Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Senior Scrum Master
We are seeking a Senior Scrum Master to join our Data, Analytics & AI department in Bucharest, Romania. The Scrum Master will facilitate the Scrum process, ensuring the team effectively self-organizes and delivers value. If you are passionate about innovation, teamwork, and continuous improvement, this is your chance to shine!
Responsibilities
- Drives Agile transformation and coaching, promoting the implementation and adoption of Agile principles/ practices across the bank, 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.
Requirements
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Must have
- 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).
- 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.
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Nice to have
Languages
- Romanian: C2 Proficient
- English: C1 Advanced
We Offer
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment
- Professional growth and development opportunities
About the Company
Join our team and be part of a future-focused culture where innovation and collaboration drive success.