Description
Finance Systems is looking for a Scrum Master(SM) to join our rapidly expanding technology team to assist in the transition to Agile SAFE methodology for our Business. This is a great opportunity for a SM to work closely with our Product Owners to ensure we deliver business value whilst creating high performing technology solutions.
An exciting opportunity for a talented and skilled individual to work in a fast-paced, rapidly-growing team, overlooking a crucial aspect of the business: Online Payments, Credit, and Finance Systems. You will be working alongside highly experienced individuals to maintain Next’s high standards, ensuring smooth transaction monitoring. We are looking for someone who is eager to learn, willing to give 100% to every task presented and, most importantly, someone who is passionate about what they do!
About the role
In Finance Systems we work closely with our Product Owners to ensure they have the right tools to get our product to the marketplace as quickly as possible, allowing the business growth NEXT has seen over the last few years. We support our eCommerce, Marketing, Credit & Risk and Finance Teams to transform an idea into a product that our customers would love to use.
We never standstill, we are constantly looking to evolve our technology, our applications and the services we offer our stakeholders and customers. We really are a group of crazy people who love technology, pushing boundaries and answering the what-ifs!
Working with us would mean exposure to new technologies and ways of working, getting involved in forcing through change and ultimately providing our customers with a better service. Like all departments, we also have challenges with some legacy applications and ‘older’ code languages but who doesn’t love a good challenge?
We can promise an environment that is never dull with the freedom and support to express yourself to come up with new initiatives. If you want to suggest a new way of working, an improvement to an application or try a new technology...go for it!
We run a lean operation in a quick paced environment, so we need our people to be able to work efficiently, accurately and well under pressure. We expect the right individual to have excellent communication skills, be able to work in a team, be involved in open discussion, communicate ideas, inclusion and diversity. Having strong analytical and problem-solving skills will be advantageous especially as the person in this role will be driving forward the new technologies and approach in Finance Systems.
As a Scrum Master, we want you to take a lead in driving forward the adoption of the Agile methodology for successful delivery of our projects. You will ensure the team lives the agile principles following proper agile practices while adjusting to a regularly changing environment. It will be your duty to promote Scrum and Kanban within the team, and the wider organisation.
You will be proactive in solving problems, helping to remove impediments which may impact team workflow. You will champion continuous improvement activities to reduce waste and increase productivity.
Your responsibilities will include regular stakeholder reporting, coordinating and facilitating Scrum events, ensuring Product Goals and Project Scope are understood by the team whilst helping build, and maintain, a healthy Product Backlog to ensure that effort focuses on achieving maximum value.
Criteria
Essential Technical Skills
● Excellent commercial experience of Agile
● Scrum / Kanban
● Familiar with Azure DevOps/JIRA
● Excellent communication skills
● Excellent planning and documentation skills
Desirable Technical Skills
● Azure DevOps
● IBM Mainframe knowledge
● .Net & C# knowledge
You will
● Work with your teams to use the Agile methodology, including setting up and facilitating all Scrum events.
● Have an excellent grasp of Agile estimation and planning in order to forecast project delivery.
● Coach teams to adopt Scrum, and Kanban, frameworks, promoting the Agile mindset at all times.
● Focus on continual improvement using retrospectives to maximise effectiveness of the team.
● Help the team to remove obstacles / impediments.
● Create a safe environment for effective collaboration and self-organisation
● Oversee your team's workload, ensuring that they’re able to work to capacity and deliver on commitments.
● Help the team, and Stakeholders, monitor performance, resolving issues as they arise.
● Working closely with the Product Owner/Business Analyst and team to define Sprint deliverables.
● Build and sustain good relationships between Product Owner/Business Analyst, Development teams and Stakeholders.
● Promote Agile within organisation, not just the teams where you are Scrum Master.
You have
● At least 3 years experience as a Scrum Master, ideally within Software Development
● Experience being Scrum Master for multiple teams
● Certified accreditation or are working towards certification as a Scrum Master
● Worked with teams to successfully deliver Software Development projects using Agile
● Strong understanding of the software development life cycle
● Have excellent communication and negotiation skills
● Passionate about Scrum and Agile ways of working, with the ability to help teams embrace and thrive in a newly Agile environment
● Previous experience working in a large and fast paced organisation
● Resourceful and proactive, with creative problem solving skills
● Experience in enterprise level Agile transformations and/or SAFe would be beneficial.
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