Scrum Master / Lead

Talent; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent is seeking an experienced Senior Scrum Master to support a major transformation portfolio within a leading Australian financial services organisation in Sydney. You will coach squads, facilitate ceremonies and partner with Product Owners to drive delivery across insurance and finance platforms.

You will remove impediments, manage dependencies, develop roadmaps, and shape initiatives with stakeholders across business, product and technology.

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a Senior Scrum Master within complex technology environments.
• Preferred Insurance, Banking or regulated financial services experience.
• Demonstrated Agile coaching, facilitation and continuous improvement capability.
• Experience managing backlogs, priorities, dependencies and cross-team delivery.
• Confidence working with business and technical stakeholders and challenging decisions constructively.
• Ability to develop practical roadmaps and work within a hybrid Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Coach squads in Agile and Scrum practices and facilitate effective ceremonies.
• Partner with Product Owners on backlog refinement, prioritisation and delivery planning.
• Remove impediments, manage dependencies and coordinate delivery across teams.
• Develop high-level roadmaps and build strong partnerships across business, product and technology.
• Shape initiatives and prepare work ahead of execution teams.
• Work with Product Owners, Business Analysts, architects and technology leaders to assess ideas.
• Clarify business needs, test viability and define success measures.
• Establish effective discovery, prioritisation and handover processes.

Skills

Agile coaching

Facilitation

Backlog management

Delivery planning

Stakeholder management

Cross-team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Professional Scrum Master

SAFe certification

Job description

A leading Australian financial services organisation is seeking an experienced Scrum Masters to support a major transformation portfolio. These delivery-focused roles extend beyond Scrum ceremonies and require a practical approach to setting priorities, resolving blockers and delivering business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Coach squads in Agile and Scrum practices and facilitate effective ceremonies.
• Partner with Product Owners on backlog refinement, prioritisation and delivery planning.
• Remove impediments, manage dependencies and coordinate delivery across teams.
• Constructively challenge assumptions, priorities and proposed solutions.
• Develop high-level roadmaps and build strong partnerships across business, product and technology.
• Shape initiatives and prepare work ahead of execution teams.
• Work with Product Owners, Business Analysts, architects and technology leaders to assess ideas.
• Clarify business needs, test viability and define success measures.
• Establish effective discovery, prioritisation and handover processes.
• Support squads delivering customer and product growth initiatives.
• Drive delivery through planning, coordination and practical problem-solving.
• Resolve blockers and manage dependencies across insurance platforms, finance systems and pricing products.

Requirements

• Strong experience as a Senior Scrum Master within complex technology environments.
• Preferred Insurance, Banking or regulated financial services experience.
• Demonstrated Agile coaching, facilitation and continuous improvement capability.
• Experience managing backlogs, priorities, dependencies and cross-team delivery.
• Confidence working with business and technical stakeholders and challenging decisions constructively.
• Ability to develop practical roadmaps and work within a hybrid Agile environment.
• Strong judgement, resilience and adaptability when managing ambiguity and changing priorities.
• Exposure to insurance pricing, finance systems, customer products or complex integrations.
• Scrum Master, Professional Scrum Master or SAFe certification.