Scrum Master (Lending Tribe)

Barclays; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Barclays as a Scrum Master in Glasgow, driving Agile principles across teams in the lending tribe. This mid-senior level role emphasizes facilitating Scrum events and stakeholder engagement in the context of financial services. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in Agile delivery and the ability to foster collaboration in complex environments.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Scrum Master across multiple teams.
• Strong knowledge of financial services.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Scrum events and support Agile teams.
• Streamline communication and remove obstacles.
• Build high-performing teams and manage stakeholder collaboration.

Skills

Agile delivery

Communication

Stakeholder management

Job description

Barclays Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Join us at Barclays as a Scrum Master (Lending Tribe), where you’ll champion Agile principles to foster collaboration and drive continuous delivery. You'll facilitate Scrum events, clear blockers, and connect teams with key stakeholders to keep progress on track.

To be successful as a Business Response Resilience Lead should have experience with:

• A well-established background in Agile delivery, with a deep understanding of frameworks such as Scrum
• Demonstrated experience as a Scrum Master, ideally across multiple teams and complex delivery environments
• Solid knowledge of financial services, with familiarity in areas such as banking, payments, or credit
  
  
  

Some Other Highly Valued Skills May Include

• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to guide productive discussions and foster collaboration
• Strong stakeholder engagement capabilities, building trusted relationships across technical and business teams
  
  
  

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

This role is based in Glasgow.

Purpose of the role

Facilitates and supports Agile teams by ensuring they follow Scrum principles. To remove obstacles, enhance team collaboration, and ensure smooth communication, enabling the team to focus on delivering high-quality, iterative results. Facilitate Scrum events, promote continuous improvement, and act as a bridge between the team and external stakeholders.

Accountabilities

• Facilitate Events: Facilitate events, as needed, and ensure that all events take place and are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox
• Support Iteration Execution: Ensure quality of ceremony artefacts and continuous customer value through iteration execution, maintain backlog refinement, and iterate on stakeholder feedback
• Optimize Flow: Identify and facilitate the removal of conflict impacting team flow, utilizing metrics to empower the team to communicate effectively, making all work visible
• Mitigate Risks: Identify and escalate risks to remove impediments and shield the Squad from interruptions
• Build High-Performing Teams: Foster and coach Agile Team attributes and continuous improvement, encourage stakeholder collaboration, deputise ‘in the moment leadership’, and drive high-performing team attributes
• Stakeholder Management: Facilitate stakeholder collaboration (e.g., business stakeholders, product teams, vendors) and build trust with stakeholders
• Governance and Reporting: Ensure data quality and provide representation at required governance forums, if applicable

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Banking and Financial Services

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