Overview
Group Operations & Technology Division
Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Coach and mentor teams on Agile values and principles and our new way of working
- Work with team to ensure deliverables are of consistently high quality
- Become an advocate for continuous improvement throughout the organisations
- Working first-hand to coach the team to become self-organising, high performance delivery teams.
- Help teams to remove blockers/impediments
- Facilitate productive Scrum events including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives
- Develop creative ideas to support the team in keeping the scrum events positive and energised.
- Ability to investigate, challenge and proactively suggest improvements to the ways of working.
- Work hand in hand to support and challenge Product Owners to maximise value for the team supporting the delivery of the Product Backlog and Product Roadmap.
- Assist Product Owners to minimise Sprint interruptions so as to protect the team, and enable them to focus on the Sprint goals and commitments
- Foster a safe and trusting team environment whereby issues can be raised without fear of blame or retribution
- Willingness to work across teams and collaborate with other Scrum Masters as and when required
- Work with the Agile community to improve and support the scaling of Agility within the bank
- Serves as the point of contact for external teams, management, and other stakeholders
- Help build a productive environment where team members take ownership of their work and enjoy working together as a cohesive unit
Qualifications
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- Hands-on experience as a Scrum Master role
- Deep knowledge and understanding of Agile values and principles
- Strong team coach and mentor
- Strong team player in the wider Agile community
- Effective listener and communicator
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Experienced and strong ability in managing stakeholder expectations
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to influence without formal authority
- Proactive, creative individual who is willing and able to challenge the status quo when needed
- Self-starter with excellent servant leadership and team building skills
- Ability to resolve complex problems creatively (out of the box thinking)
Preferred Experience
- Finance knowledge and experience working in the financial industry will be an advantage
- Scrum Master certification from established Agile institution (such as Scrum Alliance, Scrum.Org, etc)
- Practical working experience in systems development, integration environments (mixed technology) and delivering Generative AI related projects
Primary Location
: Singapore
Job
: Information Technology
Organization
: Group Operations & Technology Division
Schedule
: Permanent
Job Posting
: 05-Sep-2024, 3:00:37 PM
About OCBC Bank
OCBC is the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, the oldest of which was founded in 1912. It is now the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.
OCBC and its subsidiaries offer a broad array of commercial banking, specialist financial and wealth management services, ranging from consumer, corporate, investment, private and transaction banking to treasury, insurance, asset management and stockbroking services.
OCBC’s key markets are Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Greater China. It has more than 570 branches and representative offices in 19 countries and regions. These include about 300 branches and offices in Indonesia under subsidiary Bank OCBC NISP, and over 90 branches and offices in Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR under OCBC Wing Hang.
OCBC’s private banking services are provided by its wholly-owned subsidiary Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals.
OCBC's insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia. Its asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors, is one of the largest private sector asset management companies in Southeast Asia.