Description

Key Responsibilities

Agile Delivery Leadership

 Serve as Scrum Master for one or multiple Agile teams delivering largescale technology and automation initiatives
 Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning Sprint Reviews Backlog Refinement Release Planning etc
 Ensure Agile best practices are consistently applied across teams
 Perform PI planning ART Sync Scrum of Scrums and system demos

 Manage crossteam dependencies risks and impediments across Agile Release Trains
 Partner with Release Train Engineers RTEs Product Management and Technology Leadership to align execution with strategic objectives
 Lead agile delivery for large programs in Risk management space

Stakeholder Management

 Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams
 Provide delivery transparency through regular status reporting metrics dashboards and executivelevel communications
 Partner with Product Owners to ensure prioritized backlogs align with business objectives

Agile Coaching  Mentoring

 Coach teams Product Owners and stakeholders on Agile principles and SAFe methodologies
 Promote Agile mindset adoption across business and technology organizations
 Mentor junior Scrum Masters and Agile practitioners
 Drive Agile maturity assessments and improvement initiatives

Delivery Governance  Risk Management

 Identify and proactively manage project risks dependencies and blockers
 Escalate critical issues and facilitate resolution across organizational boundaries
 Track and monitor Agile metrics including Velocity Sprint Burndown Lead and Cycle Time Predictability Metric etc
 Ensure compliance with organizational governance risk and control standards

Required Qualifications

 Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems Finance or related discipline
 15 years of overall experience in technology project delivery and Agile execution
 Minimum 8 years of experience as a Scrum Master leading Agile teams in large enterprise environments
 Strong experience working within Banking Capital Markets or Financial Services organizations

Required Experience

Agile  SAFe Expertise

 Deep understanding of Scrum SAFe Agile Principles Kanban etc
 Experience supporting multiple Agile Release Trains ARTs
 Proven success managing large distributed Agile teams across multiple geographies

Banking  Risk Domain Experience

Strong preference for candidates with experience in one or more of the following areas

 Risk Market Credit Liquidity CCR etc
 Basel III  Basel IV Programs Enterprise Data Management
 Regulatory Reporting Risk Data Aggregation and Reporting BCBS 239

Technical Skills

 Expertise with Agile management tools JIRA Confluence Rally etc
 Strong understanding of SDLC and software delivery processes
 Familiarity with modern technology architectures and data platforms Understanding of DevOps and CICD practices is highly desirable

Certifications

Required one or more CSM PSM or SAFe Scrum Master SSM
Preferred anyone SAFe Advanced Scrum Master SASM SAFe Agilist SA PMIACP or PMP

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree