Scrum Master

Are you someone who enjoys enabling change, improving the way we work and helping teams to aspire to be better? If this sounds like you, an exciting scrum master opportunity has presented itself within the Identity & Cyber Security Technology team.

As a scrum master you will be working alongside cross functional teams in re-engineering, transforming and continuous improvement on how we secure Macquarie’s environment from ongoing cyber threats. You will be responsible for facilitating Agile ceremonies such as stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews and retrospectives as well as working with the team to identify ways to enhance and improve the team’s ways of working. You will be the team’s personal coach in motivating and helping to co-ordinate delivery of tasks, issues and dependencies.

Key Responsibilities:

- Effective facilitation of squad ceremonies to form high performing and self managed teams
- Use metrics effectively to continuously improve quality and performance of the squad
- Work closely with the squad and/or other scrum masters to understand progress, dependencies, impediments to achieve great client and team outcomes
- Assist in the removal of impediments and/or guide the Squad to remove impediments
- Co-ordinate delivery tasks, dependencies and work alongside the team to review existing processes and identify areas of improvement
- Support and educate stakeholders/ Product Owner(s) to work with the Squad to create product visions, roadmaps and success criteria, to refine and maintain a healthy backlog
- Guide the squad in adopting Agile principles, methodologies and common practices to delight their customers
- Foster a healthy safe work environment which promotes psychological safety, continuous improvement, and effective risk management for your teams.

Beneficial experience that you will bring:

- 3+ year’s experience in a Scrum Master role
- Proficient in using Scrum/Kanban for feature delivery and operational tasks
- Experience working with Dev ops teams
- Excellent facilitation, communication, and mentoring skills
- Effective stakeholder management skills to help the team in managing stakeholder expectations and co-ordination of tasks
- A strong team player who knows what it takes to be a servant leader.
- Passionate about Agile practices and continuous improvement, always on the lookout for ways the squad can win and improve and feels a genuine sense of pride and achievement when they do.

**About the Corporate Operations Group**

The Corporate Operations Group brings together specialist support services in Digital Transformation & Data, Technology, Operations, Human Resources, Business Services, Corporate Strategy & Solutions, and the Macquarie Group Foundation. We deliver service excellence to ensure Macquarie is open for business, deliver on transformational change, invest in our people and have deep relationships with our customers.

**Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion**

The diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths. An inclusive and equitable environment enables us to deliver innovative and sustainable outcomes for our people, clients, shareholders and communities. From day one, you'll be encouraged to be yourself and supported to perform at your best. If our purpose of ‘empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future’ is as inspiring to you as it is to us, please apply. With the right technology, support and resources, our people can work in a range of flexible ways.

**About Macquarie**:
A career at Macquarie means you’ll have the opportunity to develop and utilise new skills, explore interesting fields and do challenging work that will impact the lives of people around the world—whether it’s accelerating the green energy transition, helping sustain global food supplies, financing social housing projects or investing in essential infrastructure. At Macquarie, we’re empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future.

Our size and international presence means your work can take you anywhere—across business groups, disciplines, sectors and borders. With 19,200+ employees and offices in 34 markets around the world, we’re a truly global organisation.

You’ll be supported by a diverse team where the unique perspectives, ideas and experiences that all of our people bring are valued. You’ll be empowered to address unmet needs in our communities whilst advising and investing alongside our clients and partners. Working with us, you’ll have the opportunity to make a difference.

Macquarie is a global financial group providing clients with asset management, retail and business banking, wealth management, leasing and asset financing, market access, commodity trading, renewables development, specialist advisory, capital raising and principal investment.

**Job no**: COG-972582
- **Work type**: Permanent - Full time
- **Location**: Sydney
- **Category**: Mid-senior, Technology
- **Group**: Corporate Opera