Scrum Master

Commerzbank AG; Województwo łódzkie; Hybrid; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international commercial bank is seeking a Scrum Master based in Lodz to facilitate agile practices across teams. You will ensure smooth communication, coach team members, and resolve impediments, all while leveraging your expertise in Scrum and agile methodologies. The role allows hybrid working conditions with opportunities to mentor and improve team efficiency, making it pivotal in our digital transformation journey.

Benefits

Development Plans

Life insurance

Flexible working hours

Integration events

Qualifications

• PSM I/II Certificate is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with SAFe frameworks is a plus.
• German B2+ level is nice to have.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating Scrum Events effectively.
• Coaching the Team on Agile practices.
• Removing impediments for the team.
• Supporting Product Owners in their duties.
• Promoting transparency and communication.
• Tracking team performance using Scrum metrics.

Skills

Scrum Framework knowledge

Agile Methods knowledge

JIRA/Confluence proficiency

English (B2/C1 level)

Job description

Join our team as a Scrum Master!

As a Scrum Master, you will be responsible for facilitating and ensuring smooth cooperation and communication among multiple teams situated in Lodz and Frankfurt, as well as collaborating effectively with other teams within cluster, key area and branch.

You will play a crucial role in guiding and supporting the teams to adhere to agile practices, fostering a constructive and efficient environment that promotes continuous improvement and successful delivery of projects.

Your leadership will be essential in resolving impediments, coordinating cross-team efforts, and ensuring that all teams are aligned with the overall project goals and timelines. In this senior capacity, you will leverage your expertise to mentor team members, advocate for agile principles, and drive the implementation of best practices to achieve optimal performance and high-quality outcomes across the teams.

Your main tasks are:

• Facilitating Scrum Events: Ensure that daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives occur and are effective
• Coaching the Team: Guide the team on Agile and Scrum practices to improve efficiency, quality, and collaboration
• Removing Impediments: Actively identify and remove barriers that prevent the team from achieving their goals
• Supporting Product Owners: Help the Product Owners in their duties and responsibilities
• Promoting Transparency: Ensure that information radiators are up-to-date and visible to facilitate transparency and communication
• Performance Monitoring: Track and measure team performance using Scrum metrics like velocity and burn-down charts
• Stakeholder Management: Engage with stakeholders across the organization to ensure alignment and address any concerns or needs.
• Continuous Improvement: Foster an environment where continuous improvement is prioritized, including encouraging experiments to enhance team efficiency

Alternative Tasks and/or (depending on demand):

• Cross-Team Coordination: Facilitate collaboration and coordination between different teams, especially if working within a larger Agile framework such as SAFe
• Tool Management: Manage and administer the Agile tools (like Jira, Confluence) used by the team to ensure they are being utilized effectively
• Reporting: Create and present reports for management and stakeholders regarding team progress, impediments, and other metrics
• Agile Advocacy: Champion Agile practices and values throughout the organization, promoting a cultural shift towards Agile methodologies
• Conflict Resolution: Mediate any conflicts within the team to maintain a healthy and collaborative work environment
• Market Trends Monitoring: Keep up-to-date with the latest industry trends in Agile and Scrum, and introduce relevant practices to the team.

Which technology & skills are important for us?

• High knowledge of Scrum Framework (e.g. PSM I/II Certificate)
• Good knowledge of Agile Methods (e.g. SAFe)
• Good knowledge of JIRA/Confluence
• English B2/C1 level – it is our business language

Nice to have:

• German B2+ level

How? Hybrid on Wersalska 6 street (Once a week work from the office - Łódź)

What we offer?

We offer Development Plans for employees, Life insurance, flexible working hours, integration events and much more.

Commerzbank is a leading international commercial bank with branches and offices in almost 50 countries. The world is changing, becoming digital, and so we are. We are leaving the traditional bank behind us and are choosing to move forward as a digital enterprise. This is exactly why we need talented people who will join us on this journey. We work in inter-locational and international teamwork in agile methodologies.

Description of the cluster:

Customer Data Management (CDM) harmonises the heterogeneous application landscape for customer master data to enable fast and efficient access across the bank and to create the basis for a new standard of data quality. We create group-wide views of the personal and customer master data and link these to alliances for internal and regulatory processes.

Our mission is to turn Party Data into an Asset.

We are operating across Frankfurt, Lodz, and Düsseldorf, collaborating closely, using modern IT infrastructure and leveraging cloud solutions to develop APIs, database and frontend solutions, providing high quality customer master data to our consumers within bank.

EEO Statement: Commerzbank is an equal opportunities employer.