Scrum Master

Shawbrook is a new type of specialist financial services company, combining the relentless focus on customer service and innovation you would expect from a fintech with the expertise and certainty of a bank. Shawbrook is driven by a purpose to solve complex problems that unlock opportunity for its rapidly growing customer base of over 300,000 UK consumers and businesses.

Our success would not have been possible without our Team. Our people differentiate us from the competition through their deep sector knowledge, they are the life force of our business.

Join Shawbrook because you:

• Want to help us deepen our industry sector knowledge, combining technology alongside the best banking brains.
• Want to build a bank for the future and be part of our digital transformation journey that will enable customers & businesses to thrive.
• Want to continue to grow professionally. We encourage you to grow and be the best version of yourself.
• Care about sustainability? We want to be better for our people, environment, and society.
• Bring passion and enjoyment to your work. You’ll work hard but you’ll have fun too.

You'll be guiding and maturing a new delivery team in the ways of agile working.

The Scrum Master is responsible for software product delivery across one or more development teams. Working closely with the Product Owner and Technical Lead, the Scrum Master ensures that the prioritised product backlog is delivered in a timely and effective manner.

Responsible for ownership of project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives and sprint and release planning sessions, the Scrum Master ensures that the team follows agile processes and best practice with due attention to accountability and visibility of activity by means of monitoring and tracking systems and processes.

The Scrum Master is expected to foster a collaborative team working environment, encouraging and supporting self-organisation of the team with a strong emphasis on individual empowerment and personal responsibility.

The role requires strong stakeholder management and communication skills and the development and maintenance of close working relationships with other key delivery functions including the Head of Delivery, Product Owner(s), Technical Lead, other Scrum Masters and Application Support Engineers.

Qualifications

• Certificated Scrum Master or Experience of Kanban, Extreme Programming and LEAN ways of work or Software
• Development Lifecycle
• Sound knowledge of Agile methodology

Experience

• At least 3 years Experience in the full SDLC leading software teams
• Minimum of 2 years a as a scrum master
• Deep expertise in Jira and confluence- planning and coordination using the organisation's enterprise tools is essential

Your Wellbeing - We take your health and well-being very seriously by providing a range of benefits to give you and your family peace of mind. These include:

• Market leading family friendly policies such as access to our Maternity, Adoption and Paternity policies from Day 1 of your employment
• Free access to Headspace, a mindfulness & meditation digital health app
• Free access to Peppy digital health app that offers personalised support through fertility treatment becoming a parent or menopause
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) - Offering you support on a wide range of subjects including financial concerns, mental wellbeing and more general queries around family, work, housing, and health
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts on gym membership
• Contributory pension scheme & death in service

Your Lifestyle - It’s important you strike the right balance between your work and personal life. We provide benefits to support you when at work and when you’re enjoying your leisure time.

• Minimum of 25 days holiday per year
• Option to buy or sell holiday days through our flexi-holiday scheme
• Discounts on gym membership nationwide
• Access to discounts on a range of high street and online brands
• Community support and charitable giving

Your Contribution - We’re focused on rewarding those that go the extra mile in helping us achieve our goals.

• Participation in our annual discretionary bonus scheme designed to reward your contribution to our success
• Proudly Shawbrook recognition scheme focused on recognising our role models and thanking our colleagues for a job well done