Scrum Master

**Be part of a world class team in Sydney**:

- **Flexible working arrangements**:

- **Permanent Role**

Westpac Group has a rich heritage and offers employees a multitude of opportunities. We aim to attract the best people inside and outside of the business - building an organisation where the best talent thrives.

The Westpac Group has been proudly advancing Australia for two centuries. Our success is built upon both our heritage and our ability to evolve. Our vision is to be one of the world's great service companies, helping our customers, communities, and people to prosper and grow.

**How will I help?**

Customer Engagement
- Branch Domain is seeking a confident Scrum Master/Squad Lead to planning, technically leading and controlling the completion of a key component of a development project.

You will be accountable for the following:

- Controlling project schedules to ensure that necessary modules and programs are completed according to the project plan.
- Responsibility for the overall development team budget
- Effectively controlling and managing the issues, risks, dependencies, and changes in scope associated with projects.
- Estimating, scheduling, and planning resources for the allocated component of a development project.
- Ensuring maximum levels of productivity are achieved and maintained by individuals within project team.
- Reporting on the progress of development modules against project time frames, milestones and budget.
- Providing support and consultative advice to the Senior Project Manager.
- Coordinate and facilitate daily Scrum meetings, Sprint Planning, Release Planning, and Sprint Retrospectives for 2-3 cross-functional Scrum teams
- Ensures transparency in communication and creates an environment of collective accountability and continuous progress
- Promote a collaborative team environment that fosters creativity and innovation
- Coordinate and schedule the execution of deliverables across multiple teams
- Mentor team members on agile software development principles and practices
- Supports the product owner with effective backlog management

**What’s in it for me?**

You will play an important and significant part in the future of a business that has been around for 200 years. Our vision is to become one of the world’s great service companies. So, we will back you in the development of your career, with internal career prospects and flexible working. You will also be backed by a fantastic team of people in a can-do, supportive structure.

**What do I need?**
- At least 10 years of experience in Information Technology, with at least 5 years of Applications Project Management experience, coupled with tertiary level qualifications in Computer Science, Business, or an associated discipline.
- Need project management qualifications
- Has successfully delivered large client/server and/or mainframe development projects requiring a high level of integration.

**Must Have**:

- Knowledge of project management disciplines
- Financial industry experience
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Atlassian tools such as Confluence and Jira
- Agile or Scrum experience
- Strong verbal, written and presentation skills
- Ability to build trusted relationships with stakeholders
- Attention to detail and pragmatic approach to problem solving
- Strong teamwork skills and an ability to work as part of a high performing team
- Experience finding effective solutions in complex environments
- Experience working autonomously to find effective solutions in complex environments

**What’s it like to work with Westpac?**

As well as good pay and a great culture, joining the Westpac family means you will get some of the best banking, wealth, and insurance benefits in the market.

We back our employees by helping them work towards industry-recognised qualifications, using online learning, training modules and career planning tools for you to grow with us. We will even pay you to do volunteer or community work.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility - and champions inclusion.

**How do I Apply?**

Our people are our highest priority, and we are committed to placing our redeployees in available roles before we review other applicants.