About the Role
Title: Scrum Master (Banking Sector)
Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Job Description: We are seeking a Scrum Master with robust experience in the banking sector to facilitate and drive our agile development processes. The ideal candidate will be a strong leader, communicator, and problem-solver who can effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality projects on time and within budget.
Responsibilities:
- Facilitate daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo, and retrospective meetings.
- Support the Product Owner in managing the backlog and guiding the team while facilitating a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope.
- Eliminate impediments and foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and relentless improvement.
- Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress to all affected teams and management.
- Ensure the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.
- Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
- Support and educate the Product Owner, especially concerning grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
- Coordinate with other Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches to enhance the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.
- Work with stakeholders to identify project risks and issues, and assist in the development of mitigation and action plans.
Qualifications:
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or similar agile project management certification (PMI-ACP, SAFe).
- Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master in a banking or financial services environment.
- Proven track record of delivering complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of Scrum and Kanban principles, values, and practices.
- Excellent communication and mentoring skills.
- Ability to understand technical issues at a high level.
- A thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from concept to deployment.
- Experience with Agile performance metrics to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
- Experience with Agile project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, or equivalent.
We can offer you:
- A highly competitive compensation and benefits package
- A multinational organization with 55 offices in 20 countries and the possibility to work abroad.
- Laptop and a mobile phone
- 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays)
- Maternity & Paternity leave plans
- A comprehensive insurance plan including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-/short-term disability (plans vary by region)
- Retirement savings plans
- A higher education certification policy
- Commuter benefits (varies by region)
- Extensive training opportunities, focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development.
- On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses
- Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups
- Cutting edge projects at the world s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms.
- A flat and approachable organization
- A truly diverse, fun-loving and global work culture
SYNECHRON S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT
Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference is committed to fostering an inclusive culture promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more. All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law
