Agile Project Manager

Scrum Master Job Description

Rabobank Australia & New Zealand Group is a part of the international Rabobank Group, the world's leading specialist in food and agribusiness banking. We are structured as a cooperative. Our purpose is clear: we enable our clients to feed the world sustainably. True to our cooperative origins, our focus lies with our clients and our employees, not shareholders, so we always put people first.

We are committed to the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workplace, flexible work practices and innovation. Our great working conditions, broad training programs and the opportunity to work together for the greater good are reasons why our employees love working with us.

About the Role

The Scrum Master facilitates, inspires and guides Squads to realise their goals and to become successful self-supporting teams. The Scrum Master provides feedback and incorporates best practices to challenge the Squad to move on to the next level of maturity in a high performing team.

The Scrum Master is responsible for the promotion, roll out and assurance of the Agile principles in the squad and for the Agile rhythm of the Squad. The Scrum Master together with the PO, protects the Squads against unwanted interference from outside and ensures that sprints are successfully completed.

Key Responsibilities

• In reference to Agile best practices and learnings from previous projects, establish the scrum framework for the team
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies on Squad level and organize scrum meetings, sprint planning and task definition, sprint execution, impediment removal and tracking, sprint review, and retrospective
• Coach the team in self-organization and cross-functionality, single point of contact for the team regarding all Agile questions
• Coach individual team members and Product Owner to develop skills and Agile understanding where needed
• Work in close co-operation with the product owner in terms of planning and priorities. Support PO in Squad backlog management
• Maintain all scrum tools (roadmap, backlog, scrum board, progress charts, etc.)
• Ensure that Agile-related reporting and metrics, such as burn downs and status updates, are relevant, transparent, and add value
• Provide insights to improve team effectiveness, including progress charts and leads a scrum team with a clear understanding of business and IT context
• Ensure solid and consistent backlog administration and encourages administrative team discipline.
• Drive development of the release and sprint roadmaps
• Ensure the preconditions that a Squad can optimally perform. Resolve roadblocks related to planning and release management
• Create and stimulate good open communication in the team and stakeholders to eliminate bottlenecks or dependencies
• In partnership with the product owner, mentor/coach, scrum teams on user story sizing and acceptance criteria definition, facilitate the definition of minimal viable product, and leads continuous refinement and prioritization of the product backlog

Experience, Skills and Attributes you will bring to the role

- Ideally you will have a minimum of 1 years' experience in a Scrum Master role and previous experience working as a Business Analyst

- Experience leading Agile scrum teams in complex environments

Professional Scrum Master certification (PSM I / CSM)

- Good appreciation of Agile practices and principles, principally scrum, and experience advocating these practices and principles across cross-functional teams

- Great facilitation and presentation skills; ability to adapt approach to different types of engagements

What we're proud to offer you

• Two wellness days a year
• Rabobank values the development of its people and has a great Education Assistance Program to assist with professional development
• An inclusive Parental Leave policy that supports you and your family while giving you the freedom and flexibility to enjoy this special time
• We realise sometimes 4 weeks Annual Leave isn't enough At Rabobank we provide an incentive for eligible employees to receive 1 extra week Annual Leave. With an option to also purchase another 2 weeks Annual Leave
• Rabobank recognises that employees need to protect their financial wellbeing, in the event of serious illness, injury, or even death. Rabobank provides eligible permanent employees with employer-funded Death, Temporary & Permanent Disability (TPD) and Income Protection Insurance
• As part of Rabobank's global Corporate Social Responsibility, Workplace Giving aims to encourage employees to contribute to our community

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