Senior Scrum Master (12 Month Contractor)

We are seeking a Senior Scrum Master to join our Agile Practices IT team and help shape the future of agile delivery across the organization. In this role you will drive agile delivery foster collaboration and coach teams to achieve excellence in a fast-paced dynamic environment. Partnering closely with Product Owners engineering teams and stakeholders you will drive transparency predictability and continuous improvement ensuring value delivery at scale. 

Key Responsibilities 

Reporting to the Senior Associate Director IT Agile Practices Lead you will: 

 
Delivery & Planning: 

• Support Product Owners in maintaining transparent and up-to-date objectives backlogs and release plans. 

• Facilitate and time-box Scrum events (Daily Stand-ups Sprint Planning Reviews and Retrospectives) to keep teams focused engaged and aligned with sprint goals. 

• Coordinate releases and deployments across multiple teams ensuring dependencies are managed and resources allocated. 

Coaching & Leadership: 

• Coach teams on self-management cross-functionality and agile best practices. 

• Foster a high-trust environment where teams feel safe to innovate and validate assumptions. 

• Organize and lead workshops on Agile/Scrum concepts to promote learning and adoption. 

Process Improvement & Metrics: 

• Capture and analyse agile metrics to provide data-driven insights for continuous improvement. 

• Contribute to Agile Chapter initiatives by sharing ideas preparing curriculum and supporting organizational agile awareness. 

Collaboration & Communication: 

• Partner with Product Owners to develop product plans and roadmaps driving features from ideation to launch. 

• Manage and coordinate inter-team dependencies to enable seamless delivery. Collaborate with teams to identify refine prioritize and plan dependencies for efficient execution and timely outcomes. 

Technical Awareness: 

• Develop a strong understanding of the technical aspects of products including architecture codebase and integration points to effectively remove impediments and facilitate informed productive discussions. 

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Qualifications :

You Have: 

• Bachelors degree in computer science or a related technical field 

• Experience in playing the Scrum Master role for at least 3 years for a software development team that was applying Scrum principles and practices 

• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership facilitation situational awareness conflict resolution continual improvement empowerment and increasing transparency 

• Knowledge of various well-documented agile patterns and practices (e.g.: numerous Burndown technologies various Retrospective formats handling bugs estimation techniques) 

• Strong understanding of software development methodologies and quality processes 

• Ability to work in multicultural projects and environments  

• Experience in using Jira and Confluence 

Preferred: 

• Experience in financial services or banking preferred 

• Relevant certifications will be considered as a plus 

• Appetite to take ownership of several initiatives  

• Good appreciation of current market trends (Cloud Data Analytics AI Emerging Technologies etc.) and how these are likely to impact key industry players  

• Dedication to working with your colleagues as part of a high-performing team  

If you have a genuine desire to help businesses achieve their full potential this role is for you. 

Additional Information :

Whats in it for you to join MUFG Investor Services  

Take a look at our careers site and youll find everything youd expect from a career with the fastest-growing business at one of the worlds largest financial groups. Now take another look. Because its how we defy expectations that really defines us. Youll feel that difference in all kinds of ways. Our vibrant CULTURE. Connected team. Love of innovation laser client focus and next-level LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT. Oh and we really walk the talk when it comes to HYBRID WORKING.  

So why settle for the ordinary Apply now for a Brilliantly Different career.  

We thank all candidates for applying; however only those proceeding to the interview stage will be contacted.

We are an equal opportunity employer.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract