Scrum Master

Enable Delivery Agility through highly mature Scrum adoption at teams, initiative, and/or wider organization

Enabling Agility

• Coach teams in self-management and cross-functionality.
• Help teams to focus on creating high-value increments that meet the Definition of Done (DoD).
• Train and coach Product Owners on techniques for effective Product Goal definition, Product Backlog management, and release planning that maximize business value.
• Train and coach teams, initiatives, and stakeholders to apply an empirical approach, incremental and iterative development, lean thinking, and Scrum values.
• Plan, train, coach, implement, and improve Scrum adoption for initiatives and/or the wider organization.
• Ensure Scrum events take place and are positive and productive within the timebox.

Enabling Performance

• Adopt appropriate stances for teams: Trainer, Mentor, Coach, Leader, Facilitator, Manager, and Change Agent.
• Help teams to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and practices via Scrum, e.g., maturity assessment, improvement plans, and training and coaching activities.
• Cause the removal of impediments to teams’ progress.
• Train and coach managers on empowering people, enabling and nurturing self-managing and high-performing teams.
• Train and coach teams to use Agile tools, e.g., Jira, Confluence, Miro, and Trello.

Enabling Outcomes

• Train and coach teams, initiatives, and/or the wider organization to apply evidence-based management (EBM).

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Banking, Finance, Technology, Business Administration, Information Technology, or related disciplines.
• Professional Scrum certifications, e.g., A-CSM or PSM II. Other certifications such as PMP, PMI-ACP, Lean, Six Sigma, or Agile Project Management are a plus.
• At least 5 years of experience in corporate environments, preferably in banking or fintech organizations.
• Experience in training and coaching Scrum teams.
• Experience in training, coaching, and mentoring different roles, e.g., Product Owner, Designer, Developer, Tester, and Manager.
• Team player; a servant leader with strong facilitation, conflict resolution, communication, motivation, and interpersonal skills.Familiar with engineering best practices (e.g., TDD, ATDD, CI/CD, automation).
• Familiar with common tools, e.g., Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Jenkins, and SonarQube.