Senior Scrum Master

Project Description:

• About our team
• The Scrum Master is a servant leader who facilitates the Scrum process, ensuring the team effectively self-organizes and delivers value. By removing impediments and coaching the team on Agile principles, the Scrum Master creates an environment where the team can thrive.
• We're looking for Agile enthusiasts to join the Data, Analytics & AI department and to help us build a future-focused culture. If you're passionate about innovation, teamwork, and continuous improvement, this is your chance to shine!
• Responsibilities:
• How you will contribute
• - Drives Agile transformation and coaching, promoting the implementation and adoption of Agile principles/ practices across the bank, ensuring consistency and alignment;
• - Cultivates a high-performing Agile culture characterized by self-organization, transparency, continuous improvement, and continuous delivery;
• - Leads the team in creating value, by closely collaborating with the Product Owner and the scrum team;
• - Fosters a "user first" attitude and steers the teams to attain key results on previously agreed upon objectives;
• - Collects and analyzes agile metrics, with a focus on improvement; identifies ways to increase effectiveness and improve time to market;
• - Maintains clear and consistent communication channels and facilitates collaboration across teams to achieve organizational shared objectives;
• - Proactively identifies and removes impediments to Agile adoption, including cultural and organizational barriers;
• - Collaborates with the Agile Centre of Enablement members, to refine and document Agile standards and best practices, fostering continuous improvement;
• - Strengthens Agile expertise company-wide by creating and delivering comprehensive training programs, thus enhancing teams' true potential;
• - Supports organization-specific governance and collaboration channels, for the benefit of the team, by fostering communication and transparency around the work items and working processes.
• Mandatory Skills Description:
• What will help you be successful
• - Experienced Scrum Master with a deep understanding of Scrum principles and practices and min 3 years of hands-on experience as a Scrum Master/ Agile PM role in complex projects and environments; SAFe® or PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner certifications are a plus;
• - Expert in applying Scrum and Kanban frameworks at scale across distributed and co-located teams;
• - Proven leadership skills in motivating and empowering teams to achieve results;
• - Strong team-building abilities to foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment;
• - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build strong relationships;
• - Experience in delivering complex projects, planning skills, ability to manage multiple activities, being open-minded to experiment with new technologies;
• - Strong analytical and quantitative skills to facilitate data-driven decisions;
• - Experience in establishing and tracking key performance indicators (KPIs);
• - Proficiency in Jira, Confluence, Agile Methodologies, Communication, Scrum, Kanban, Project Management, Conflict Resolution, Stakeholder Engagement for efficient project management and collaboration;
• - Excellent English language skills (verbal and written) for effective communication.

Language:

• English: English: B2 Upper Intermediate

• Romanian: C1 Advanced