Scrum Master

Lokki Henkilöstöpalvelut Oy; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive salary

Employee benefits

Job summary

Lokki Henkilöstöpalvelut Oy in Helsinki is seeking a Scrum Master for a banking industry client. The role combines Agile leadership, team coaching, and execution leadership to drive delivery from idea to implementation.

You will facilitate Agile ceremonies, coordinate cross-team deliveries, and explore AI-enabled improvements across the SDLC. The position is hybrid with a start Oct 2026 and end Mar 2027, with potential continuation and a competitive salary plus benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Scrum Master, Agile Delivery Lead, Project Manager, or Execution Leader in a technology-driven environment.
• Strong delivery leadership and cross-team coordination capabilities.
• Good understanding of API-based architectures, cloud technologies, DevOps and modern software practices.
• Understanding of Open Banking or financial services tech ecosystems is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and continuously improve Agile ways of working, ensuring effective Scrum/SAFe practices.
• Lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, reviews, backlog refinement and PI Planning.
• Coach team members, Product Owners and stakeholders on Agile principles and value-driven delivery.
• Own strategic initiatives and cross-team deliveries from idea to delivery lifecycle.
• Drive AI opportunities and promote AI-first mindset across the SDLC.

Skills

Scrum Master

Agile Delivery Lead

Project Management

Execution Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Open Banking knowledge

AI-driven delivery

Job description

For our client from banking industry, we are looking for a Scrum Master.

The Scrum Master acts as an Execution Leader responsible not only for facilitating Agile ceremonies and coaching the team, but also for actively driving the successful delivery of strategic initiatives from idea to implementation. The role combines Agile leadership, project execution, stakeholder management, delivery management, and AI enablement.

Detailed description of work task to be carried out:

Agile Leadership and Team Coaching
Facilitate and continuously improve Agile ways of working within the team, ensuring effective execution of Scrum and SAFe practices.
Organize and lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, reviews, backlog refinement sessions, PI Planning, and other Agile ceremonies.
Coach team members, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile principles, continuous improvement, flow optimization, and value-driven delivery.
Foster a high-performing, self-organizing, cross-functional team culture with strong collaboration, accountability, transparency, and psychological safety.
Monitor and improve team health, engagement, predictability, quality, and delivery performance.

Initiative and Delivery Leadership:

Take ownership of strategic initiatives, epics, features, and cross-team deliveries, acting as the primary execution leader throughout the delivery lifecycle.
Create and maintain delivery plans, roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, risk logs, and execution tracking mechanisms
Drive execution proactively by identifying blockers, coordinating issue resolution, escalating risks, and ensuring timely decision-making.
Coordinate complex deliveries involving multiple teams, vendors, business stakeholders, and technology organizations.
Ensure initiatives progress according to agreed scope, timelines, quality expectations, governance requirements, and funding constraints.
Maintain visibility of delivery status and drive actions needed to achieve committed business outcomes.

AI Leadership and Transformation:

Continuously identify and drive AI opportunities that improve productivity, quality, speed, and operational efficiency. Work with teams to define, prioritize, and implement AI use cases, ensuring AI and automation opportunities are considered during feature refinement, sprint planning, PI Planning, and continuous improvement activities.
Promote an AI-first mindset across the Software Development Lifecycle by leveraging AI to improve planning, backlog management, documentation, testing, reporting, stakeholder communication, and overall team effectiveness. Encourage teams to actively challenge existing ways of working and explore how AI can simplify, automate, and accelerate value delivery

Must-have knowledge and experience:

Experience as a Scrum Master, Agile Delivery Lead, Project Manager, or Execution Leader in a technology-driven environment
Strong delivery leadership, stakeholder management, and cross-team coordination capabilities
Good understanding of API-based architectures, cloud technologies, infrastructure concepts, DevOps, and modern software development practices
Understanding of Open Banking, digital platforms, or financial services technology ecosystems is considered a strong advantage
Ability to engage effectively with architects, engineers, and business stakeholders without requiring hands-on technical expertise
Proven interest in AI-driven ways of working and the ability to identify and drive adoption of AI, automation, and productivity-enhancing solutions across teams

Nice-to-have knowledge and experience:

Experience working in financial services, banking, payments, Open Banking, Embedded Banking

Start time: 1.10.2026
End time: 31.3.2027, possible continuation
Working model: Hybrid (The person needs to follow the internals with office present from October 3 times a week)
Allocation: 100 %
Location: Helsinki

We offer you: We offer a versatile assignment where every day is different and interesting. We also offer a very competitive salary and good employee benefits.

Explore Lokki, through our blog and website: https://www.lokki.fi/ .

Lokki Henkilöstöpalvelut Oy (Finnish for Seagull Recruitment Services) has been active in providing recruitment services since 2005 and we belong to The Private Employment Agencies Association HPL. Our vision is to provide the best customer experience with our reliable, humane and effortless service around Finland. Our most important asset is a person who, as we know, thrives in a reliable and supportive atmosphere. At Loki you will be supported by your own human resources consultant throughout your employment relationship. At Lokki, we believe in a partnership achieved as a result of flexible service. Explore us and our vacancies: https://www.lokki.fi/.

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Employment relationship: Commission

Wage: Other

Number of positions: 1

Source: Job Market Finland/Työmarkkinatori

Osaamisalue: IT & tietoliikenne