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Senior Scrum Master - PA2026Q1JBTran019

Ss&c Technologies, Inc., City of London

Senior Scrum Master - PA2026Q1JBTran019

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Ss&c Technologies, Inc., City of London

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 3 days ago, 21 Apr | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

Job ref: 825bd399048f4cbb9d8af24f88975501

Location ref: City of London

Full Job Description

  • Agile Facilitation: Act as a servant leader and facilitator for Agile teams, ensuring adherence to Agile principles, values, and practices. Facilitate Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to foster effective collaboration, communication, and decision-making.
  • Coaching and Mentoring: Coach and mentor teams, product owners, and stakeholders on Agile principles, frameworks, and practices. Guide Agile roles and responsibilities, Agile planning, backlog refinement, user story development, and estimation techniques. Help teams continuously improve their Agile practices through regular feedback and coaching sessions.
  • Process Optimisation: Collaborate with teams to identify process inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement. Work with cross-functional teams to optimise workflows, eliminate waste, and increase productivity. Foster a culture of continuous improvement by promoting experimentation, learning, and adaptability.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate effective collaboration and communication between Agile teams and stakeholders, including business leaders, product owners, and external partners. Help stakeholders understand Agile principles and practices and align their expectations with Agile delivery approaches. Ensure transparency and visibility into project progress, risks, and dependencies.
  • Agile Transformation: Play a key role in driving the organisation's Agile transformation journey. Work closely with leadership to define and implement Agile strategies, frameworks, and best practices. Champion the Agile mindset and help foster a culture of Agile thinking, collaboration, and self-organisation.
  • Team Empowerment: Empower teams to make decisions, self-organise, and take ownership of their work. Foster a supportive, inclusive environment that encourages innovation, creativity, and continuous learning. Facilitate team-building activities, fostering a sense of camaraderie, trust, and accountability.
  • Metrics and Reporting: Define and track Agile metrics to measure team performance, predictability, and process improvement. Provide stakeholders with regular status updates, reports, and insights on project progress, risks, and achievements.
  • Utilise data-driven insights to identify areas for improvement and facilitate data-informed decision-making.

    Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or equivalent).
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent Agile certifications (PMI-ACP, SAFe, etc.).
  • Proven experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach, preferably in a software development or IT environment.
  • Deep understanding of Agile principles, frameworks (Scrum, Kanban), and Agile engineering practices (TDD, CI/CD, etc.).
  • Strong facilitation, coaching, and mentoring skills, with the ability to inspire and influence teams.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.
  • Demonstrated experience driving Agile transformations and successfully implementing Agile practices.
  • Familiarity with Agile project management tools and software development practices.
  • Strong analytic and problem-solving abilities, with a data-driven mindset.
    • We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

    As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology., SS&C is leading the way. We continue to look for todays and tomorrow's brightest talent, those that embody a spirit to improve not only their lives, but those around them. From college students to seasoned and experienced professionals, we encourage you to apply. SS&C prides itself on hiring diverse, honest, dynamic individuals, who value collaboration, accountability, and innovation to name a few.

  • Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement including access to SS&C University
  • Work/Life Balance: Competitive holiday scheme
  • Your Wellbeing: Competitive benefits designed to support the wellbeing of our staff
  • Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
  • Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised throughout your career

Direct job link

https://www.jobs24.co.uk/job/senior-scrum-master-pa2026q1jbtran019-126719999
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