Scrum Master I

CoBank is a cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America, and they are seeking a Scrum Master I to support multiple scrum teams in achieving business outcomes. The role involves facilitating Agile processes, ensuring team engagement, and monitoring progress to enhance team performance. Responsibilities Assists with Agile process questions, clearing blockers, reinforcing transparency, and encouraging self-organization Facilitate the identification of relevant metrics and define the measurement system Cultivates an Agile mindset in problem solving and applying system thinking to uncover bottlenecks Encourages engagement between teams and stakeholders Ensures that the project risks raised are escalated and highlighted appropriately Empowers managers to partner with business stakeholders and make more strategic decisions Ensures the team understands agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions Scheduling and facilitating scrum events, meetings, and decision-making processes Monitors scrum team progress and performance to encourage team improvements Assisting the Product Owner with preparing and presenting status reports to stakeholders Provides input into Agile governing policies in view of the organization's principles to support Agile-based approaches Maintains Platform-wide awareness and focus to assist with resource allocation and ensuring collaboration Facilitating Scrum of Scrums in addition to facilitating their own individual scrum teams Represents platform in organization-wide scrum of scrums and can present platform concepts to other project teams Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned Skills High school diploma or GED Prior Experience in Banking, Financial or other highly regulated industry Prior Experience Serving As Scrum Master Good people skills Good written and verbal communication skills Good facilitation skills Good communication skills Good interpersonal and leadership skills Good conflict management skills Good organizational and time management skills Novice experience with modern software engineering techniques such as Continuous Integration, build, deliver, test-driven development and other automated acceptance testing techniques Benefits Time-Off Packages, boasting over 15 days of vacation, 10 paid sick days and 11 paid holidays Competitive Compensation & Incentive Hybrid work model: flexible arrangements for most positions Benefits Packages, including Medical, Dental and Vision coverage, Disability, AD&D, and Life Insurance Robust associate training and development with CoBank University Tuition reimbursement for higher education up to $10,000 per year Outstanding 401k: up to 6% matching and additional 3% non-elective contribution Community Impact: United Way Angel Day, Volunteer Day and Associate Directed Contribution Associate Resource Groups: creating a culture of diversity and inclusion Recognize a fellow associate through our GEM awards Company Overview CoBank is a leading cooperative bank serving agribusinesses and rural infrastructure providers throughout the U.S. It was founded in 1989, and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is