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• Post :- 21st May 2022

Looking for a Scrum Master to run agile projects and join a technologically advanced team, focusing on developing and enhancing the Home Loan applications. Candidate must have expertise in running agile squads/teams, interacting with business and technology teams/stakeholders, collaborate and coordinate with multiple teams for the delivery of the project within budget and timeline. Candidate will interface on a regular basis with other teams including other internal IT teams across Wealth Management, BA team, QA team, and development team globally. To be successful, the role will require the individual to be a great team player, have great collaboration skills, and understand the banking technology landscape.

Job Functions/Duties and Responsibilities:
• Work as a Scrum Master, oversee project development following agile methodologies, and ensure effective delivery • Promote Agile culture, values, behaviors, and principles across business, development and testing organizations • Create a collaborative team environment, partner with Agile Coach to provide constructive feedback for continuous agile improvement • Develop team norms and balance workload for our global team of developers, testers and Product Owners. • Plan and conduct Agile meetings/ceremonies – Sprint planning, host story groomings, daily stand up, test plan and test cases reviews, sprint demos, retrospectives etc. • Review and manage backlog and in-progress items to ensure the latest work status is captured and updated as appropriate. • Maintain team metrics and report project statuses (e.g., velocity/burn down charts, financial status, issues/risks, etc.) on a regular basis to Product Owner, and to senior stakeholders. • Takes ownership to drive through resolutions of issues or blockers, coordinate directly with other development/product teams on inter-dependencies or through scrum-of-scrum ceremony • Takes a lead role in overall release management, which includes end-to-end regression test coordination, ensure SDLC artifact adherence runbook coordination and deployment support. • Coordinate with team on deployment preparations and execution: deployment script management, support team review and documentation, host deployment verification calls and lead on deployment issue resolutions • Oversee Production issues and infrastructure changes on origination system; Partner with Product Owner on impact assessment and prioritization on production issues

Skills Required:
• 5+ years of proven experience working as a scrum master or project manager in a large organization • Highly versed in Agile Scrum and Kanban methodologies. • Technical background in integration, development, testing, and/or infrastructure. • Quick learner capable to understand and drive through front-to-back solutions and dive deep as needed • Excellent relationship management, communication, teamwork, and influence skills; ability to operate at senior levels in both written and verbal communications. • Ability to develop full-scale project plans and associated communication documents; including identifying and managing project dependencies and critical path. • Experience estimating resources and participants needed to achieve project goals. • Ability to proactively manage change in project scope, identify potential issues, and devise contingency • Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment. • Detail oriented, organized, self-motivated, and ability to work independently as well as in a team environment. • Strong familiarity with Agile project management software/tools (e.g., JIRA, etc.). • Proficient with MS Office applications: Excel, MS Project, Visio, Word, and PowerPoint. • Strong communication skills, should be able to work across both Business Users and IT teams across regions and have the ability to lead project's vision. • Experience in working with partners and stakeholders across geography and time zones

Skills Desired:
• Working knowledge of Financial market, lending based products and Wealth Management. • Working knowledge of financial accounting and treasury Functions • Experience working in multi-year initiatives • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification

Educational Qualification: • Minimum BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field