Scrum Master

A global leader in credit information and information management services, TransUnion gives businesses, consumers and the global community the power to achieve their goals. Businesses count on us to better manage risk and customer relationships. Consumers are able to better manage credit to achieve their financial goals. And in communities around the world we help build strong economies and give people the power to achieve their dreams.

This role is for a Scrum Master that will oversee the delivery of application development teams enhancing the capabilities of TransUnion’s leading-edge, multi-petabyte Analytics platforms. TransUnion’s Analytics Application Development organization is the delivery backbone supporting both internal and external facing applications and solutions that support a myriad of analytics capabilities. Our user community is a diverse group of data scientists, data wranglers, business analysts, product strategists, and market analysts, as well as a broad base of TransUnion’s expansive and diverse customer base.

* Manage release and sprint planning processes and the execution of all the ceremonies associated with those processes * Participate in long term road map planning, manage quarterly capitalization processes and change management processes * Understand the general principals of Agile planning as outlined in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and be fully aligned to those principals * Work with technology teams to ensure that infrastructure requirements and technical dependencies are well understood and meet project objectives * Prepare weekly release and sprint reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends. * Assist in the recruitment and selection of project personnel * Participate in the coordination of activities of internal project personnel, business departmental teams, technology resources and external vendors as they relate to release plans for applications * Establish and execute project communication plans for all IT activities * Initiate, review, and communicate modifications made to release plans * Monitor and track road map and release milestones, issues and risks * Schedule and facilitate meetings * Manage all project documentation and backlogs * Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems * Monitor the performance of project team members * Ensure that release deliverables are submitted and that quality standards are consistently met

* A minimum of four years of relevant experience managing projects and/or scrum teams * A minimum of four years of relevant IT experience * Familiarity working with Agile project delivery tools, such as JIRA and/or Agile Central/Rally (preferred) * Strong written and verbal communication skills * Expertise in office productivity tools, such as Excel and PowerPoint * A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher learning