Head of Scrum Management

About Temenos

Temenos powers a world of banking that creates opportunities for billions of people and businesses everywhere. We have been doing this for over 30 years through the pioneering spirit of our Temenosians who are passionate about making banking better, together.

We serve over 3000 clients from the largest to challengers and community banks in 150+ countries. We collaborate with clients to build new banking services and state-of-the-art customer experiences on our open banking platform, helping them operate more sustainably.

At Temenos, we have an open-minded and inclusive culture, where everyone has the power to create their own destiny and make a positive contribution to the world of banking and society.

THE ROLE

We are looking for a skilled Head of Scrum Management to support Agile teams within our Agile Release Trains (ARTs), ensuring they work efficiently, deliver value, and adhere to SAFe principles. You will play a key role in enabling high performance, removing delivery barriers, and promoting a culture of learning and improvement.

OPPORTUNITIES

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives) within the context of SAFe.
• Support Agile Release Train events, such as PI Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt workshops.
• Act as a servant leader, removing impediments and enabling teams to focus on delivering value for our composable banking platform.
• Partner with Product Owners to ensure a well-defined and prioritised backlog aligned with business objectives.
• Coach teams and stakeholders on Agile and SAFe best practices to improve maturity and delivery effectiveness.
• Foster strong communication, collaboration, and alignment between teams, Product Management, and other ART roles.
• Promote transparency through reporting, metrics, and visual management tools.
  
  
  

Skills

• Proven experience as a Scrum Master in a SAFe or large-scale Agile environment.
• Strong understanding of Agile frameworks, particularly Scrum and Kanban, with hands-on SAFe delivery experience.
• Excellent facilitation, coaching, and servant leadership skills.
• Ability to manage dependencies and risks across multiple teams.
• Proficiency with Agile tools such as Jira, Confluence, or equivalent.
• SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certification highly desirable.
  
  
  

VALUES

• Care about best practices in AGILE SAFe.
• Commit to the success of the Temenos ART's.
• Collaborate effectively with a global team to deliver for our clients.
• Challenge siloed thinking.
  
  
  

SOME OF OUR BENEFITS include:

• Maternity leave: Transition back with 3 days per week in the first month and 4 days per week in the second month
• Civil Partnership: 1 week of paid leave if you're getting married. This covers marriages and civil partnerships, including same sex/civil partnership
• Family care: 4 weeks of paid family care leave
• Recharge days: 4 days per year to use when you need to physically or mentally needed to recharge
• Study leave: 2 weeks of paid leave each year for study or personal development
  
  
  

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