Scrum Master

**About the Company**:
Is an entrepreneurial financial services business with 1,000 with ANZ headquarters based in the Norwest Business Park;
Has recently won awards for being a 'Best Place to Work' and 'Employer of Choice for Gender Equality';
Has a brand-new office with on-site cafeteria, gym and ping pong tables;
Has experienced double digit growth YOY for the past several years. They have rapidly growing during COVID and are investing heavily in new technologies and IT transformation. The business is bought into IT and have signed off a strong pipeline of projects;
Want to double the size of their business again in the 3-5 years;
Has a dynamic and friendly culture that thrives on collaboration, inclusion and diversity;
Has values-driven leaders who care about fun, empathy, humility and the wellness and contribution of their team. They appreciate and value your contribution. They get out of the way and give you autonomy to do meaningful work and learn new skills and develop your expertise. You won't have the constraints of micromanagement or red tape;
Will ensure you have clear goals and direction and feel highly engaged in playing your role to execute a strong, well-defined and communicated business and IT strategy;
Will ensure you are developed and mentored - your personal development plan will focus on helping you reach your full potential to grow and advance your career; and

Will allow you to spend plenty of time with your family and on your health. They strongly encourage work-life balance, flexible working hours and remote working.

**About the Role/Duties**:
You'll be responsible for overseeing and guiding scrum teams, ensuring that development and testing teams follow scrum framework values and agile practices. You'll be responsible for mentoring and motivating the teams to improve processes, and facilitate meetings and decision-making processes, whilst eliminating team impediments.

You'll have a firm grasp of agile practices and the ability to effectively manage and mentor development teams. You'll also have excellent interpersonal, project management, and problem-solving skills.

**You'll**:
Facilitate a collaborative environment to deliver value using Agile philosophy;
Facilitate effective team ceremonies and work well with teams spread over multiple locations;
Manage dependencies between teams;
Ensure any impediments to the team are removed;
Use metrics effectively to motivate teams to continuously increase its performance;
Act as a safeguard for the team from external interference and over commitment;
Enable technical excellence, DevSecOps, team effectiveness and architecture;
Foster an environment that promotes psychological safety, continuous improvement, and effective risk management;
Coach individuals and team to high performance and be self-organising;
Looks for ways to add value beyond customers' immediate requests and acts on them; and

Engender trust and demonstrate commitment to the team to support and enhance strong team dynamics.

This is a fantastic opportunity to get an instantly recognisable brand on your CV and would suit someone wanting development who has a strong background in Scrum Master roles who wants to work with other experienced practitioners on an exciting growth journey.

Skills & Experience

Within the context of the role described above, the ideal applicant will be someone who has the following key experience/capabilities:
Minimum of 3 years' experience in a similar Scrum Master role;
Strong experience and track record of success in an agile environment delivering complex initiatives with interdependencies across multiple projects and domains, working with multiple agile delivery teams;
Exposure to a financial services organisation would be highly advantageous however not essential;
Strong experience working with and influencing senior level stakeholders;
A growth mindset with a collaborative style and a strong willingness to learn and grow in your career; and

Above all else, you will have a humble, kind, friendly and trustworthy personality, with an excellent attitude and approach to work.

How to Apply

Please submit your resume in Word format only.

Steven Fulop.

DIRECTOR, GWS

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