Scrum Master

Grade Level (for internal use):

The Team: Our Technology Governance & Delivery Enablement team at S&P Dow Jones Indices is responsible for establishing effective portfolio planning and execution patterns in order to drive operational excellence and fostering a culture of collaboration by using lean portfolio management and agile development methodologies. As a member of our team, you will play a pivotal role in accelerating our technology delivery leveraging agile.

The Impact: We are in search of a motivated individual who is ready to take their career to the next level. This person will play a pivotal role to ensure we adopt Agile methodologies, and it represents an exciting and visible opportunity to join our team during a dynamic period of fundamental organizational and operational changes.

The Career Opportunity: This role offers immense potential for growth and professional development in a fast-paced and challenging work environment. You will enjoy the open, transparent culture and the opportunity to:

• Be a servant leader to global teams to deliver innovative solutions to the market
• refine your Scrum Master and project delivery skills and increase you and your team's agility within a dynamic global organization
• Build relationships and engage with stakeholders across the organization, managing stakeholder expectations to deliver the best solution

Responsibilities:

• Act as Servant leader to an agile team(s), educating and coaching agile team(s) to maximize efficiencies and performance on Agile practices, focusing on delivering customer value and embracing continuous improvement
• Coaching the team to get self-organized and improve
• Identify and manage risks, mitigate impediments, and negotiate dependencies within and across scrum teams
• Facilitate Team Events including Daily Stand-ups, Iteration Planning, Refinement sessions, Iteration Reviews, and Retrospectives, PI Planning.
• Be a partner, collaborating with the Product Owner and Technical leads to understand business problem(s), product(s), and ensure features and user stories are clear, concise, prioritized, and understood by every member of the Agile team.
• Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel
• Establish and maintain open and clear lines of team communication to facilitate transparency.
• Work with peer Scrum Masters and the Delivery Managers to ensure excellent execution.
• Proactively identify and implement improvements in your team's Agile execution
• Building a trusting and safe environment
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

What we are looking for:

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years' experience playing the Scrum Master role for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory
• Capability to apply SAFe framework
• Worked with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization
• Good skills and knowledge of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
• Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats etc.)
• Experience with some of commonly used tools – Azure DevOps, Confluence, MS Teams, SharePoint
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with various stakeholders
• Basic knowledge of lean portfolio management
• Embrace a growth mindset and Team first mentality
• Identify and mitigate risks to meet team deliverable commitments
• Proven track record of identifying and improving Agile execution on a team
• Bachelor´s degree or higher education in a related area such as finance, economics, information technology or business

Preferred Qualifications:

• SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) certification as an added advantage
• Prior roles as agile coach preferred
• Relevant certifications are a plus (PSM, CSM, PMP, etc.)
• Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
• Previous experience as a team lead

About S&P Global Dow Jones Indices 

At S&P Dow Jones Indices, we provide iconic and innovative index solutions backed by unparalleled expertise across the asset-class spectrum. By bringing transparency to the global capital markets, we empower investors everywhere to make decisions with conviction. We're the largest global resource for index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average. More assets are invested in products based upon our indices than any other index provider in the world. With over USD 7.4 trillion in passively managed assets linked to our indices and over USD 11.3 trillion benchmarked to our indices, our solutions are widely considered indispensable in tracking market performance, evaluating portfolios and developing investment strategies. 

S&P Dow Jones Indices is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world's foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world's leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today. For more information, visit  

What's In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We're committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That's why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include: 

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It's not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

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Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law.  Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.  

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