About the Role:
Grade Level (for internal use):
10
Position: Scrum Master - Technology Enablement
Manager / Individual Contributor?
Individual Contributor – Reporting to Director, Business Analysis
Key Roles / Responsibilities:
This position serves a key role in helping S&P mature our engineering team and Agile practices. As an experienced Scrum Master, you will be responsible for driving technology projects and delivering project outcomes negotiated with the product owners. You will use appropriate Agile methodologies to ensure work is sufficiently defined, stays on schedule, and is free from impediments.
The Team
The Engineering teams within S&P’s Digital Workplace organization are committed to providing S&P’s employees with a transformational working environment. As a leading member of the team, you will have the opportunity to modernize critical business processes and applications through key business partnerships and the development of advanced technologies.
The Impact
S&P’s Digital Workplace team is committed to providing S&Ps employees with a transformational working environment. As a member of the Digital Workplace team, you will have the opportunity to have an impact across the entirety of S&P global in modernizing the way we work.
The Career Opportunity
We see this position as evolving over time with the candidate driving new opportunities to expand the services and capabilities of the team. The future is entirely up to us to define and create. In the near term, the candidate will work with business teams to support and mature our engineering processes and mature our overall Agile disciplines. You will partner with business leaders and peers to identify and develop transformative opportunities both for the platforms you support and the methodologies which we use to accomplish our work.
What’s in it for you:
-
Play a key role in helping S&P execute its technology roadmap and investment strategy
-
Play a key role in helping S&P further evolve its global technology service offerings
-
Play a key role in helping S&P further evolve its global technology operations
-
Play a key role in helping S&Ps global technology teams mature their Agile disciplines
-
Exposure to senior leadership by working with them to solve, improve, create, and automate key business processes
Job Responsibilities:
-
Provide insight on best practices for high performing teams in the delivery of technology-related projects, ensuring team actions are aligned with project goals
-
Lead technical delivery on team(s) and projects using agile methods
-
Document and manage deliverable milestones and risks; communicating out and up to stakeholders with focus on continuous improvement
-
Lead daily scrum meetings, iteration reviews, and maintain backlogs
-
Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to prioritize and deliver work
-
Participate in the scoping of proposed enhancements
-
Work with Product Owners, Business Analysts, User Experience, and Engineering to turn business requirements into well-defined user stories and sprints
-
Mitigate risk while managing tasks, resources, and changes
-
Encourage a continuous learning environment to strengthen the team's understanding of Agile/Scrum concepts and principles as they relate to technical capabilities.
Qualifications:
-
3-5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Business Systems Analyst or Scrum Master in a technical, data driven environment
-
Hands on experience working in a team using agile frameworks. Scrum preferred.
-
Experience leading scrum teams preferred.
-
Proven ability to deliver projects from start to finish, working collaboratively with business and technical stakeholders
-
Self-starter that can think critically and is proactive in removing impediments to keep the team moving towards their sprint goals
-
An active listener with strong written and verbal communication skills
-
Analysis skills that include basic database analysis (understanding table structures, and creating/executing queries in SQL)
-
Thought leader and embrace continuous learning
-
Communication skills (presentational, active listening, ability to build consensus, buy-in and support across functions and at all levels)
-
Experience working in Jira/Azure DevOps or comparable systems
-
Scrum master certifications nice to have
#LI-USA
What’s In It For You?
Our Purpose:
Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology–the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.
Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.
Our People:
We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.
From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. We’re constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.
Our Values:
Integrity, Discovery, Partnership
At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.
Benefits:
We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.
Our benefits include:
-
Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
-
Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
-
Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
-
Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
-
Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
-
Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.
For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at S&P Global:
At S&P Global, we believe diversity fuels creative insights, equity unlocks opportunity, and inclusion drives growth and innovation – Powering Global Markets. Our commitment centers on our global workforce, ensuring that our people are empowered to bring their whole selves to work. It doesn’t stop there, we strive to better reflect and serve the communities in which we live and work, and advocate for greater opportunity for all.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Equal Opportunity Employer
S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.
If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: [email protected] and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.
US Candidates Only: The EEO is the Law Poster http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf describes discrimination protections under federal law.
-----------------------------------------------------------
IFTECH202.1 - Middle Professional Tier I (EEO Job Group)
What We Do
At S&P Global, we accelerate progress by delivering essential intelligence that unlocks opportunity and fosters growth. For 160 years, our insights and data have helped countries, companies and investors make decisions with conviction. We’re the world’s foremost provider of transparent and independent ratings, benchmarks, analytics, data, research, commentary and ESG solution. Our divisions include:
• S&P Global Ratings, which provides credit ratings, research and insights essential to driving growth and transparency.
• S&P Global Market Intelligence, which provides insights into companies, markets and data so that business and financial decisions can be made with conviction.
• S&P Dow Jones Indices, the world’s largest resource for iconic and innovative indices, which helps investors pinpoint global opportunities.
• S&P Global Platts, which equips customers to identify and seize opportunities in energy and commodities, stimulating business growth and market transparency.
