Delivery Lead/Scrum Master

Project description

Our client is a global provider of financial market data, managing multiple change programs to deliver high-quality software that connects financial markets worldwide through real-time, high-frequency, low-latency data management systems. These projects are technically demanding and operate in a dynamic environment. The Markets and Corporate Engineering Divisions in our Client's company has embarked on a Data Science and AI/ML Transformation Program. The objective is to establish a new, centralized, and secure cloud-native platform Data Science and AI/ML on AWS to support modern application and infrastructure delivery. The operating model is a federated model with Core Engineering teams based in London/Bucharest/Bangalore and Engineers embedded within each Business division to drive adoption, automation, and platform engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• How you will contribute - Drives Agile transformation and coaching, promoting the implementation and adoption of Agile principles/practices across the organization, ensuring consistency and alignment; - Cultivates a high-performing Agile culture characterized by self-organization, transparency, continuous improvement, and continuous delivery; - Leads the team in creating value by closely collaborating with the Product Owner and the scrum team; - Fosters a "user first" attitude and steers the teams to attain key results on previously agreed upon objectives; - Collects and analyzes agile metrics, with a focus on improvement; identifies ways to increase effectiveness and improve time to market; - Maintains clear and consistent communication channels and facilitates collaboration across teams to achieve organizational shared objectives; - Proactively identifies and removes impediments to Agile adoption, including cultural and organizational barriers; - Collaborates with the Agile Centre of Enablement members to refine and document Agile standards and best practices, fostering continuous improvement; - Strengthens Agile expertise company-wide by creating and delivering comprehensive training programs, thus enhancing teams' true potential; - Supports organization-specific governance and collaboration channels, for the benefit of the team, by fostering communication and transparency around the work items and working processes.

SKILLS

Must have

• What will help you be successful - Experienced Scrum Master with a deep understanding of Scrum principles and practices and min 3 years of hands-on experience as a Scrum Master/ Agile PM role in complex projects and environments; SAFe® or PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner certifications are a plus; - Expert in applying Scrum and Kanban frameworks at scale across distributed and co-located teams; - Proven leadership skills in motivating and empowering teams to achieve results; - Strong team-building abilities to foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment; - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build strong relationships; - Experience in delivering complex projects, planning skills, ability to manage multiple activities, being open-minded to experiment with new technologies; - Strong analytical and quantitative skills to facilitate data-driven decisions; - Experience in establishing and tracking key performance indicators (KPIs); - Strong technical TDM, proficiency in Jira, Confluence, Agile Methodologies, Communication, Scrum, Kanban, Project Management, Conflict Resolution, Stakeholder Engagement for efficient project management and collaboration; - Excellent English language skills (verbal and written) for effective communication.

Nice to have

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