Scrum Master - VP

Job Description:

Job Title: Scrum Master - VP

Location: Pune, India

Role Description

• As a Scrum Master you will operate as a change agent with a passion for working with people and Squads to help them deliver their best work. You will facilitate the key ceremonies, support the Squads, and ensure the delivery roadmap and product backlog are well maintained, understood and actively used by the Squads.
• As a “servant-leader” you will influence, coach, and enable the Squads. Your responsibilities will include proactively removing impediments to Squads’ success, establishing an environment where the Squads can be effective, and protecting the Squads from outside interruptions and distractions.
• As a member of the Continuous Improvement Chapter, you will champion and drive doing the right thing, ensuring that the Squads live the agile values, apply agile principles, and follow agreed processes and practices. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to driving improvements through the Chapter initiatives. You will have a growth mindset which focuses on quality and doing the right thing. This includes feeling comfortable with challenging the status quo, thinking differently, having self-reflection and believing in the ‘Art of the Possible’

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy,

• Best in class leave policy.
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

• Mentor and coach squad members
• Support the Tribe Mission and the context including strategic targets, delivery targets, structure, agile framework(s), constraints, team-dynamics, mindsets, human nature and technical considerations
• Foster and model a culture of continuous improvement, collaborative environment and advocate self-organisation
• Collaborate with the Product Owners and Squads to ensure a healthy prioritised product backlog is maintained for your Squads
• Facilitate squad ceremonies (Standups, Backlog Refinement, QBR Planning, Retrospectives, Reviews, Demos), through a clear understanding of the aim of each ceremony, taking corrective measures as required to ensure they are effective
• Work with the Tribe Scrum Master to help the squads continuously improve the effectiveness of their incremental delivery of value to clients & stakeholders by monitoring metrics including velocity, Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) and Tribe health while at the same time identifying inefficiencies in operation and removing impediments to the Tribe's progress

Your skills and experience

• Level: VP or equivalent with at least 8-year financial industry experience or large corporate environment
• Experienced in agile techniques with past success in supporting agile Teams/Squads
• Strong understanding of the Scrum Master role
• Highly motivated self-starter, comfortable offering guidance and leadership, both individually and at Squad levels
• Structured and inclusive problem-solving including identification and removal of impediments to Squad delivery
• Passionate about coaching and supporting people to embrace changes to their way of working
• A continuous improvement mindset and dedication to finding new, more effective ways of working
• Attitude which puts the needs of the entire Squad before that of the individual and helping others perform to the best of their abilities (“Servant Leadership”)
• Emotionally intelligent, calm, open-minded and collaborative with strong people management skills: Motivating, observing, coaching and mentoring of colleagues

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career.
• Coaching and support from experts in your team.
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression.
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs.

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information:

https://www.db.com/company/company.htm

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.