Scrum Master (Payments) at Discover Financial Services

Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description:

What You’ll Do

• Responsible for following and promoting agile methodology and all related scrum ceremonies within an agile team. Enables team to work as effectively as possible. Ensures impediments are resolved and the team meets sprint objectives and releases stay on track. Coaches the team to own and continuously improve their process and practices.  Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

How You’ll Do It

• Responsible for facilitating all Scrum ceremonies, such as Daily Standup, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and Sprint Retro, in addition to collecting and providing relevant data and metrics.

• Act as Servant Leader.  Drives team discussion & collaboration, coaching agile principles and the continuous improvement mindset in addition to helping manage impediment removal by working closely with other teams and impacted stakeholders.

• Attends Scrum of Scrum meetings to synchronize across teams and resolve blockers.

• Facilitates Sprint release planning with Product Manager, Product Owner and stakeholders to determine the Epics, their priority and expected timeline. Assists Product Manager, Product Owner roles with on-going backlog refinement.

• Ensures sprint releases stay on track and updates sprint activities in agile planning and execution tracking tool. Assist with status reporting, velocity metrics, sprint accomplishments, in addition to socializing current risks and issues.  

• Partners with others in the Agile community (Scrum Masters, APMs and Agile Coaches) to drive technology-focused teams towards achieving Agile principles.

• Coaches the team to own and continually improve their process and practices.  Driving teams to improve agility practices and become more self-organizing.

Qualifications You’ll Need

The Basics

• Bachelors – Computer Science or Business Administration and Management

• 4+ Years – Agile Practice or related

Physical and Cognitive Requirements
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by federal, state, and local laws:

Does this job require remaining in a stationary position, including but not limited to, primarily sitting and standing?

• Primarily remain in a stationary position.

Does this job require the ability to move about inside or outside the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job?

• Occasionally move about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.

Does this job require the ability to transport physical objects? If so, provide the weight of the heaviest object the job needs to transport without the aid of machinery or equipment or the weight equivalency with the aid of machinery or equipment

• No

Primarily, where is this job performed?

• Primarily performed indoors in an office setting.

Does this job require the ability to operate equipment or machinery?

• No

Does this job require the ability to communicate verbally or in written form?

• Ability to communicate verbally.; Ability to communicate in written form.

Does the job require travel?

• No

Mental Requirements

Does this role require testing or assessments to measure the ability to perform the job? 

• No

Bonus Points If You Have

• SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)

• CSM, CSP-SM

• Prior experience in a Project Management role (preferable leverage Waterfall)

• Background supporting multiple teams

• Hands-on Jira experience

• Background in payments – specifically debit experience

****Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis****

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Application Deadline:

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Oct-22-2024. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.

Compensation:

The base pay for this position generally ranges between $75,500.00 to $127,900.00. Additional incentives may be provided as part of a market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as but not limited to, geographical location, relevant experience, education, and skill level may impact the pay for this position.

Benefits:

We also offer a range of benefits and programs based on eligibility. These benefits include:

• Paid Parental Leave

• Paid Time Off

• 401(k) Plan

• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account

• STD, Life, LTD and AD&D

• Recognition Program

• Education Assistance

• Commuter Benefits

• Family Support Programs

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Learn more at mydiscoverbenefits.com.

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work. To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management.

Discover is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Discover is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status. (Know Your Rights & Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision)

Discover complies with federal, state, and local laws applicable to qualified individuals with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search for a position, to complete an application, and/or to participate in an interview, please email HireAccommodation@discover.com. Any information you provide regarding your accommodation needs will be kept confidential and will only be used to determine and provide necessary accommodation.