Junior Scrum Master
Your Opportunity
Your opportunity
At Schwab, you’re empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us challenge the status quo and transform the finance industry together. We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s).
Schwab Technology Services enables the future of how clients manage their money by delivering innovative and reliable technology products and services. As a Scrum Master supporting the Schwab Advisor Center Move Money system, you will serve as an Agile advocate and servant leader for a cross-functional software development team. You will facilitate Program Increment planning and Scrum ceremonies, help remove impediments, support timely releases, and partner with the Product Owner and stakeholders to manage risks and improve the development backlog. Success in this role requires strong facilitation, collaboration, problem solving, and communication skills, along with the ability to use data and technical understanding to inform decisions. Your leadership will help the team strengthen Agile practices, adapt to evolving priorities, continuously improve performance, and deliver meaningful value.
What you have
Required Qualifications
- Ability to facilitate sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and other Agile ceremonies, using outcomes to improve team practices.
- Ability to analyze information and use analytic tools to create meaningful graphical representations that support decisions and communicate delivery insights.
- Ability to identify performance challenges, evaluate solutions, and execute continuous-improvement strategies that strengthen team outcomes.
- Ability to collaborate across a cross-functional software development team and help address impediments, risks, and changing priorities.
- Technical understanding of software development and technology that is sufficient to support Agile delivery and communicate effectively with technical team members.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills for aligning Product Owners, team members, and stakeholders on priorities, risks, releases, and outcomes.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience using work-tracking and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, or Rally.
- Ability to perform in-depth analysis, evaluate multiple factors, and translate insights into informed recommendations.
- Demonstrated ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships and collaborate across teams to achieve shared goals.
- Ability to influence the adoption of new approaches while adapting to evolving business priorities.
- Confident presentation and facilitation skills that promote productive discussion and mutual understanding.
- Ability to create concise, well-structured, and engaging business communications.
- Ability to apply specialized knowledge to initiatives that improve team and organizational performance.
What’s in it for you
At Schwab, you’re empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration—so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.
We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:
- 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
- Paid parental leave and family building benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
What you are good at
What you have
Required Qualifications
- Ability to facilitate sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and other Agile ceremonies, using outcomes to improve team practices.
- Ability to analyze information and use analytic tools to create meaningful graphical representations that support decisions and communicate delivery insights.
- Ability to identify performance challenges, evaluate solutions, and execute continuous-improvement strategies that strengthen team outcomes.
- Ability to collaborate across a cross-functional software development team and help address impediments, risks, and changing priorities.
- Technical understanding of software development and technology that is sufficient to support Agile delivery and communicate effectively with technical team members.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills for aligning Product Owners, team members, and stakeholders on priorities, risks, releases, and outcomes.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience using work-tracking and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, or Rally.
- Ability to perform in-depth analysis, evaluate multiple factors, and translate insights into informed recommendations.
- Demonstrated ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships and collaborate across teams to achieve shared goals.
- Ability to influence the adoption of new approaches while adapting to evolving business priorities.
- Confident presentation and facilitation skills that promote productive discussion and mutual understanding.
- Ability to create concise, well-structured, and engaging business communications.
- Ability to apply specialized knowledge to initiatives that improve team and organizational performance.
Why Schwab?
At Schwab, “Own Your Tomorrow” embodies everything we do! We are committed to helping our employees unleash their potential and achieve their dreams. Our employees get to play a central role in disrupting a multi-trillion-dollar industry, creating a better, more modern way to build and manage wealth. We’re a modern financial services firm that stands apart from the industry, where you can go as far as your ambition takes you.
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