Join us as a " Senior Scrum Master" at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as experience with

. Facilitate Scrum ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective

2. Ensure Scrum principles and practices are followed

3. Remove impediments and obstacles blocking team progress

4. Coach team members on Scrum values, principles, and practices

5. Foster collaboration, communication, and self-organization within the team

6. Protect team from external interruptions and distractions

7. Facilitate decision-making and conflict resolution

8. Monitor and report team progress and velocity

9. Identify and implement process improvements

10. Collaborate with Product Owner to ensure aligned goals and priorities

*Skills and Qualifications:*

1. Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certification is desirable.

2. Excellent communication, facilitation, and coaching skills

3. Strong understanding of Agile principles and Scrum framework

4. Ability to adapt to changing environments and priorities

5. Conflict resolution and negotiation skills

6. Analytical and problem-solving skills

7. Experience working with cross-functional teams

*Work Experience:*

Experience working in Agile environments

Experience with software development, IT, or related fields

*Education:*

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or related fields

*Soft Skills:*

1. Servant-leadership mindset

2. Emotional intelligence

3. Active listening

4. Empathy and conflict resolution

5. Adaptability and flexibility

This role will be based out of Pune.

Purpose of the role

To manage the efficient delivery of large-scale technical projects and capabilities across the bank and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations throughout the software product lifecycle, adhering to agreed time, budget and quality requirements. 

Accountabilities

Management of the delivery, resource allocation and improvement of complex technical project capabilities across the bank using Agile/Scrum methodologies for planning, stand-ups, demos, retrospectives and the execution of sprints.Collaboration with customers and business teams to manage and implement customer trails to support the proposal of technically feasible solutions, and effort and timeline expectations.Collaboration with software engineers, quality teams, product managers and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality products and features through the software project lifecycle aligned to the banks objectives, regulation and security policies.Identification, assessment, and mitigation of risks associated with technical projects to prepare the bank for potential challenges.Management of change requests and communication with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.Management of vendor relations involved in technical projects to ensure they deliver according to agreed terms.Stay abreast of the latest industry technology trends and technologies, to evaluate and adopt new approaches to improving deliver outcomes and to foster a culture of continuous learning, technical excellence and growth.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.