Company Description
Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose - to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.
Job Description
Purpose:
Perform Scrum Master duties for one or more agile delivery teams. This role will focus on team growth, onboarding new team members, and identifying areas of improvement across the organization. Also be an agile evangelist for the company, leading agile initiatives and collaborate cross-functionally within the organization.
Essential Functions
Act as Scrum Master for one or more agile teams
Facilitate teams in all Agile ceremonies
Coach agile team members on agile practices and continuous improvement
Coach teams and the organization on using data to drive improvement
Partner with the Agile Process Coach and agile coaching team to evangelize agile and implement best practices
Maintain data quality for reporting purposes, to promote visibility for delivery and management teams
Enable team to perform at their best by removing impediments and creating an environment that encourages growth
Manage team risks and dependencies to achieve project success
Collaborate with the agile coaching team to help develop training
Maintain and update appropriate process documentation
Identify and analyze business processes to be improved
Play a major role in developing agile vision across the enterprise
Competencies
Great communication skills
Motivated, self-starter, willing to learn new programs
Takes the initiative to research and learn on their own
Demonstrates attention to detail
Actively listens and requests clarification
Contributes to building a positive team spirit
Puts success of team above own interests
Displays passion and optimism
Inspires respect and trust
Follows and contributes to continuous improvement of policies and procedures
Supports organizational goals and values
Experience with Jira and Jira Align a plus
This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
2 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD, or PhD)
Preferred Qualifications
3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)
* Minimum of a bachelor's degree in technical or related discipline
o In lieu of degree, a high school diploma/equivalent with four or more years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered
* Industry recognized Scrum Master Certification
* 3+ years experience in an agile-focused role at an agile organization
* Proven experience acting as a Scrum Master for a high-performing agile team
* Demonstrated agile mindset and understanding of DevOps & Agile Principles
* Ability to analyze processes and raise issues
* Ability to develop high functioning teams and coach excellence
* Ability to use MS Office and/or Google App products
* Experience with learning organizations and experimentation methodology
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