Job Description

The health and safety of our employees and candidates is very important to us. Due to the current situation related to the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), we’re leveraging our digital capabilities to ensure we can continue to recruit top talent at the HSBC Group. As your application progresses, you may be asked to use one of our digital tools to help you through your recruitment journey. If so, one of our Resourcing colleagues will explain how our video-interviewing technology will be used throughout the recruitment process and will be on hand to answer any questions you might have. Some careers shine brighter than others. If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further. HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.
We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Senior Consutant Specialist.
In this role, you will:

• Enforcing Agile / Scrum processes and methodology and leveraging Agile techniques as a Scrum Master for the programme
• Guiding the Global Mortgages team on how to use Agile / Scrum practices and ensuring members of the development team work according to Scrum rules
• Planning the work of the Scrum Teams following Sprint Planning events and user story sizing
• Facilitating Scrum events across geographically distributed teams, (UK, India, China)
• Advising and mentoring team members in the Agile approach and how to apply it and ensuring that the self organising and cross-functional structure of the team works efficiently
• Facilitating discussions, decision making and conflict resolution
• Applying backlog tracking, burn-down & other reporting metrics, velocity and task management
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency and dissipating information
• Regularly assessing the Agile and Scrum Maturity of the teams and programme and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and programme
• Clearly communicating project vision, goals, and Product Backlog items to the Scrum Team
• Understanding long-term product planning in an empirical environment

Requirements
To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

• Experience performing the Agile Delivery Lead role, applying Agile/Scrum principles, practices and theory and good use of RTC
• Experience of being scrum master in a sizeable Java based web project. Extensive reporting experience.
• Good skills and knowledge of leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
• Knowledge and experience with successful Agile techniques: User Stories, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Automated Testing
• Excellent organiser, must be able to be a voice of reason and authority
• Communication skills need to be advanced and evident in recent assignments
• Ability to facilitate discussion and facilitate alternatives or different approaches
• Experience working within Agile Software Delivery environments and familiarity with tools that enable the rapid definition, design, build, integration and test of fully working code
• An active interest in developing the skills of others
• Professional Scrum Master (PSMI) certification is desirable
• SAFe certification would also be added advantage.
• Good understanding of leading development heavy projects.

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