Position Purpose: We are looking for a scrum master to join our client experience division. As a key member of the division, he/she will support agile squads to deliver product increments & release goals meeting vision & planning of product owner and ensure compliance to WMIS governance.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

·       Strong understanding of project planning and delivery in Agile framework, scrum principles. Need to be able to lead squad to adopt best practices, measure KPI

·       Work closely with the PO, sponsors to deliver the project deliverables, prioritization, estimations and planning

·       Project management and release planning proficiency. 

·       Ensure the scrum team’s adherence to delivery schedule and estimates. Assess & surfaces all schedule risk and communicate accordingly.

·       Creates partnership with product owners, stakeholders and transversal teams (security, solution architects, compliance…) 

·       Ensure coherence of the tasks in product/sprint backlog and commitment based on release and functionality of overall product

·       Ensures squads compliance to WMIS governance 

·       Assures transparency of the work that is being done and communicate its progress via regular reporting inclusive of:

o   Burndown Charts 

o   Status reports, Risks, Issues

·       Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

Contributing Responsibilities

·       A member of the scrum master chapter, to share best practices and grow the community

·       Participate in discovery sessions with customers and stakeholders

·       Assess the Agile maturity of the team. Coach the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.

·       Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Mandatory:

• 10+ years experience in working with large distributed IT teams practicing agile principles
• 7+ years of experience as Scrum Master preferably in teams developing client facing/web/mobile applications
• Certified scrum master
• Self-starter with strong critical thinker with problem solving aptitude. 
• Great listener and empathetic 
• Good personality with a ‘can-do’ attitude and interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Advantages:

• Experience with devops & devsecops
• Prince2, PMP, PMI-ACP certifications are added advantage
• Exposure to the following domains is a plus: Internet Banking, Digital Asset Management, Social Media integration... 
• General banking knowledge or Banking knowledge related to Wealth Management / Private banking is a plus

Specific Qualifications:

NA

Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)

Technical Skills:

Behavioral Skills:

Education Level: Bachelor Degree or equivalent

 Location: Chennai/India