Scrum Master

What Is The Opportunity

Become a Scrum Master at Bank of Ireland in Dublin, Ireland, and join a dynamic team crafting the future of finance. In this position, you will help guide several Scrum teams to deliver digital solutions successfully. You will ensure clear priorities, timely delivery, and removal of obstacles. You will also maintain focus, handle risks, and share insights with senior leadership to strengthen our Agile function.

In This Role You Will

• Lead and mentor multiple Scrum teams in achieving the product backlog, supporting the removal of any impediments that may affect progress during each Agile delivery cycle
• Function as a Scrum facilitator and facilitative leader for the teams.
• Provide strong attention to detail in all aspects related to the position
• Support the Delivery Lead in running roadmap results.
• Coordinate short- to mid-term roadmap planning and execution.
• Partner closely with the Product Owner to ensure work is delivered within agreed SLAs.
  
  
  

What Will Make You Stand Out

• Strong experience working on high-quality digital projects using Agile methodologies.
• Comfortable navigating and collaborating within Waterfall or hybrid delivery environments.
• Confirmed understanding of technology delivery practices and emerging industry trends.
• Skilled in mentoring teams to improve delivery efficiency.
• Confirmed ability to support partners and build strong, positive relationships.
• Able to work independently, demonstrating good judgement to drive progress.
• Champion a thoughtful, detailed, and genuinely can?'do approach that helps teams feel supported and confident in their delivery.
• Be a self?'starter who brings meaningful Agile experience and a clear, grounded understanding of the Scrum Master role, enabling teams to work with clarity and ease.
  
  
  

Essential Qualifications

• Scrum Master or Agile delivery certifications (e.g., PSM II, SAFe, A?'CSM).
• A degree in IT, Software Engineering, or a relevant business subject area, or equivalent experience.
  
  
  

Why work with us?

The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work-life balance with an opportunity for flexible working, along with 23 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions. Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paid leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy and working parent supports.

Your wellbeing is important to us; we have an employee assistance program, WebDoctor and financial wellbeing coaches available. We also encourage and support staff to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and enhance your career!

At the heart of our purpose is our commitment to Inclusion & Diversity: Bank of Ireland Group is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace which values and benefits from the diversity of our workforce, this is supported by the development of our Employee Support Networks.

We offer reasonable accommodation at every stage of the application and interview process. If you require assistance, please contact [email protected].

This is a hybrid role, based primarily at Baggot plaza, Dublin. We typically ask colleagues to spend a minimum of 8 days per month working in-person to support collaboration and connection. Specific arrangements will be confirmed by your recruiter to ensure they meet the needs of the role and team."

Key Competencies

• Customer Focused - People Manager
• Better together - Leader
• Manage Risk - People Manager
• Be Decisive - People Manager
• Take Ownership - Leader
  
  
  

We're on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, lived experience, abilities and perspectives. We provide reasonable accommodations at every stage of our recruitment process for disabilities, neurodivergence or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation please complete this form and one of our recruitment team members will be in touch via email. Any information provided will be treated as confidential within the recruitment team and used only for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations for the application and recruitment process.

Where Agency assistance is required Bank of Ireland Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Bank of Ireland by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.