Scrum Master (ref: ZAREQ83454)

Boardroom Appointments; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments seeks a Scrum Master in Sandton to lead agile delivery in the banking sector. You will coach teams, remove impediments, and align delivery with strategic goals across multiple projects.

Requirements include 5+ years of Scrum Master experience delivering business solutions, strong knowledge of Scrum/Kanban, SAFe awareness, and excellent stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• 5 years plus experience as a Scrum Master delivering business solutions/applications.
• Coordinate delivery of multiple projects.
• Solid knowledge of agile methodologies and frameworks like Scrum or Kanban.
• Leadership and management experience.
• Excellent people and project management skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• 5 years investment banking experience preferred.
• Trade and Investment Banking products knowledge advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Highlighting activities of team members and project teams within Bank Internal Consulting on Agile.
• Identify opportunities to reduce waste in the way of work within the team.
• Coach individuals to embrace an agile way of work.
• Vendor and procurement management.
• Understand theories behind methodologies (SAFe, Scrum, XP, Kanban, Lean) and apply to Banking division.
• Influence stakeholders to embrace agile practices.
• Coach and train others to work with agility to improve productivity.
• Champion change for transformation initiatives in the deployed area.
• Support activation and sustainability of change management mechanisms.
• Provide reporting on activity status and obstacles to stakeholders.
• Build rapport with bank leaders and end users.
• Serve as SME in agile Transformation aligned with business strategy.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Scrum

SAFe

Kanban

Lean thinking

Leadership

Coaching

Project management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Job description

About the job Scrum Master (ref: ZAREQ83454)

Key purpose:

The Trade products offered by our company are aimed to mitigate international trade risks and optimise client'scash flow.Our company's Trade solutions aim to ensure that exporters receive payment for the goods they have shippedand that importers receive the correct quantity and quality of goods ordered. Trade terms andsettlement methods also impact the cash conversion cycle of clients' business. Our company design tradesolutions to assist clients' business growth with targeted trade financing and risk mitigation techniques.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Highlighting the activities of the individual team members as well as the different projectteams within Bank
  Internal Consulting on Agile
• Identifying opportunities to reduce waste in the way of work within the team
• Coaching individual team members to help embrace an agile way of work
• Vendor and procurement Management
• Having a deep understanding of theories behind methodologies such as SAFe, Scrum, XP,Kanban, Lean thinking, LESS, etc.
• Translating theories behind identified methodologies to give them relevance within theBanking division team
• Influencing internal and external stakeholders to embrace an agile way of work
• Using coaching and training to help others understand how to use an agile way of working tobecome more productive
• Change champion for all transformation initiatives in the deployed area
• Support the activation and sustainability of change management mechanisms indepartments/business units
• Project Management
• Providing reporting to internal and external stakeholder of the activities, project status andobstacles that are experienced
• Stakeholder Management
• Build rapport with leaders in the Bank
• Build rapport/ be an interface for the deployed team with relevant end users in the Bank
• Recognized as SME agile Transformation as it relates business strategy in the Bank
• Gain buy-in with different stakeholders for the successful implementation of transformativeinitiatives and strategic programmes within Bank
• Facilitate alignment and collaboration across teams that deliver on the strategic andoperational initiatives

Qualifications and experience:

• 5 years plus experience as a Scrum Master in delivery of businesssolutions/applications
• Co-ordinate the delivery of multiple projects
• Solid knowledge of agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks, such as Scrumor Kanban, to deliver solutions
• Leadership and management experience
• Excellent people and project management skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• 5 years investment banking experience (preferred)
• Trade and Investment Banking products knowledge working knowledge(advantage)