Core Accounts Engineering - Scrum Master

Citi’s technology team is growing at lightning speed, and we are looking for talented technologists to help build the future of global banking. Our teams are creating innovations used across the globe – we are changing the way people bank and how the world does business. Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions processes trillions of dollars in B2B payments every day for our largest corporate customers. The group works to optimize the IT environment by standardizing production platforms, reducing complexity, and introducing innovative solutions that provide new business capabilities, reduce total cost of ownership, and create a competitive advantage for Citi

As a part of the Transformation and standardization journey within Citi Core Accounts, we are looking to hire a strong Scrum Master with prime responsibility of managing multiple scrum teams and to steer it to success by navigating through the complexity of delivering software in large & cross-functional environment. 

Role Description:

• The role is of Scrum master for teams that will be responsible fordevelopment of Services as part of DDA Transformation Program

• Participate in Program Increment planning meetings with product managers and other scrum teams to prioritize the features to be considered in the next program increment (PI) planning cycle.

• Assists the Scrum Team in communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery.

• Provide regular and open communication across the program and stakeholders for transparency and awareness of progress and impediments.

• Understand, visualize, and manage upstream/downstream dependencies.

• Drive delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics (quality, velocity, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity.

• Manage the overall cost, schedule, and performance of the teams.

• Proactively notify RTE of risks, bottlenecks, problems, issues, and concerns.

• Compliance with Citi's System Development Lifecycle and Information Security requirements.

Qualifications:

• BS or MS Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent

• 12+ years of experience in IT of which 8-10  years‘of experience in Banking projects

Skill Requirement:

• Proven, prior experience as Scrum Master with experience to manage multiple teams.

• Knowledge of Microsoft projects, JIRA and other PM tools as per industry standards

• Demonstrated Scrum Master experience in organizing, planning and executing projects from conception through implementation. Experience coordinating multiple teams in a technology environment.

• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of providing and explaining technical and project related information to clients, vendors, senior management and staff.

• Ability to easily build new relationships and proactively establish a variety of contacts across the organization.

• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural teams.

• Broad range of project management and leadership skills.

• Proven ability to balance concurrent activities.

Certifications:

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification or equivalent.

• Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) certification or equivalent.

• SAFeAgilist or Equivalent