Description
We are seeking a Scrum Master to facilitate and support Agile teams by ensuring they follow Scrum principles. The successful candidate will remove obstacles, enhance team collaboration, and ensure smooth communication, enabling the team to focus on delivering high-quality, iterative results.
Accountabilities:
- Facilitate Events: Facilitate events as needed, ensuring they are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox.
- Support Iteration Execution: Ensure quality of ceremony artefacts and continuous customer value through iteration execution, maintain backlog refinement, and iterate on stakeholder feedback.
- Optimize Flow: Identify and facilitate the removal of conflicts impacting team flow, utilizing metrics to empower the team to communicate effectively, making all work visible.
- Mitigate Risks: Identify and escalate risks to remove impediments and shield the Squad from interruptions.
- Build High-Performing Teams: Foster and coach Agile Team attributes and continuous improvement, encourage stakeholder collaboration, deputise ‘in the moment leadership’, and drive high-performing team attributes.
- Stakeholder Management: Facilitate stakeholder collaboration and build trust with stakeholders.
- Governance and Reporting: Ensure data quality and provide representation at required governance forums, if applicable.
Requirements:
- Experience working as a Scrum Master or Agile Delivery professional.
- Strong understanding of Scrum, Kanban, and Agile delivery principles.
- Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and team workshops.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working with Agile delivery tools such as Jira and Confluence.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and delivery risks.
Nice to Have:
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM), PSM, or SAFe Scrum Master certification.
- Experience within Financial Services, Payments, Corporate Banking, or Technology delivery environments.
- Knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile engineering practices.