at BNP Paribas
Investment BankingPosted 8 days ago
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**Scrum Master** leads agile squads to deliver client-facing product increments and meet release goals. Key responsibilities include Agile/Scrum guidance, project management, risk assessment, stakeholder communication, and governance compliance (WMIS). Drives team collaboration, decision-making, and problem-solving. Requires 10+ years Agile experience, 7+ years as Scrum Master, and CSM certification.Excellent communication, analytic, and interpersonal skills are must-haves. Experience with DevOps, DevSecOps, Prince2, PMP, or banking domains is beneficial.Chennai/India based role.
- Compensation
- Not specified
- City
- Chennai
- Country
- India
Currency: Not specified
Full Job Description
Position Purpose: We are looking for a scrum master to join our client experience division. As a key member of the division, he/she will support agile squads to deliver product increments & release goals meeting vision & planning of product owner and ensure compliance to WMIS governance.
Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities
Strong understanding of project planning and delivery in Agile framework, scrum principles. Need to be able to lead squad to adopt best practices, measure KPI
Work closely with the PO, sponsors to deliver the project deliverables, prioritization, estimations and planning
Project management and release planning proficiency.
Ensure the scrum teams adherence to delivery schedule and estimates. Assess & surfaces all schedule risk and communicate accordingly.
Creates partnership with product owners, stakeholders and transversal teams (security, solution architects, compliance)
Ensure coherence of the tasks in product/sprint backlog and commitment based on release and functionality of overall product
Ensures squads compliance to WMIS governance
Assures transparency of the work that is being done and communicate its progress via regular reporting inclusive of:
o Burndown Charts
o Status reports, Risks, Issues
Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
Contributing Responsibilities
A member of the scrum master chapter, to share best practices and grow the community
Participate in discovery sessions with customers and stakeholders
Assess the Agile maturity of the team. Coach the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
Mandatory:
- 10+ years experience in working with large distributed IT teams practicing agile principles
- 7+ years of experience as Scrum Master preferably in teams developing client facing/web/mobile applications
- Certified scrum master
- Self-starter with strong critical thinker with problem solving aptitude.
- Great listener and empathetic
- Good personality with a can-do attitude and interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
Advantages:
- Experience with devops & devsecops
- Prince2, PMP, PMI-ACP certifications are added advantage
- Exposure to the following domains is a plus: Internet Banking, Digital Asset Management, Social Media integration...
- General banking knowledge or Banking knowledge related to Wealth Management / Private banking is a plus
Specific Qualifications:
NA
Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)
Technical Skills:
- Ability to manage a project
- Ability to inspire others and generate peoples commitment
- Analytical ability
Behavioral Skills:
- Personal Impact/ Ability to influence
- Ability to collaborate / Teamwork
- Attention to detail/ rigor
Education Level: Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Location: Chennai/India
