Scrum Master
4 weeks ago
Scrum Master
Financial Conduct Authority - Permanent, Full-Time
Background
The Scrum Master works within a multi-disciplinary digital product team (squad) aimed at delivering assignments supporting the development of the FCA’s Digital Unified Intelligence Environment (DUIE). They lead Agile ceremonies and create a harmonious environment that enables the product team to deliver on its commitments effectively.
What does the role involve? What are the key responsibilities?- Guides and coaches the digital product team on the use of Agile practices and principles- Facilitates and supports Agile ceremonies: sprint planning, sprint reviews, daily scrums, and retrospectives.- Optimises the flow of work through the digital product team, supporting the Product Owner in creating product roadmaps and combing backlogs.- Prepares and distributes reports on the performance of the product team - including cadence, velocity, and burndown against its commitments.- Resolves risks, issues, interdependencies and manages external relationships on behalf of the digital product team.- Creates a harmonious environment, managing conflict quickly and appropriately, creating a trusting and co-operative environment to enable the team to perform to its optimal level.- Estimate and co-ordinate releases with product release management, project managers and business stakeholders aligning to project timescales, release calendars and stakeholder needs.- Contributes to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the FCA, coordinating with other Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches to ensure that processes are optimised.- Being part of a dynamic and newly established team and Division, working with colleagues that are passionate about the role of user centred design in digital service delivery- Learning and development tailored to your role, including industry recognised qualifications, coaching and mentoring- Training budget, enabling you to attend conferences, events, meetups to develop your community of practice- An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks
Which minimum, essential & desirable skills are required?
Minimum- Substantial experience as a Scrum Master, IT Delivery Manager or IT Project Manager- Knowledge of an agile framework or method (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), or understanding of software development life cycle models as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices- 5+ years’ experience working in a software development environment
Essential- Demonstrable experience overseeing multi-functional project teams- Ability to establish a data-driven culture and a repeatable, structured, and disciplined approach to the Agile process- Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artefacts (such as Definition of Done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)- Excellent communication and servant leadership skills- Ability to solve problems and resolve conflicts in high pressure environments- Outstanding organisational skills- Strong communication and presentation skills- Substantial experience of configuring software tools to support issue and project tracking, backlog management, and reporting.
Desirable- Business acumen in either financial services or financial regulation- Experience collaborating with highly technical colleagues/stakeholders (data analysts, data scientists, data engineers, technologists etc.)- Knowledge of the Design Thinking process.
About the FCA
At the FCA, we’re creating a fair and more resilient financial system. We’re establishing more transparent relationships between financial services and their customers, building trust in financial markets and protecting vulnerable consumers.
The FCA's Values & Diversity
Our ambition is to create a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects the society we serve, helping us to be a better regulator.
The FCA supports hybrid working and you will be expected to work 40% of your time over a month, in our office. We will consider other flexible arrangements, for example part time working, and you can discuss this with the recruiter.
Useful Information
We are recruiting for a Scrum Master. The role is graded as Senior Associate within our Regulatory Career Family.
The FCA has a national role and is committed to a national footprint. This role can be based in London, Leeds and Edinburgh. The FCA has London and National Pay ranges to reflect regional differences.
London salary range is approximately £50,000 to £75,000
National salary range (including Edinburgh and Leeds) is approximately £47,000 to £67,000
In addition to your basic salary, you will receive an additional flexible allowance. Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as Critical illness cover, Travel insurance, Dental insurance or Cycle
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