Job Description

Job Category: Information Technology:Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact you will have in this role:The Lead Scrum Master is a key member of a development squad with a well-defined software development life cycle process. The Lead Scrum Master applies a broad technical knowledge of the Agile methodology to manage the scrum process with geographically dispersed teams to deliver exceptional standards in product quality and timely, predictable delivery of projects. The Lead Scrum Master oversees cross functional coordination and communication, requirements traceability, release management, test case management, and defect tracking concerns to keep delivery on track.Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Agile Knowledge and expertise
• Understands Agile and relevant frameworks (e.g., scrum) to maximize the success of the squad.
• Possess a comprehensive understanding of Agile tools, techniques, principles and values and apply this knowledge to the squad.
• Coach PO and squad to maintain a healthy and prioritized backlog with refined user stories.
• Successfully balance delivery timeframes and continuous iteration so that customer feedback is always incorporated.
• Participate in Scrum of Scrums sessions to ensure the Squad and the others in the Tribe are aligned on priorities, dependencies and timelines.
• Coaching and Facilitation
• Provide role (PO, QA, Dev, etc.) based coaching and proactively facilitate coaching session with the squad.
• Coach the squad to consider how squad/product vision affects other squads we regularly interact with.
• Create a safe environment for all ceremonies to encourage active participation from all squad members.
• Facilitate and mediate conflicts within the squad.
• Reporting
• Ensure accurate and transparent communications to stakeholders with concise metrics and updates on progress, risks, and impediments.
• Release Planning
• Supports Product Owner on release planning.
• Coordinate movement of code between Development, Testing, UAT and Production environments and a related planning, resourcing and scheduling activities.
• Project Management
• Project Planning
• Goal Setting
• Managing Job Schedules
• Coordinating Resources
• Managing and delivering projects to specification using a defined development process and delivering within budget and timeline
• Mind Set and Behavior
• Build meaningful relationships with squad members and resolve most issues leveraging your rapport and trust with squad members.
• Be an enthusiastic change agent and peer.
• Accept change and use it to drive continuous learning and process improvements within the squads.
• Continuously seek and act on feedback received to bring about positive changes. Servant Leadership
• Understand both the squad's overall capacity and impediments that impact individual members of the squad. Work to create a team culture that values sustainable execution by not over-committing.
• Coach the squad to provide input for squad level decision making to achieve a common goal.
• Identify and work to resolve mindset impediments as they arise.
• Coach squad with knowledge and expertise as well as encourage experimentation to support their journey towards self-sufficiency.
• Aligns risk and control processes into day to day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 6 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:

• Experience in Agile Development, with Scrum Master (or similar) experience
• Previous software development lifecycle experience
• Scrum Master certification a plus

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.About Us:DTCC safeguards the financial markets and helps them run efficiently, in times of prosperity and crisis. We are uniquely positioned at the center of global trading activity, processing over 100 million financial transactions every day, pioneering industry-wide, post-trade solutions and maintaining multiple data and operating centers worldwide. From where we stand, we can anticipate the industry's needs and we're working to continually improve the world's most resilient, secure and efficient market infrastructure. Our employees are driven to deliver innovative technologies that improve efficiency, lower cost and bring stability and certainty to the post-trade lifecycle.DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, you'll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It's the chance to make a difference at a company that's truly one of a kind.Learn more about Clearance and Settlement by .About the Team:To maintain strong alignment between IT and the business, we are bringing together all Solutions-focused teams under a unified technology organization, IT Solutions. The newly-formed IT Solutions department combines Application Development and Enterprise Application Support functions, allowing us to leverage synergies to support the Solutions business lines.

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