Scrum Master

NatWest Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A major banking institution in Scotland seeks a Scrum Master to lead a team towards continuous improvement and high performance. The ideal candidate should have a Scrum Master certification and experience with Mainframe infrastructure. Responsibilities include coaching the team, removing impediments, and facilitating effective communication and decision-making. A background in Scrum adoption and agile principles is crucial for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Experience in successful Scrum adoption is essential.
• Strong knowledge of Mainframe infrastructure is critical.
• Certifications in Scrum Mastery are required.

Responsibilities

• Coaching and guiding the team to high performance.
• Removing impediments to team progress.
• Facilitating discussions and conflict resolution.

Skills

Scrum adoption

Mainframe infrastructure

Servant leadership

Facilitation

Conflict resolution

Continuous improvement

Empowerment

Agile principles

Automated testing frameworks

Education

Scrum Master certification

Job description

Join us as a Scrum Master

• We’re looking for an experienced Scrum Master to drive a culture of continuous improvement
• You’ll make sure that your team lives by the values of Scrum, empowering them to become high performing to increase the productivity, transparency, frequency and quality of delivery
• Hone your project skills as you work with talented people in collaborative and innovative environment, with access to the bank's Agile community, experts and events

What you'll do

This role will see you coaching and guiding your team to perform at their highest level and at a sustainable pace. You’ll remove any impediments to progress, facilitate meetings, protect the team from outside influences or distractions and work with the product owner to make sure that the product backlog is in good shape and ready for the next sprint.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Acting as process owner for the team, and maintaining the relationship with the project's key stakeholders
• Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Encouraging the team to build relationships to promote internal and external communication, improving transparency, and sharing information with all interested parties

The skills you\'ll need

We\'re looking for someone with experience of successful Scrum adoption along with a Scrum Master certification. You\'ll need strong knowledge and hands-on experience of working with Mainframe infrastructure - this is critical to success in this role & effectively engaging with Mainframe Infrastructure teams

You\'ll also need knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency, as well as experience of building a culture of transparency within feature teams by empowering individuals and inspiring a collaborative team performance.

We\'ll look to you to demonstrate:

• A background in coaching cross-functional teams into high performing teams
• Experience of changing organisational, team or department mindsets and structure
• An understanding and experience of applying empirical process control
• Strong knowledge of the Agile manifesto and its principles
• Experience of automated testing frameworks