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Scrum Master (New Initiatives)

Singapore

THE ROLE

In this role you will work directly with the technology and product teams. As a scrum master you are responsible for driving the productive efforts of agile teams through facilitating continuous improvement, removing impediments, and guiding the team through commitments using agile & scrum techniques, principles, and values.

YOUR TASKS

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

Preferred Qualifications

What can you expect from us?

Impact: We are actively empowering and connecting people to a better financial future. Join us if you want to help us achieve our mission. 

Work: We have a team of over 350 talented individuals in 6 markets who are hyper passionate about building innovative financial solutions and making an impact on people’s lives. 

Culture: We take our work seriously but don’t hesitate to keep things light. We can only create magic when we have a little bit of fun. 

Thrive: We launched in 2014 and fast-forward 7 years we now help over 10 million monthly users make the best financial decisions. Accelerate your career and become a pioneer in your field with a leading fintech company that seeks to push the boundaries of your imagination and is committed to growing your career. 

Reputation: We are backed by world-class organizations and companies and have raised over US$110 million from investors including Experian, Pacific Century Group, IFC - a member of the World Bank Group

 
EEO Statement 
Hyphen Group is an equal opportunity employer. We value, support and respect all individuals and is committed to maintaining an inclusive and diverse working environment. Decisions in hiring are based on business needs, requirements of the job and individual qualifications and shall not be influenced by any consideration of race, ethnic or national origin, religion, sex (including gender identity and/or expression), age, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, disability, genetic information, political affiliation or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
 
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THE ROLE

In this role you will work directly with the technology and product teams. As a scrum master you are responsible for driving the productive efforts of agile teams through facilitating continuous improvement, removing impediments, and guiding the team through commitments using agile & scrum techniques, principles, and values.

YOUR TASKS

  • Support the team during scrum ceremonies, ensuring effective and efficient meetings.  Facilitate discussion of team conflicts toward resolution through examination of alternative approaches. 
  • Demonstrate strong organizational and influencing skills as a servant leader. Escalate impediments for effective resolution, react to problems quickly to secure team deliverables. Shield teams from external influences that can jeopardize sprint goals. 
  • Ensure teams understand and commit to specific realistic goals, and follow through accordingly. Hold self and others accountable for assigned tasks and issues while maintaining teamwork and a professional environment. 
  • Develop and maintain trust within the team, keeping them engaged, involved and informed. 
  • Promote continuous improvement within the team, consistently tracking and following up on retrospective items. Collect metrics to gain insight into team performance and report on team improvements. 
  • Maintain a strong and aligned relationship with product owners, promoting experimentation with disciplined learning. Work with them in maintaining backlogs - guiding the definition of complete and actionable backlog items with clear acceptance criteria and quality assurance. 
  • Assist teams in maintaining data integrity, completeness and accuracy in tools for work tracking and reporting.
  • Ensure constant communication and provide visibility to stakeholders.
  • Proactively grow skills, knowledge and mastery of agile methodologies. Provide guidance to the organization around best practices and leads strategic initiatives for adoption of best practices.

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

  • Energetic, creative, self-motivated and empathetic
  • Preferable 3+ years experience in Agile methodology
  • Excellent facilitation and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to both serve the team and lead when the team requires more direction
  • Solid understanding of the Agile principles and behaviours, and able to provide coaching to the team on Agile and Scrum
  • Ability to identify opportunities for improvement and understand how that improvement might be made
  • Ability to communicate effectively with engineers, product owners, designers, and all leadership levels
  • Able to build and sustain long-term relationships with partners and colleagues - outstanding relationship-building, and influencing skills
  • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail. Proven ability to handle complex issues and relationships.
  • Proficient in Jira
  • Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent work experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Proven experience with all stages in SDLC and production lifecycle of large systems
  • Experience in a software industry role (engineer, designer, QA, etc)
  • Experience with Scrum / Kanban methodologies      
  • Scrum Master Certification

What can you expect from us?

Impact: We are actively empowering and connecting people to a better financial future. Join us if you want to help us achieve our mission. 

Work: We have a team of over 350 talented individuals in 6 markets who are hyper passionate about building innovative financial solutions and making an impact on people’s lives. 

Culture: We take our work seriously but don’t hesitate to keep things light. We can only create magic when we have a little bit of fun. 

Thrive: We launched in 2014 and fast-forward 7 years we now help over 10 million monthly users make the best financial decisions. Accelerate your career and become a pioneer in your field with a leading fintech company that seeks to push the boundaries of your imagination and is committed to growing your career. 

Reputation: We are backed by world-class organizations and companies and have raised over US$110 million from investors including Experian, Pacific Century Group, IFC - a member of the World Bank Group

 
EEO Statement 
Hyphen Group is an equal opportunity employer. We value, support and respect all individuals and is committed to maintaining an inclusive and diverse working environment. Decisions in hiring are based on business needs, requirements of the job and individual qualifications and shall not be influenced by any consideration of race, ethnic or national origin, religion, sex (including gender identity and/or expression), age, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, disability, genetic information, political affiliation or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
 
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