SR SCRUM MASTER

Sr Scrum Master - Now its your turn to serve the payment needs of organizations and people the world over. As a **Scrum Master **in **São Paulo, Brazil **, you will join a diverse, passionate team, dedicated to making possibilities happen in the payments industry!**Responsibilities**:- Scrum master is responsible to facilitating daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo and retrospective ceremonies. - Possesses conflict resolution, focuses conversation to align on scrum values of openness, honesty and respect. - Should be a friendly communicative person, because when team is moving fast in Agile, communication is the effective force which holds the team together. - Needs to forecast the numbers of deliverables possible in an iteration, which is based on evidence and reliable source. - Needs to be expert in estimation and planning. He knows how to create useful, reliable and practical plans for software development projects. - Should be a good coach in Agile practices. S/he can coach individuals and interactions over processes and tools. - Help team or individual to clarify goals and actions to achieve them. - Ability to shield his team from outside distractions and interferences. - Ability to ensure the correct use of scrum process. - Ability to track and remove impediments. - Scrum master is a servant first, who serves his team members before considering about himself- Perform other duties as assigned. - Understand and adhere to all corporate policies to include but not limited to the ACI Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. **Knowledge, Skills and Experience required for the job**:- Fluent English- Availability to work on-site- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field- 8-10 years of previous release and/or project management experience- 8+ years of experience in information systems operations environment in systems analysis or development- Formal training in Agile Methodologies, Extreme Programming, Facilitation, and public speaking preferred. - Scrum Master Certification- Solid understanding of project management principles- Advanced knowledge of software development lifecycle- Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional work teams toward task completion- Demonstrated effective leadership and analytical skills- Advanced written and verbal communication skills are a must- General PC knowledge including Microsoft Office expert level knowledge of Excel, Jira, Confluence- Facilitate the team for better creativity and tries to improve the efficiency of the development team. - Responsible for managing the scrum process with the coordination of scrum team in Agile methodology. - Responsible to remove the impediments for the scrum team. - Arranged daily stand-up meetings, facilitate meetings, schedule meetings, demo and decision-making processes to ensure quick inspection and proper use of adaptation process. - Helps product owner to make the product backlogs in good shape and make them ready for the next sprint. - Responsible to Conduct retrospective meetings. - Organizes and facilitates the sprint planning meeting. - Acts as safeguard for his/her team. **Technical Skills**:- Knowledge of agile methodology and frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc. - Good skills to coach team how to follow agile scrum, which really works. - Understand the fundamentals of iterative and incremental development. - Strong knowledge of Scrum theory, rules and practices. - Knowledge of other Agile approaches, like: Kanban, Crystal, FDD, XP, etc. - Knowledge about other methodologies other than Agile-Scrum, so that he can explain other methodologies to motivate his team. - Basic knowledge of software development processes and procedures to understand his team needs. - Should have knowledge about Agile techniques like: User Stories, Continuous Integration, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games. - Ability to take and understand his commitment to deliver the product on time. - Know about the value of metrics and incremental delivery. - Knowledge about tasks, backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, user stories etc. - Familiar with common development practices, Service and product-oriented environments, and Agile practices. - Proficient understanding of ACI managerial toolset**Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience needed for the job**:- Advanced Spanish is a plus- Previous experience in Payment Industry is preferred- Process Planning- Project and program management- Budget process and deliver results- Ability to be Agile- Excellent communications skills- Excellent interpersonal skills- Excellent negotiation and influencing skills- Excellent ability to execute results-based management- Ability to innovate- Knowledge of paym