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).

The Scrum Master will play a key role within Schwab’s Digital Advisor Onboarding team, supporting the Digital Onboarding system. The Scrum Master is a servant leader who provides effective collaboration, facilitation, leadership, and coaching to support an interdisciplinary software development team, the agile development process, and the delivery of value. As an agile expert, the Scrum Master is responsible for enforcing agile tenets as interpreted by the teams, removing impediments, and promoting empowerment and continuous improvement. This position carries a high level of responsibility and accountability and will challenge scrum master to continuously improve agile best practices. The role requires a strong understanding of the software development life cycle, development processes, and technology. 

Responsibilities include managing scrum ceremonies, preparing teams for program increment planning, communicating release status to stakeholders, coordinating with the Product Owner, helping teams manage risk, and improving overall product development processes to enable teams to build and deliver products efficiently and effectively. 

What you’re good at 

Organizing and facilitating team ceremonies and fostering team interactions and dynamics that enable the delivery of value to internal and external clientsCoaching and enabling teams on Agile processes to become self-organized, including facilitating daily stand-ups, reviews, sprint and release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetingsOrganizing sprint retrospectives and guiding teams on their continuous improvement journeyAssisting teams in making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definitionAdapting project scope, schedules, and resource assignments as needed throughout projects to respond to emerging requirements and risksFacilitating discussion and conflict resolutionEnsuring the team strives to make each increment of functionality potentially releasableRecommending improvements and assisting with changes to leading practicesUpdating agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogsAssisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and effectively radiating informationParticipating in the organization and planning of the development schedule using established methodologies to create a cohesive plan with identifiable platform dependencies and major milestones, while managing agreed-upon user stories and schedules to ensure successful completion within scope, budget, timeline, and quality parametersTracking and communicating team velocity and sprint/release progressSupporting development and software deliveryPromoting team self-organization and optimization while removing distractions and impedimentsEmpowering teams to self-organizeImproving the productivity of sprint teamsIdentifying and removing impediments and preventing distractions that interfere with the team’s ability to achieve sprint goalsSupporting development engineers and project leads as neededRole-modeling Schwab leadership behaviors and coaching teams to practice agile principles and values across people, process, and technologyEnsuring development teams practice core agile principles, including collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibilitySupporting an agile-based software development life cycle by helping create and maintain necessary standards, tools, and best practicesWhat you have

Required Qualifications:

5+ years as a Scrum Master7+ years of overall technology experienceProject Management experience using Scrum or KanbanExperience in coaching and leading teams new to AgileMust be an excellent team leader with the ability to absorb pressure, influence, and negotiateUnderstanding of software engineering principles and exposure to varied technology stacksExperience using Work Tracking Tools (ex. Jira, Confluence, RALLY is a Plus)Experience with highly complex project systems and working with various other domains to ensure integrated planning of development and testing is adhered toExperience with collaborating with and communicating to various levels of stakeholders and managementExperience with negotiating prioritization between Product Owners and Technical leadershipExperience working with agile methodology on large scale, technically complex projects for a large enterprise

Preferred Qualifications

Highly adaptable to a constantly changing environmentMust have the requisite software development knowledge or experience to coach and guide team members on how to improve their skillsMust have exceptional communication, organization, and time management skillsExcellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse and a geographically dispersed teamMust be self-motivated, as well as, creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problemsMust be collaborative in driving decisions and able to deal with all levels of management and stakeholders
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 planPaid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positionsPaid parental leave and family building benefitsTuition reimbursementHealth, dental, and vision insurance Apply Save job