Job Description

The opportunity

Successful candidates will be a part of EY GDS’s Transformation Design & Execution (TD&E) practice to help our clients successfully deliver business transformations by connecting strategy and execution. This career opportunity seeks individuals who not only understand the role technology plays in large scale transformations, but who have experience in designing and integrating technology and business processes to produce value driven solutions. These solutions often include multiple capabilities i.e. demand intake & prioritization, portfolio scenario planning, financial management, program/ portfolio/ transformation execution, schedule management, risk & issue management, resource management, KPI definition, performance reporting and data analytics via dashboards.

Key Responsibilities as SAFe® Scrum Master

• SAFe certified Scrum Master having experience working with multiple teams operating in a Scaled Agile setup
• Hands-on experience with JIRA configuration, customization, and administration, or equivalent tools
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex issues
• Responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines
• Facilitate and support all Scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective
• Coach the Scrum team in self-organization, cross-functional skillset, domain knowledge, and effective internal and external communication
• Build trust, influence, and motivate teams, enabling them to become autonomous
• Analyse team Agile metrics to assess progress and guide continuous improvement
• Resolve team impediments by collaborating with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of Scrum adoption across the organization
• Represent the team in PI Planning; partner with Product Owners, RTEs, and Engineering Leaders to ensure alignment on priorities and delivery goals
• Contribute to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization
• Commitment to ongoing learning and staying current with evolving Agile practices and tools

Core skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with 5 to 9 years of relevant experience in Agile delivery methodologies
• Experience working with Banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector including knowledge of Cards, Payments, Commercial banking, Core banking, Investment banking, Capital markets, Regulatory, Wealth and Asset management (WAM) etc.
• Demonstrated Agile project delivery experience including experience working in Scaled Agile frameworks, Portfolio and Product management using Agile tools, methodologies and framework (i.e. Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)
• Must have hands-on experience as an admin / advanced-level user of Agile project management tools such as Jira, ADO, Rally, Trello or similar
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and stakeholder management skills including experience presenting to executive sponsors and to all levels of technical and non-technical staffs
• Good understanding of IT landscape (infrastructure and applications) of a Bank/ Financial institution
• Must be able to learn, understand and apply new technologies as per the project and program needs
• One or more of Industry certifications – PMI - ACP, PSM, CSM, A-CSM, PSM, SAFe, CSPO
• Strong Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), MS Project, MS Server
• Flexible to work in US and UK time zone