Scrum Master
HFC Limited, the banking and property finance subsidiary of HF Group, has an exciting opportunity in our Innovation Department. We are seeking a talented, dynamic, self-driven, and results-oriented individual who is committed to performance, excellence, and participating in our growth strategy.
As a Scrum Master, you will have overall accountability for coordinating and leading cross-functional teams to success and managing team backlog, removing impediments, facilitating scrum ceremonies and enabling the scrum teams to deliver through pace and quality metrics.
The role holder will be responsible for facilitating and supporting agile practices, ensuring the effective implementation of Scrum principles, and fostering a collaborative environment for our financial product development teams.
Deadline: 2025-01-20
Category: Innovation
Subsidiary: HFC
Principle Accountabilities
- Development and roll-out the HF Scrum Methodology across all the group.
- Coaching and leading teams to become self-organized and cross-functional to deliver on the agreed output of each project.
- Maximizing the sustained output and quality of the teams.
- Assisting teams to continually improve and demonstrate tangible performance improvements through the use and interpretation of team metrics.
- Managing relationships and communication with all project stakeholders to ensure alignment on project goals, priorities and dependencies.
- Coaching Product Owners and Teams in Agile values, practices and rules.
- Removing impediments to the teams’ progress; working with peers and colleagues across other teams and or functions, to leverage support.
- Interlocking with all team lead(s) to ensure delivery to plan and implications of any delay to dependent changes, sharing this holistic understanding with the rest of the team.
- Identifying, quantifying and defining mitigations for risks and issues that could impact delivery and ensure these are reported effectively.
Key Competencies and Skills
General Competencies
- Very good interpersonal skills including facilitation and presentation.
- Adaptability and Flexibility.
- Strong Communication Skills.
- Continuous Improvement Mindset.
- Collaboration and strong stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ethical and Professional Conduct.
- Innovation and Creativity. Encouraging and fostering a culture of innovation and creativity within the team.
Technical Competencies
- Facilitation Skills to conduct scrum ceremonies effectively.
- Expertise in Scrum and Agile Practices.
- Data Management and Analytics.
- Project Management Skills.
- Regulatory Knowledge.
- Understanding of Banking Systems and Processes.
- Astute product knowledge.
- Process orientation.
Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience
Academic and Professional Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, Finance, or a related field.
- Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Professional or equivalent (i.e. Scrum.org or Scrum Alliance qualification).
Experience
- 5+ years’ experience managing projects in the financial services organizations.
- Experience of using Scrum, Kanban or a combination of both.
- Experience of effecting organizational change to achieve agility.
- Proficiency with Agile tools such as JIRA, Trello, or similar.
