Technical Scrum Master

Job Description

Position Purpose Provide a brief description of the overall purpose of the position, why this position exists and how it will contribute in achieving the teams goal. Responsibilities: The Tribe Scrum Master will be responsible for: Managing and optimising flow of value through the Agile Release Train using appropriate tools. Communicating and establishing the annual calendars for Program Increments (PI)s and iterations. Facilitating PI planning events. Summarising team PIs into Program PI Objectives. And, publish them for transparency and visibility. Assisting in tracking capabilities and execution of features. Guidance in economical decision making. Coaching leaders, scrum masters and teams in Lean-Agile mindsets and practices. Helping dependencies and risk management. Escalating and tracking impediments. Offering inputs on resourcing to address crucial bottlenecks. Encouraging culture of collaboration between teams. Working with Product Owners, Product Solution Management, and stakeholders for ensuring strategy and execution alignments. Improving the flow of value through value streams by assessing and improving the practices related to DevOps. Continuous improvements in the ART Direct Responsibilities Contributing Responsibilities Technical Behavioral Competencies Essential This role is for an experienced Tribe Scrum Master (RTE) with relevant experience and a proven track record including the following aspects: Strong Negotiation and persuasion skills Must be Courageous to say No to avoid over-committing on the ART Business expertise Stakeholder Mgmt. Practice Cross Team communication Ability to deal fairly with everyone Possess strong facilitation and problem solving skills Interpersonal skills Leadership behaviours Coach and a Teacher open to providing guidance on processes and approaches Agile Budgeting and meaningful Metrics tracking Strong influencer in adoption of Agile practices, with a wide range of styles, having ability to build good working relationships with clients, suppliers and internal teams Must be a people person with passion for developing teams and people Technical knowledge and ability to consult and support implementation of agile tools such as JIRA/Confluence to drive transparency and accountability across organisation including relevant metrics to show progress and improvements Experience and deep understanding of software development lifecycle and processes Experience in client-facing projects Relevant university degree or professional qualification is required Preferred Investment banking background required, ideally in a Risk Management department or similar. RTE Certification