Agile Scrum Master (Technology Management)

Job Description

* Morgan Stanley Agile Scrum Master Vice President - Reliability & Production Engineering Company Profile Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in more than 41 countries, the Firms employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com. Reliability & Production Engineering Resiliency Engineering is a production-oriented discipline focused on improving service availability, latency, scalability, performance, and efficiency for technology products in Morgan Stanley. Our core infrastructure processes hundreds of millions of transactions and we serve assets of more than a trillion dollars daily. This role will be responsible for the design & implementation of the platform, and corresponding frameworks, application and gameday exercises, for testing critical applications at scale. If this scale resonates with you, come join us. Job Profile A change agent, with a passion for collaborative working, to support our teams and improve and deliver exceptional output. You will work directly in a squad to drive performance using Agile values, practices, and processes. Working with the Product Owner, you will support the work of the squad by maintaining the backlog and facilitating Agile ceremonies like stand ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives. You will monitor team performance through the Squad metrics dashboards and help identify continuous improvement opportunities to support the team to work smarter, and more effectively. Job Responsibilities: Bring passion to their work to inspire and motivate team members. Have a track record coaching and supporting colleagues to embrace innovative changes to their working methodologies. Are passionate about Agile principles and are excited to embed them across the organization. Apply innovative and creative thinking in order to solve problems and get things done. Bring a data-driven approach to decision making, both in day to day management and in making strategic trade- offs., * Skill Set Experience working in Agile teams and an understanding of Agile practices. Proficiency leading Squad meetings to ensure they are solutions-focused. Experience helping Agile teams to establish and adhere to norms and practices. Ability to collaborate with team members on solutions to address challenges and roadblocks. A continuous improvement mind-set and dedication to finding creative ways. of working. Ability to influence behavior without having formal organizational hierarchy. A dedication to cross-function collaboration, communication and breaking down of silos Excellent written and verbal communication Enable organizational change in how we approach our work Model behaviors to support the organizational transformation to a new way of working Actively create and maintain the culture within the squad based on the organization and Agile leadership behaviors Lead sprint planning, stand ups, retrospectives and other Agile ceremonies Provide constructive feedback to team members to help drive Agile maturity Support your Product Owner to manage and prioritize work through the backlog Review and manage backlog items to ensure the latest work status is captured and updated as appropriate Maintain and update squad process metrics and artifacts to ensure accurate and transparent communications to Product Owner and other stakeholders Identify continuous improvement opportunities and best practices to progress the work of the squad Engage with Agile Coaches to help identify and deliver against training needs to support Agile practices Qualifications/Criterion Bachelor s Degree Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximise their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.

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