Agile Scrum Master — Lending & Finance Transformation

Halian; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Halian is looking for an experienced Scrum Master to support the delivery of Lending & Finance transformation initiatives in Abu Dhabi. You will drive Agile delivery across multiple workstreams, coordinate with business stakeholders, technology teams and vendors to ensure successful programme execution.

The role requires strong banking domain knowledge, excellent stakeholder management, and proven experience managing complex programmes in regulated environments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in PM, Scrum Master or Agile Delivery.
• Experience in Banking/Financial services.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies and manage Scrum teams.
• Hands-on Jira, Confluence, and agile reporting.
• Experience with multiple stakeholders and vendors.
• Strong governance, planning and reporting.
• Agile certifications such as CSM/PSM/SAFe preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and lead Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and backlog grooming).
• Coordinate with business users, technology teams and vendors to deliver projects.
• Manage project plans, delivery roadmaps and governance activities.
• Track sprint progress, milestones, risks, dependencies and impediments.
• Maintain Jira boards, user stories, sprint backlogs and metrics.
• Gather and document business requirements with stakeholders.
• Prepare executive status reports, dashboards and delivery updates.
• Support budget tracking and resource planning.
• Ensure adherence to Agile best practices and delivery standards.
• Facilitate communication between business, project and technology teams.
• Support Lending and Finance platform initiatives from requirements to go-live.

Skills

Project management

Scrum Master

Agile delivery

Jira

Confluence

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Governance & reporting

Cross-functional coordination

SAFe/CSM/PSM

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Halian is looking for an experienced Scrum Master to support the delivery of Lending & Finance transformation initiatives in Abu Dhabi. You will drive Agile delivery across multiple workstreams, coordinate with business stakeholders, technology teams and vendors to ensure successful programme execution.

The role requires strong banking domain knowledge, excellent stakeholder management, and proven experience managing complex programmes in regulated environments.