Scrum Master, AVP

Job Description:

Job Title: Scrum Master, AVP

Location: Pune, India

About DB Global Technology:

• A Passion to Perform. It’s what drives us. More than a claim, this describes the way we do business. We’re committed to being the best financial services provider in the world, balancing passion with precision to deliver superior solutions for our clients. This is made possible by our people: agile minds, able to see beyond the obvious and act effectively in an ever-changing global business landscape. As you’ll discover, our culture supports this.
• Diverse, international and shaped by a variety of different perspectives, we’re driven by a shared sense of purpose. At every level agile thinking is nurtured. And at every level agile minds are rewarded with competitive pay, support and opportunities to excel.

About the team:

• Non Financial Risk Management are an established organization within DB consolidating to legal, operational and Compliance risks and to support the business lines by analysing and assessing the risks in these areas and providing advice on documentation, procedures and controls, with a view to optimal management of these risks and to ensure that business develops harmoniously.

Group Technology (Development & Operations):

• Our Technology team pioneers technologies and re-engineers business processes to deliver exceptional levels of innovation and world-class client service. From moving trillions of Euros through a business every day to integrating two organizations after a major acquisition, we face the technological challenges caused by growth, market change and constant competition.
• With award-winning mobile banking apps and trading systems, our technology platforms help Deutsche Bank deliver best-in-class products to clients. Naturally, we make sure that the phones work, emails are delivered and PCs run - but we also develop innovative collaboration platforms and workspaces that help our people share their knowledge, their expertise and their passion for our business.
• Developments in technology are changing the way we communicate, work and even think. Join us here, and you’ll constantly be looking ahead. We’ll look to you to capitalize on new technological trends that can reshape our business and deliver value for our clients, whilst still meeting the demands of customers, regulators and the markets. 

Business Overview:

Non-Financial Risk Management (NFRM) manages the Bank’s non-financial risks. These include:

• Operational Risk: The risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems or from external events, and includes legal risks.
• Reputational Risk: The risk of possible damage to DB’s brand and reputation, and the associated risk to earnings, capital or liquidity arising from any association, action or inaction which could be perceived by stakeholders to be inappropriate, unethical or inconsistent with the Banks’ values and beliefs.
• NFRM defines the non-financial risk Framework to appropriately Identify, Assess, Mitigate, Monitor, Report and escalate non-financial risks.

The NFR Framework defines the consistent management of risk across over 100 non-financial risk types including:

• Information and Resilience risks (IRRM)
• Transaction Processing risks (TPR)
• Benchmark submissions risks
• Anti-Financial Crime risks

The NFRM Framework team is responsible for the development, maintenance, improvement and regulatory compliance of the overall NFR Framework. This includes:

• The principles, policies and procedure landscape
• Defining the roles and responsibilities across the bank for NFRM
• NFR governance across the bank
• The NFR tool set and capabilities, including: events, lessons learned, actions & tracking, scenarios and reporting
• Training, communication and implementation of the Framework components
• Independently assessing conformance for the implementation of the Framework

Role Description

• We are looking for a collaborative and smart Agile Practitioner / Scrum Master to join our team.
• The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in setting up and working with teams ensuring that there is a safe psychological environment in place so that teams are able to deliver critical functionalities to our end stakeholders.

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy,

• Best in class leave policy.
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

• The Scrum Master operates at Squad level and is a change agent with a passion for working with people and teams to help them maximize the value created by the Squad.
• They will do this by helping the team understand Agile theory, practices and values and translating this into practice by running the standard Agile ceremonies.
• The Scrum master develops and leads multi-discipline team(s), helping them to deliver value by facilitating progress and coaching them into a self-organized team.
• The Scrum Master will also coordinate with the different squads and release management to ensure successful delivery of features in production.

• Ensure adherence to the guiding principles of Scrum and the agile framework (DoR, DoD, acceptance criteria etc.)
• Help to remove impediments flagged by the delivery team
• Guide the team in structuring and managing the product backlog
• Manage JIRA dashboards
• Produce sprint completion reports and metrics
• Advantageous skills
  • Functional domain knowledge and delivery expertise
• Not part of SM role
  • Creating or writing JIRA tickets for other team members
  • Release management

Your skills and experience

• Excellent communication and mentoring skills
• Knowledge and experience in Agile principles and frameworks: e.g. Scrum, SAFe, LeSS, Kanban.
• Knowledge and experience with widely successful Agile techniques:
• User Stories,
• Acceptance Test Driven Development,
• Behavior Driven Development,
• Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Peer Programming,
• Automated Testing
• Experience with distributed, multi-locations teams.
• Familiar with tools for Agile team management: e.g. JIRA & Confluence.
• Goods skills of group facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continuous improvement, empowerment and increasing transparency.
• Scrum Master certified and experienced is a definite plus but not mandatory.
• Understand and promote Agile values: FROCC (Focus, Respect, Openness, Commitment, Courage)
• A great team player who is comfortable resolving impediments along with stakeholders.
• Able to inspire and motivate people and multi-disciplinary, self-organized teams
• Experience or technical knowledge in financial domain is a plus.

Education | Certification

• Bachelor degree from an accredited college or university with a concentration in an IT related discipline

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career.
• Coaching and support from experts in your team.
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression.
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs.

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information:

https://www.db.com/company/company.htm

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.