Job Description

Join us as a Scrum Master

We're looking for an experienced Scrum Master to drive a culture of continuous improvement You'll make sure that your team lives by the values of Scrum, empowering them to become high performing to increase the productivity, transparency, frequency and quality of delivery Hone your project skills as you work with talented people in collaborative and innovative environment, with access to the bank's Agile community, experts and events We're offering this role at vice president level

What you'll do

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This role will see you coaching and guiding your team to perform at their highest level and at a sustainable pace. You'll remove any impediments to progress, facilitate meetings, protect the team from outside influences or distractions and work with the product owner to make sure that the product backlog is in good shape and ready for the next sprint.


Your responsibilities will include:

Acting as process owner for the team, and maintaining the relationship with the project's key stakeholders Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution Encouraging the team to build relationships to promote internal and external communication, improving transparency, and sharing information with all interested parties

The skills you'll need

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We're looking for someone with at least 12 years of experience in successful Scrum adoption along with a Scrum Master certification. You'll need knowledge of modern development practices and tools, such as extreme programming, test-driven development and continuous integration.


You'll also need knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency, as well as experience of building a culture of transparency within feature teams by empowering individuals and inspiring a collaborative team performance.


We'll look to you to demonstrate:

A background in coaching cross-functional teams into high performing teams Banking domain knowledge preferably Lending Experience on Jira tool with automation, filter and dashboards Experience in PI Planning facilitation * Strong knowledge of the Agile manifesto and its principles