or Operations. Certified SAFe Scrum Master, CSM, A-CSM, or equivalents.