Agile Coach (EU, Remote)

***At SavvyMoney, our business is growing and we are looking for Independent Agile Coach Contractors to help support the growth. These Independent Contractors will work remotely in the EU.

About SavvyMoney:

SavvyMoney is based in the United States and is a leading San Francisco Bay Area fintech company. We provide integrated credit score and personal finance solutions to over 1,250 bank and credit union partners throughout the United States. The SavvyMoney solutions integrate with more than 40 digital banking platforms.

SavvyMoney was recently recognized by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Journal as one of the "Top 25 Places to Work in the San Francisco Bay Area" for 2023, and is an Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company.

We are growing our team and looking for an Agile Coach.

Agile Coaches have a strong vision and bias for action that helps create a workplace where employees are excited and eager to do their best every day. Agile Coaches are passionate about getting the best out of individuals and teams through the power of self-organization.

Responsibilities will include - 

• Applies advanced Agile subject matter knowledge on transforming enterprise software teams.
• Supports assessments and retrospectives to continuously improve multiple Agile teams and teams of teams.
• Organizes and facilitates team backlog management, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, demos, and other agile-related rituals.
• Measure and analyze team effectiveness and optimize productivity.
• Promotes Agile knowledge and best practices across the organization to maximize the agile teams' performance and effectiveness.
• Coach individuals and teams across the organization in iteration methods, to be collaborative and customer-focused, and to create a transparent environment that facilitates an Agile response to challenges.
• Run scrum-of-scrums ceremony and manage the release train across agile teams.
• Builds consensus through collaboration and has the ability to influence organizations on the implementation of the Agile methodology.
• Close partnership with the product managers and team leads to ideate, plan and execute on company vision.
• Champion the agile, customer-centric, cross-function culture throughout the organization and our customers.

Knowledge and Skills - 

• Demonstrable proficiency in Agile methods, including Scrum and Kanban
• Experience working in an environment where Agile was applied at scale using Spotify, Scrum @ Scale, SAFe, Disciplined Agile Delivery or similar methods
• Experience operating in a variety of Software Development Life Cycles (Waterfall, Iterative and Agile).
• Experienced facilitator able to apply various techniques to ensure effective meetings both co-located and distributed.
• Servant leadership.
• Strong leadership skills and a history of leading through influence.
• Experience in Fintech a plus 

Education and Experience - 

• Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent experience.

• Certified Scrum Master or similar credential preferred.
• 5 years Scrum Master experience, preferably in enterprise IT as part of an Agile or DevOps transformation.
• Extensive experience as an Agile Coach/ScrumMaster.
• Expert at Jira and the Atlassian product suite.
• Additional certifications from SAFe, Scrum@Scale, the Scrum Alliance or the Program Management Institute are a plus.
• Experience in leading the transition of an organization from Waterfall to Agile is desired.

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SavvyMoney relies on cultural and thought diversity to deliver on our goal of financial freedom for all, serving our client's needs and ensuring nondiscrimination in all programs and activities. We continuously seek talented, qualified employees in our operations regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, religion, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, protected veteran status, or any other protected classification under country or local law. SavvyMoney is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer.

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