Your key responsibilities
- Mentor and coach squad members
- Support the Tribe Mission and the context including strategic targets, delivery targets, structure, agile framework(s), constraints, team-dynamics, mindsets, human nature and technical considerations
- Foster and model a culture of continuous improvement, collaborative environment and advocate self-organization
- Collaborate with the Product Owners and Squads to ensure a healthy prioritized product backlog is maintained for your Squads
- Facilitate squad ceremonies (Standups, Backlog Refinement, QBR Planning, Retrospectives, Reviews, Demos), through a clear understanding of the aim of each ceremony, taking corrective measures as required to ensure they are effective
- Work with the Tribe Scrum Master to help the squads continuously improve the effectiveness of their incremental delivery of value to clients & stakeholders by monitoring metrics including velocity, Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) and Tribe health while at the same time identifying inefficiencies in operation and removing impediments to the Tribe's progress
Your skills and experience
- Level: VP or equivalent with at least 8-year financial industry experience or large corporate environment
- Experienced in agile techniques with past success in supporting agile Teams/Squads
- Strong understanding of the Scrum Master role
- Highly motivated self-starter, comfortable offering guidance and leadership, both individually and at Squad levels
- Structured and inclusive problem-solving including identification and removal of impediments to Squad delivery
- Passionate about coaching and supporting people to embrace changes to their way of working
- A continuous improvement mindset and dedication to finding new, more effective ways of working
- Attitude which puts the needs of the entire Squad before that of the individual and helping others perform to the best of their abilities (Servant Leadership)
- Emotionally intelligent, calm, open-minded and collaborative with strong people management skills: Motivating, observing, coaching and mentoring of colleagues
