Scrum Master - Solu Technology Partners : Job Details

Solu is currently seeking a Scrum Master to support our esteemed banking client. The ideal candidate will bring servant-leadership and mentorship to Agile teams, fostering self-organization, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Using Agile principles and frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, and Extreme Programming (XP), the Scrum Master will guide teams in achieving their goals, ensuring transparency and alignment with organizational objectives. This role offers an opportunity to drive digital innovation and Agile maturity while adhering to the client's risk and regulatory standards.

Responsibilities:

• Utilize a broad knowledge base of agile practices including user stories, retrospectives, story mapping, Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD), continuous integration, pairing, information radiators, etc., to help create high performing teams.
• Encourage a continuous improvement culture for individuals within the agile teams, constantly discovering better ways of working, through transparency, collaboration, and retrospectives.
• Curate team-level coaching content used to guide teams regarding agile practices.
• Facilitate meetings with the teams for purposes of idea generation, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, problem-solving and alignment.
• Help the teams gain transparency into their workflow through appropriate use of information radiators.
• Address blocking issues that are beyond the teams authority, or require support from other teams, so the teams remain focused on achieving their goals.
• Work with other Agile Leaders to increase the effectiveness of the application of Agile within the organization.
• Provide mentorship to less experienced Scrum Masters.
• Seek and host a variety of individual and team learning opportunities, such as communities of practice, conferences, meetups, reading and classroom training.
• Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
• Design, implement, maintain and enhance internal controls to mitigate risk on an ongoing basis. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
• Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the Bank brand.
• Maintain the bank's internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with 4 years of Agile team experience (2 years as Scrum Master), or 8 years of combined education/work experience including 4 years on an Agile team.
• Proven experience with Jira, Power BI, and other Agile tools.
• Depth of knowledge in at least two technology team roles (e.g., project manager, user experience, business analyst, developer, testing, deployment).
• Prior experience fostering team self-organization and continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of Agile and Lean principles and practices.
• Experience developing and managing digital capabilities.
• Understanding of Design Thinking principles.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Prior experience leading through influence.
• Previous banking industry experience is highly preferred.