Safe Scrum Master

Technology and Transformation - ET&P: Finance Transformation

SAFe Scrum Master Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile

What impact will you make?

Every day, your work will make an impact that matters, while you thrive in a dynamic culture of inclusion, collaboration and high performance. As the undisputed leader in professional services, Deloitte is where youll find unrivaled opportunities to succeed and realize your full potential.

Deloitte is where you’ll find unrivaled opportunities to succeed and realize your full potential.

The Team

Enterprise Technology and Performance is a Service Area comprising of Consulting professionals providing various service offerings on Finance, Supply Chain, SAP, Oracle and Project/Program Management.

Work you’ll do

SAFe Scrum master should be able to create the environment for a team to deliver value, be highly independent, confident in their abilities and flexible enough to adapt to an evolving landscape.

• Facilitate Agile Events:

  Lead daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to ensure smooth execution.

• Coach Agile Teams:

  Guide teams in Agile best practices, ensuring adherence to Scrum, SAFe, or other Agile frameworks.

• Remove Impediments:

  Identify and address blockers that hinder team progress, collaborating with stakeholders for resolution.

• Foster Collaboration:

  Facilitate communication and coordination between teams, Product Owners, and leadership to ensure alignment and transparency.

• Ensure Agile Maturity:

  Continuously assess and improve team Agile maturity, coaching teams to self-organize and deliver value efficiently.

• Support Product Ownership:

  Partner with Product Owners to refine and prioritize the backlog, ensuring clarity in user stories and acceptance criteria.

• Drive Continuous Improvement:

  Encourage feedback loops, innovation, and iterative improvements through Inspect & Adapt workshops.

• Develop Daily Performance Management Practices:

  Implement and promote daily performance management techniques to track team progress, identify areas for improvement, and drive operational efficiency.

• Foster Problem-Solving and Kaizen Culture:

  Encourage teams to embrace a problem-solving mindset through structured approaches like root cause analysis, retrospectives, and continuous learning initiatives.

• Risk & Dependency Management:

  Identify risks early and work with leadership and cross-functional teams to mitigate dependencies.

• Champion Agile Transformation:

  Promote Agile mindset and principles across the organization, fostering a culture of agility and adaptability.

• Navigate Organizational Challenges:

  Manage stakeholder expectations, influence decision-making, and navigate political complexities to ensure successful Agile adoption.

• Motivate Teams:

  Keep the team engaged, empowered, and aligned to business goals while fostering a psychologically safe work environment.

• Facilitate Critical Conversations:

  Manage conflicts constructively and drive resolution through open, honest communication.

• Collaborate with Engineering Teams:

  Work closely with engineering teams to coach and guide them in adopting Agile Engineering practices, including Test-Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), DevOps, and automation strategies to improve software quality and delivery efficiency.

Key Skills required:

• Overall 6-9 years

  experience of which minimum 5 years must have been as Scrum Master
• Hands on experience as Scrum Master for SAFe projects
• Hands on experience in Software Life Cycle (SDLC), waterfall, hybrid and agile projects
• Experience in using SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, Lean Agile frameworks.
• Experience in Project Management tools such as JIRA, ADO etc.
• Leading SAFe 6.0 and CSM / PSM equivalent certification.
• Bachelors in Engineering / MBA.
• PMP® certification, Agile or SAFe certification preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent coaching and mentoring skills

How you’ll grow

At Deloitte, our professional development plan focuses on helping people at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn. We offer opportunities to help build world-class skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development

Programs at Deloitte University, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career. Explore Deloitte University, The Leadership Centre.

Benefits

At Deloitte, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits. Learn more about what working at Deloitte can mean for you.

Our purpose

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